Louisiana
Louisiana Woman Catches Heat For Putting A Billboard Up Promoting Her Content
A Louisiana content creator looking for a new way to promote her small business decided to go with an old school approach. She tossed up a billboard, which her “boo” helped her pull off as a birthday present.
Now, if that doesn’t tug at the heart strings, I don’t what does. Here we have a mom, a content creator, a small business owner doing what she can to drive up business to continue providing for her family.
Meighan Baker, who uses the name ArielleMyles88 on OnlyFans, told NOLA.com that the idea of putting up the billboard started as a joke. But it’s turned into a serious boost to her business.
That doesn’t mean everyone who has seen the billboard, which is located in a neighborhood near the Caesars Superdome, supports it. She’s catching plenty of heat since the billboard went up on July 29.
But this former dancer turned content creator isn’t concerned with that. Baker knew what to expect when she decided to have a billboard put up.
There would be criticism, but there would also be more paying customers.
Business for this content creator is booming since the billboard went up
Baker is happy to report that, as of a few days ago, her subscribers have gone from 90 to 200, and she’s seen her income increase 200 percent. With those kinds of numbers, it’s safe to say the billboard has been a success.
The pandemic pushed her into the career change back in 2021. But she’s not the only one who has undergone a career change. Her boyfriend and business partner, Steven Gremillion, quit his job to focus on their growing business ventures.
Those business ventures include multiple social media accounts across several platforms. They even produce fishing content on OFTV. Baker says that the adult portion of their business is only a small, but obviously with the billboard, a growing, portion of their business.
Between the couple, they have four children. Gremillion explains his career change like this, “I couldn’t make the amount of money in a lifetime that some of the people on OnlyFans were making. [Our kids] could have anything they’ve ever asked for.”
Hate or not, these two are focused on providing for their family. The billboard the couple believes is the first of its kind in the United States.
Who doesn’t love a modern-day success story? They’re innovators, and it’s paying off for them.
A state lawmaker whose district includes Iberville and nine other parishes will lead the way on the drawing of a new congressional map when the committee convenes Friday.
Sen. Caleb Kleinpeter, R-Port Allen, will chair the hearings to draw a new congressional district map. He currently serves as chairman of the U.S. Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee.
On Wednesday, Kleinpeter said he has not worked on any maps. He is letting the committee members and the members of the Senate work on this with staff.
The move will come nine days after the U.S. Supreme Court on a 6-3 vote ruled one of Louisiana’s two majority-Black U.S. House districts unconstitutional.
“We can’t base it on race anymore, so the minority party is the Democrats,” he said. “The Democrats have migrated away from the New Orléans area, so we’re looking at Democrats versus Republicans, so the minority party — the Democrats — which means it’s more favored toward Baton Rouge.”
The move would work in favor of incumbent 6th District Congressman Cleo Fields, who was a candidate for the race which Gov. Jeff Lndry suspended in the wake of the Supreme Court decision.
The ruling stemmed from Louisiana vs. Callais – a consolidation of Robinson vs. Callais – that centered on racial gerrymandering and redistricting in the state of Louisiana following the 2020 United States census. The lead plaintiff, Phillip “Bert” Callais, is a resident of Brusly.
The Supreme Court vote came despite the African American population comprising nearly one-third of the state’s population.
According to the 2020 Census, the Black or African American population in Louisiana was approximately 1,464,023,representing 31.4%of the state’s total population. Louisiana has one of the highest percentages of Black residents in the United States, ranking second behind Mississippi.
The Baton Rouge district would likely be the area to undergo the remap, he said.
It amounts to an intricate balancing act.
“What far-right Republicans don’t understand is that with Congress maps, you have to be within 776, 280 votes – within 50 votes of the other districts,” Kleinpeter said. “It’s not like our legislative maps where you can be off by thousands … when you start changing a precinct, it can run down a rabbit hole chasing this precinct over here and over there.
“We can easily draw a really strong nine Republican and one strong Democrat, so if you start watering districts down you could wind up with a 4-2 map.”
Republicans currently have a two-vote super majority vote.
“But some Republican districts are strong and others are weak,” Kleinpeter said. “If you take 58 percent Democrats and put them in Republican districts, you could end up losing Republicans.
“Drawing congress maps is very difficult – you have the leader of the party, and you have the Speaker of the House you have to protect,” he said. “You don’t want to jeopardize their maps at hole.”
One other issue is looming for the state, Kleinpeter said.
“What people don’t understand is that we will have to do this all over again in five years, after the next census comes out,” he said. “Hopefully we’ll people by that time.”
The 2030 Census will play a key role in the process, but it still requires participation.
“I had plenty of next-door neighbors who didn’t want to fill out their census” he said. “I’m going to push to fill out their census. We miss out on federal money and potentially risk losing a seat. “
Neuty, the iconic Bucktown nutria visits the state capitol, with Myra Lacoste, Denny Lacoste, Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser, Dennis Lacoste Sr., and Louisiana state Senator J. Cameron Henry Jr. Neuty was an orphan, rescued by the Lacostes. In March 2023, LDWF agents attempted to confiscate the illegal pet.
VIDALIA, La. — Louisiana State Police arrested 18-year-old Gregory Steele early Sunday morning on two counts of vehicular homicide, one count of underage operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, one count vehicular negligent injuring and one count careless operation, according to Concordia Parish Jail records.
Steele, 18, a white male, was arrested in connection with an accident that occurred at approximately 1:54 a.m. on Sunday morning on Minorca Road in Vidalia. Two passengers in the vehicle were killed. Steele and another passenger were able to escape the vehicle.
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