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He was active from the mid-1940s into the early 1990s. Considered an authority on 20th-century Louisiana government and politics, he wrote some ten thousand columns under the title, "The Talk of the Town," a play on the name of the newspaper. LaBorde wrote about the strengths and the foibles of the states politicians.​<ref name=bio>"Bordelonville native among six to be inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame January 28", ''Avoyelles Today'', January 4, 2012.</ref>

He was active from the mid-1940s into the early 1990s. Considered an authority on 20th-century Louisiana government and politics, he wrote some ten thousand columns under the title, "The Talk of the Town," a play on the name of the newspaper. LaBorde wrote about the strengths and the foibles of the states politicians.​<ref name=bio>"Bordelonville native among six to be inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame January 28", ''Avoyelles Today'', January 4, 2012.</ref>

==Background==  

==Background==

LaBorde was born to Enos LaBorde, Sr. (1886–1962), and the former Lily Bordelon (1891–1955) in Bordelonville in heavily Cajun Avoyelles Parish,  south of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]]. He graduated at an early age from Bordelonville High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050328074230/http://www2.msstate.edu/~eaddy/famtrlab/html/fam00710.htm|title=

LaBorde was born to Enos LaBorde, Sr. (1886–1962), and the former Lily Bordelon (1891–1955) in Bordelonville in heavily Cajun Avoyelles Parish,  south of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]]. He graduated at an early age from Bordelonville High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050328074230/http://www2.msstate.edu/~eaddy/famtrlab/html/fam00710.htm|title=

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