From Woman's Hospital

PREGNANT WOMEN PLEASE NOTE:  On Sunday, August 5, the Woman’s Goodwood location will accept patients until 5 a.m. If you go into labor after 5 a.m. go to the new Woman’s campus located at 100 Woman’s Way, at the corner of Airline Highway and the Stumberg Extension, near Pecue Lane.

Woman’s Hospital will relocate all services to its new hospital on Sunday at 5 a.m. Physician practices are relocating to the new Woman’s Physician Office Building on individual schedules.

Proudly bursting at the seams, Woman’s took the leap and built a new a state-of-the-art, family-focused facility. Our goal was to create an aesthetically pleasing, technologically advanced campus that is focused on an exceptional patient experience.

Construction is moving along on the new Galatoire's Bistro in Baton Rouge. The bistro which is scheduled to open Dec. 1 will be located in Acadian Village.

"We're really excited," Melvin Rodrigue, chief operating officer, tells 9News Neighborhoods.  "They've been working diligently. It's going to be wonderful.

In May, Galatoire's of New Orleans, among the best restaurants in the U.S., announced its return to Baton Rouge by choosing Acadian Village as its new home. Under construction now, the 6,000-square-foot restaurant will front Perkins Road near Acadian Thruway.

"Quite simply, we want Galatoire's Bistro to be closer to the growing, vibrant neighborhoods of Baton Rouge,"  Rodrigue says.

Acadian Village has been the home of Acme Oyster house in Baton Rouge since 2008. Other tenants will soon be announced.

Acadian Village is being redeveloped by Commercial Properties Realty Trust, which manages the real estate assets of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation.
 
 

Former Republican Presidential Candidate and former Louisiana Governor  Buddy Roemer says  the campaign finance system in this country needs to be fixed. He's created seven proposals that he says will do it.

Roemer spoke at  the Baton Rouge Press Club on Monday July 30.

He says most campaigns are financed by special interests groups resulting in a "corrupt" system.  The seven steps include:

1. Full disclosure of all  campaign contributions and expenditures.

2. 48-hour reporting for all transactions in the political market

3. No financial contributions allowed from registered lobbyists.

4. PAC Committee contributions should equal that of individual contributions.  Individual is $2,500. PAC is $5,000

5. Independent non-coordinated efforts should be defined by Congress.

6. Lobbying by Congressional retiring members is disalllowed for five years post-retirement.

7.  Congress should enact criminal penalties for those in violation of the 6 proposals.

He says so far 28 Senators and about 95 members of the House support these measures.