“As an outsider (not living in Louisiana) doing disaster work in Louisiana, corruption is one element that defines Louisiana’s culture. There are many beautiful elements to your culture; corruption is not one of them. The voters talk about corruption as most people talk about their favorite sports team. You need to change it.”
—A reader whose comment says more about the ethos of corruption and the resignation to low expectations of our state leaders than anything anyone else could ever write. We should all be embarrassed and outraged over the manner in which the flood recovery is being handled.
Louisiana Voice 
That is the absolute truth. It’s sad
Spot on observation!!
When I worked as an FDIC examiner, it was beyond comprehension much of the corruption we observed.
I have a good friend from those days with whom I maintain regular contact. He’s still with the FDIC in Kansas City, Missouri. He says nothing he’s seen in ANY other FDIC office at which he has worked even comes close to the corruption in Louisiana.
Whenever I call him and tell him things from down here (which is often), he’s still stunned at how little has changed (he transferred with the FDIC in 1995).
He tells me, “Robert, there’s no way you could live anywhere else! You’d quickly get bored out of your mind without Louisiana’s spicy political climate.”
Only in Louisiana. Responsible are the voters who elect and re-elect the politicians (who are no longer representatives of the people).
Amen to that one Mr. Bob, but a lot of times they are selected not elected. When you are not allowed to watch a poll worker while they are closing a machine at the end of the election time and additionaly told to leave the building, somethings up with that one. Been there and done that! Next?