Last Friday Bogalusa Mayor Wendy Perrette sent a letter to Eddie Bonine, executive director of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association, urging him to reverse the Association’s decision to move Bogalusa High School’s football game and offering to pay for additional security if that would satisfy the LHSAA’s concerns.
The LHSAA announced the decision in response to an Oct. 14 incident in which gunfire was exchanged outside the BHS stadium during the Homecoming game.
Perrette said those responsible for that horrible crime were not BHS students, nor were they even Bogalusa residents. She said it would be very unfortunate for this winning team to have to play its final game of the season at another location.
In the letter she said since becoming mayor she has worked hard to improve and expand the Bogalusa Police Department and they work intimately with the Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office, and recently joined a multi-agency Violent Crime Task Force. She closed by saying if it would satisfy LHSAA, they will add additional security to their already-enhanced force for game night and she would pay for it herself if she needed to.
