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Senator Tom Schedler took offense am my reading of his condescending attitude. In the interest of fairness, I wanted to share the senator’s defense of his condescending attitude. Immediately below is my response to his defense below which is his defense and below his defense are my comments to which he took offense.

C.B.

To: “Schedler, Sen. (District Office)”
From: “C.B. Forgotston”
Subject: RE: Lege needs attitude adjustment

Tom,

As a politician, you are certainly aware of the importance of choosing one’s words properly. The key to communicating with we citizens is say what you mean and mean what you say. That way there no need of interpretation by me or anyone else.

I stand my earlier comments about your condescending attitude toward the citizens of LA. Your missive below only serves to prove the correctness of my observation.

C.B.

At 11:27 AM 2/23/2006, you wrote:

Dear Mr. Forgotston, I am totally amazed at your interpretation of my comments on the Senate floor and before the House Transportation Committee. I would ask that you contact the author of the bill, Senator Walter Boasso, to see what role I took in breaking the “log jam” in the Senate for the bills ultimate passage. Also, upon his request he, Governor Blanco and I sat at the table together in support of the levee bill in the House committee. You are the only person I know that interpreted my comments as condescending, calling my constituents ignorant, etc. . . .

To characterize my comments in the content you have is totally misleading and a cheap shot at best, something you apparently pride yourself in. I ask that you take the time to listen to the tapes of the full content of my comments before both the Senate and House or at least contact Senator Boasso, I doubt you will do either.

I have been elected five (5) times in one of the most conservative districts in the State, twice with no opposition. Additionally, I was elected for two (2) terms to the State Republican Central Committee, and I was elected by my peers and have served six (6) years as the Senate Republican Chairman. Obviously, my constituents and my peers have accepted all these evils you claim I possess.

Sincerely,
Tom Schedler

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There was a story in Thursday’s Baton Rouge paper about one member of the LSU Board of Supervisors taking a principled stance on the selection of the next president of the LSU System.

I am not one of those who think that Bill Jenkins is irreplaceable. Nobody is irreplaceable. Our school and our state deserve to have the best at the head of our “flagship university.” It is our “flagship” and thus it is how our state is judged when it comes to higher education. We need someone the public stature or academic credentials that will be recognized by others in academia and otherwise, not only in LA, but the U.S. and abroad. If we have to pay that person as much as our football coach, so be it. The reputation of the academic side of our school is worth it.

The issue at hand is not one of gender, sexual or other relationships. It is about getting the best person to head the LSU System which is reeling from the devastation of two hurricanes and the neglect of our elected officials.

What I am currently seeing at LSU is an attempt to turn our school into the same type “political football” that has been the fate of the Southern University System since the leges and other politicians were allowed by our governors to control it.

Kudos to Hank Gowen for standing up for those of us who still care about LSU and our state.

C.B.

LSU B.S.’67, J.D. ‘71

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A recent brief in the Baton Rouge paper says all there is to say about the economy of LA: The state [of Louisiana] is the largest single employer.

We have an overgrown government that has starved the private sector of resources in order to feed the bloated beast known as LA government.

Government should only grow in proportion to the private sector, not in spite of it. There will be no economic recovery in LA until government is put on a diet.

This should be a wake up call to everyone and especially the leges who are about to come into a regular session where cutting taxes, reducing regulation and cutting the budget should be the top priorities.

C.B.

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