Attention State Civil Service employees:
· There’s no money available for your pay raises for what now, the fifth straight year? The sixth? I’ve lost count.
· The Office of Group Benefits, by the way, will be increasing your monthly health premiums again.
Attention State Troopers:
· Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed the necessary documents clearing the way for pay increases as much as 8 percent for you—this in addition to last year’s two pay increasing totaling some 30 percent.
· And by the way, Gov. Edwards’ signature also clears the way for annual guaranteed pay increases of 4 percent per year for State Police.
The State Police Commission (LSPC) will meet on Thursday (Oct. 13) to make it official.
Attention Department of Public Safety police officers:
· You are not included.
· Meanwhile, State Police Superintendent Col. Mike Edmonson’s hunt continues to identify the DPS malcontents who have the audacity to complain about being repeatedly left out in pay raises. Keep your heads down, guys.
The commission also will consider stripping away some of the duties of the commission executive director, according to the commission agenda published on its Web page. This is an obvious effort for Edmonson to seize more power through his puppet, Commission President/State Trooper T.J. Doss. http://laspc.dps.louisiana.gov/laspc.nsf/b713f7b7dd3871ee86257b9b004f9321/0449c2895409d86986258027004fff12/$FILE/10.12.16%20Revised%20Agenda%20(October%2013,%202016).pdf
LouisianaVoice also has learned that the Louisiana State Troopers Association (LSTA) is actively considering amending its by-laws to give it authority to purge its rolls of certain of its members, namely a couple of state police retirees who have questioned certain association activities.
And why not? Obviously pumped by the sham “investigation” of the association leadership’s decision (in open violation of state law) to contribute to political campaigns, including those of former Gov. Bobby Jindal and current Gov. Edwards, the LSTA is feeling pretty confident that it can do whatever the hell it wants with complete impunity.
The commission, you will recall, hired Natchitoches attorney Taylor Townsend, a former legislator, to conduct an in-depth investigation into the decision of certain LSTA leaders to become actively involved in political campaigns by having the LSTA executive director make the contributions in his name and then reimbursing him for his “expenses.” The action, nothing other than money laundering, was cleared by Townsend after he apparently got his marching orders from Edwards who didn’t want any embarrassment after reappointing Edmonson after becoming governor.
Townsend, a major supporter of Edwards and who helped head his transition team after he was elected, subsequent to his quiet recommendation of “no action” regarding the LSTA campaign contributions, was rewarded with appointment to the legal team pursuing legal action against the oil industry to force it to restore the state’s wetlands damaged by drilling. http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_354f2c5c-8cc9-11e6-8564-5bb2846bb2e6.html
Townsend, instead of submitting a written report as most investigations require, simply told the commission he recommended “no action,” and the commission complied with no comment. Townsend even admitted he did not admit a recording of an LSTA chapter meeting in which is was admitted that the LSTA violated the law into evidence.
So now that the LSTA has survived that mini-scandal, it wants to rid its membership of retirees who dared question the association’s activities.
One of those retirees, Bucky Millet of Lake Arthur, has become a real burr under the commission’s and the LSTA’s saddles and the LSTA officers desperately want him out. He has attended every commission meeting for nearly a year now and is scheduled to attend Thursday’s meeting. Even worse than attending the meetings, he asks questions and that’s something the State Police hierarchy doesn’t particularly like.
If the LSPC follows form, it will retreat into yet another executive session where it can discuss a course of action out of earshot of the public.
LouisianaVoice will be there.
Louisiana Voice 
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300,000.00 salary package with raise during state salary freeze
Of course they are giving the raises again. That is how you control the people. They won’t bite the hand that feeds them, over and over and over. Mikey keeps them quiet using the hush money. Ever noticed how the Louisiana Trooper Underground suddenly stopped once the big raise was given. It will only last so long and the natives will get restless again and start beating the drums again. Money is only a short term fix for now, after a while the raises won’t even matter. I would like to see where they are getting the money from for the raises. I guess the drivers license and license plate fees are going to be going up again, like they did 2 years ago. Let’s see, they (state police) get money from driver license fees, license plate fees, motor vehicle inspection sticker fees, dmv reinstatement fees and several more hidden fees that we pay and don’t know where the money goes. Maybe some of the lottery money goes to them also, who knows. I guess they will dig a litter deeper in our pockets for more fees to pay for the next set of raises. When is ever going to be enough? Their retirement system is going to crash in the next 18 months when all these Troopers retire at the same time. Remember the have to stay 3 years after the first raise to get the full benefit of it. I guess we will take money from LASERS to pay shore up their retirements system. It’s going to be like the Wall Street bailout. And JBE is a disgrace to the West Point Honor Code.
Yep. As evidenced by the video of LSPRP’s actuary, Charles Hall, the impact of the first raise alone on the UAL was $45 million (see last video): http://www.jbefraud.com/appoint_edmonson_LSP.htm. So, it’s only going to get worse as you indicate.
Once all this becomes official after they perfunctorily approve it at today’s meeting, I’ll add an entry to the ever-growing list of JBEfraud entries: http://www.jbefraud.com/.
If my legislators dare even consider any kind of tax OR FEE hike in the next legislative session, I will personally —–well, something that will let them know that I will actively campaign against them during their next reelection campaign.
And as for our Honor Code Governor–Fool me once shame on you. You’ll not get a second chance.
Take it further than that!! The penny sales tax increase automatically sunsets in 21 months! As is obvious, the money was sought for largesse and not to meet critical needs. Vote out and legislator seeking to renew it!!
It has been reported that BCBS is giving out raises and bonuses to its employees constantly. I assume this means they are making a profit off the backs of state employees through OGB. Enough is Enough!!!! How long will the state continue to rob certain employees while putting others on pedestals?
As a state worker, I can remember the last time we received a pay raise. The last merit increase was the year prior to when Jindal was running for his second term as governor. Many of us (state workers) concluded that the Governor was using the merit increase to try to get/buy more votes.
EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE ON NOTICE THAT GOVERNOR EDWARDS IS PROPOSING AN INCREASE IN THE GAS TAX NEXT YEAR. NOW IS THE TIME TO TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS AND GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE AND TELL THEM “NO” TO THE TAX INCREASE.
What stinks about this is aside from no raises in God knows and when State Employees are paying way more for insurance that covers way less. Employees are starting to skip dr appointments, tests, and medicines because they can’t afford the copays.