The St. Charles Parish Council on Monday voted unanimously to take over all operations of the Sunset Drainage District, an independent body that has looked after vast swaths of Bayou Gauche, Des Allemands and Paradis -- including the area's levees and canals -- for more than 100 years. The vote, which came after the second mandatory public hearing on the issue, brings to a close a process that has loomed large over the west bank of St.
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