Louisiana Voice

The LOUISIANA ILLUMINATOR, as it generally does, had a most interesting story today. Among the quotes contained in that story:

[Atty. Gen. Liz] Murrill and [Gov. Squeaky Toy] Landry said during a Wednesday news conference that although the special prosecutor has dropped the charges, it is not enough to prevent accountability for the city leaders Murrill accused of weaponizing the criminal justice system against her.

Maybe it’s just me, but I see (and hear) a lot of irony in Lizzie’s claim of weaponizing the justice system against her.

I mean, after all, she and the Gov. are butt-kissing buddies of Cadet Bonespurs who has pretty much set the standard for weaponization of the justice department against anyone—opposing politicians, prosecutors, journalists, former Olympic athletes, TV personalities, any person of a darker skin than Nehi orange.

“It’s not over,” Murrill said. “You can’t be friends with somebody who wants to put you in jail for 80 years.

See third paragraph.

“Mutual professional courtesy and professional working relationships, absolutely. We have always extended that to the city of New Orleans and its leadership, no matter how bad their decision-making is.” 

That’s an interesting observation for Landry’s sock puppet Murrill to make in light of her reluctance to meet with Mayor Helena Moreno and of her former (and current, it seems) boss’s assertion that N’awlins is no longer so important to the state:

Again, from the Louisiana Illuminator, which has become the GO-TO SOURCE for all things Louisiana, we have Squeaky Toy saying, “Used to be, the saying was, ‘Where goes New Orleans, where goes the state.’ Let me tell you what happened today. That has changed. Where goes Louisiana will determine the fate of New Orleans, okay?”

Perhaps it slipped Squeaky Toy’s mind that the Port of New Orleans ranks 6^th among all U.S. ports by total cargo tonnage.

Maybe he doesn’t realize how much revenue is generated by the Superdome and Smoothie King facilities in terms of sporting events, concerts and conventions or how much is generated by the Sugar Bowl and on those occasions when a Super Bowl or NCAA national championship game is held at the ‘Dome. Haven’t seen any of those events held anywhere else in Louisiana.

It could be he doesn’t remember the financial impact of the New Orleans Mardi Gras of Jazz Fest and other tourist attractions.

I haven’t observed anyone knocking down the doors to attend similar events in Monroe or Shongaloo or Dry Prong and the advantages of the huge datacenters he is so proud of have yet to be determined. If they result in higher electricity rates and water shortages, then I’m not buying what he’s selling.

As for now, I would put the value of the Louisiana Offshoe Oil Port (LOOP) in Port Fourchon, some 58 miles south of New Orleans, over the questionable and as-yet-to-be-determined benefits of those datacenters.

Lizzie, you may have won this round with a little help from your friends at the Louisiana Supreme Court, but as you yourself said, “It’s not over.”