Former Gretna Police Chief Arthur Lawson will not be reinstated onto the public benefit corporation overseeing the controversial Gretna brewpub project, a judge ruled Tuesday morning.
Judge Donald “Chick” Foret of the 24th Judicial District Court ruled Tuesday that the Jefferson Parish Council’s unanimous vote last January to replace Lawson with Jeff Adam Sr. on the board for Jefferson Facilities Inc. was done lawfully, despite the original resolution failing to explicitly say Adam would replace Lawson.
The ruling also dissolved a temporary restraining order that had prohibited Jefferson Facilities Inc. from conducting meetings ahead of Tuesday’s hearing, preventing the company from moving forward on the controversial project to build a $10 million brewpub using parish funds in downtown Gretna as its tenant, Port Orleans Brewing Co., threatens to sue for breach of contract…