In a departure from our usual format, LouisianaVoice is proud to provide the link to another blogger’s post in an effort to convey his message to as many people as possible.

Robert Mann formerly held the Manship Chair in Journalism at LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communications. Prior to that, he was a spokesman for Gov. Kathleen Blanco and Sens. John Breaux and Russell Long.

He retired from LSU upon the election of Jeff Landry as governor. Landry, while serving as the state’s attorney general, attempted to have Mann fired for his criticism of Landry – a favorite ploy of would-be autocrats. He had no doubts that Landry would double down in his efforts to terminate his employment so, Mann simply beat him to the punch.

But he didn’t retire from writing. Instead, he revived his blog, Something Like the Truth and continues to hold politicians accountable.

The post below is vividly illustrative of how Landry prioritizes politics over public service by his appointing of grossly unqualified people in positions of power – so that they carry out his every political whim.

Mann correctly assesses the sum of Misti S. Cordell’s qualifications as being a graduate of Louisiana Tech University in the field of human resource management, whatever that is supposed to imply in the way of her qualifications – and ability – to administer the Louisiana Board of Regents, the governing board for Louisiana’s colleges and universities.

Here is the link to Mann’s post:

Jeff Landry appoints anti-vax election denier to head Louisiana Board of Regents