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Ten of the eleven members of the Heh, Heh, Heh, State Ethics Board quit, including the board’s top administrator. The board cannot do anything because it no longer has a quorum of members.

Bobby Jindal claims LA leads the nation in ethics laws. We give him pass on that bit of erroneous hyperbole. After all, Bobby is a politician and lying by politicians has been found to be “protected speech” by some Federal courts.

In summary

According to Jindal we have the “toughest ethics laws in the nation.” Even if that were true, they are unenforceable because of language Jindal allowed to be put into the enforcement mechanism. If the laws were enforceable, there is nobody to enforce them.

That gives new meaning to “come to Louisiana, we’re open for business.” It now is more like come to Louisiana and let’s make a deal there are no rules.

IS THIS A GREAT STATE OR WHAT!

C.B.

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Arrogance and condescension seen above

Just in case there is any question of whether the leges have learned anything from the public outcry over the obscene lege pay raise read these comments:

[Sen. Bob] Kostelka, [R-Monroe] who staunchly supported his vote for the pay increase, tried to defend the Legislature. He also criticized news media coverage of the session.

“Whether you like it or know it, you’ve gotten good government,” Kostelka said to the several hundred people in attendance [at a Monroe Chamber of Commerce meeting]. “You’ve got good government, and I just hope you appreciate it.” Monroe News-Star, July 17, 2008.

This is proof the leges learned nothing. They remain defiant and believe that we citizens are the enemy.

Let us not forget.

C.B.

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We’ve all seen the list of Bobby’s line-item vetoes of NGOs and local pork projects (”earmarks”) from the State Operating Budget (HB 1, 2008 R.S.).

Below you will find links to lists of what remains of the NGOs and local pork. There’s still over $40 Million of our tax dollars spent on such items. That’s more than Kathleen Blanco or Big Daddy allowed in their budgets.

Despite Bobby’s “criteria” for lege pork, there is no rhyme or reason for what he vetoed. The only consistency in the vetoed items is the inconsistency.

Thanks to State Treasury John Kennedy for making this information available. Nobody else in state government would.

Now, as Paul Harvey says, you know the rest of the story.

C.B.

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For more details of the NGOs go here: http://www.legis.state.la.us/sif/sifssearch.aspx

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