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.