Jones is tabbed as new sales tax administrator

From left are (standing) Turkey Creek Mayor Bert Campbell, Evangeline Parish School Board member Karen Vidrine, Evangeline Parish Secretary-Treasurer Dirk Deville, Mamou Mayor Leisa Deshotel, Pine Prairie Mayor Quint West, Basile Mayor Mark Denette, and Chataignier Mayor Justin Darbonne; (sitting) Ville Platte Mayor Ryan LeDay Williams, Evangeline Parish Sheriff Charles Guillory, incoming administrator Cody Jones, outgoing administrator Marty Morein, and Evangeline Solid Waste Commission Executive Director

By: TONY MARKS Editor Cody Jones, a graduate of Ville Platte High School, has been named the new administrator of the Evangeline Parish Sales Tax Commission. He replaces the retiring Marty Morein. Ville Platte Mayor Ryan LeDay Williams, in a statement on behalf of the sales tax commission, said the following: “I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to Mr. Cody Jones on his rec...

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