On being like Bobby Monday, Mar 23 2009 

the-terminator

“The Terminator” is imitating Bobby.  See story here.

Apparently, Global Warming makes it too warm to freeze hiring in CA and LA.

Do they teach the techniques of how to fool the public at Republican Governors School?

C.B.

Holding them accountable - Part 12 Friday, Mar 20 2009 

feet-to-the-fire

When running for governor in 2007 Bobby Jindal made the following statements about transparency in government:

Provide citizens on-line, easy-to-understand access to all sectors of state government.  We should upgrade Louisiana’s sunshine laws to improve access to public records and meetings by expanding Internet-based access to filings, reports, and announcements in all departments. Source: Jindal Campaign brochure: Ethics Reform: Ending Corruption

A recent story in the Monroe newspaper reports that Jindal did just the opposite for his own office. Story here (with comments by yours truly).

According to the story:

While Gov. Bobby Jindal campaigned on and regularly promotes transparency in government at all levels, the same standards do not apply to his office.

Getting what one would think should be public records from the governor’s office is virtually impossible under state law – a law that earns Louisiana a national survey’s ranking of worst in the nation for access to the governor’s records.

To quote Bobby Jindal: “It’s time to match action to our rhetoric.”

It’s time to hold Bobby accountable.

C.B.

Holding them accountable - Part 11 Thursday, Mar 19 2009 

feet-to-the-fire

When running for governor in 2007 Bobby Jindal made the following statements about state spending and inefficiencies in government:

“Money doesn’t grow on trees. Government spending comes out of the paychecks of hardworking Louisianians; and there is not a family or a business in this state that could survive the reckless spending habits in state government today.”

Jindal said [he wants to] eliminate bureaucratic inefficiencies….

Apparently, when Bobby made the above statements he was aware of state government inefficiencies.

That was then.

This now.

We just learned that Bobby is going to create another government bureaucracy to tell him where the inefficiencies exist.

If he knew about the inefficiencies in 2007 he must have forgotten where they were.  We need action; not more studies.

To quote Bobby Jindal: “It’s time to match action to our rhetoric.”

It’s time to hold Bobby accountable.

C.B.

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