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By now you know that there will not be a veto session to override the vetoes of the bills in the 2008 R.S. Among the bills vetoed was the obscene lege pay raise.

It would have taken a majority of both houses of the lege to call a session and then 2/3s of each house to override a veto.

Two senators and 36 representatives wanted to have a veto session.

The following leges wanted to have a veto session.

Senate: Dorsey, Shepherd

House: Abramson, Armes, Aubert, A. Badon, Barrow, Billiott, Burrell, Carmody, Connick, Dixon, Edwards, Gallot, Greene, E. Guillory, M. Guillory, Hardy, Henderson, Hines, Honey, Hutter, G. Jackson, M. Jackson, S. Jones, LaFonta, Leger, Lorusso, Morrell, Norton, Peterson, Richmond, Simon, G. Smith, P. Smith, St. Germain, Stiaes (formerly Marchand), Wadell.

Another Shepherd transgression?

It’s a good thing for Senator Shepherd that there won’t be a veto session. He would have to get permission from a Federal Judge to come to Baton Rouge.

A Federal Judge has ordered Shepherd to home confinement pending his October trial on money-laundering charges. Shepherd chose to be confined at his mother’s home, which unlike his own house, is actually in his senate district.

According to a story in the Daily Monopoly, the house where he is registered to vote (and has a Homestead Exemption) is being rented. Which begs the question of how he maintains a Homestead Exemption on the property which is not “owner-occupied.” Perhaps someone will check with Jefferson Parish Assessor Lawrence Chehardy.

C.B.

1 CB 11:21 am

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.

1 CB 7:39 am

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.

1 CB 8:02 am