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Notable Quotables (in their own words)

Posted in Governor's Office, Notable Quotables on March 15, 2013| 2 Comments »

“The word from within Bobby Jindal’s inner circle is that while Bobby is disappointed that he was not selected Pope, he vows to push forward with renewed vigor to be President of the United States.

Jindal had already picked his Papal name. He had chosen ‘Pope Bob.’

When interviewed by Italian media about not being selected as Pope, Bobby said: ‘I have the job I want.’

Jindal flew back from Rome to Baton Rouge immediately after being passed over for Pope.”

—March 14 blog post by political observer par exellence C.B. Forgotston.

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Notable Quotables (in their own words)

Posted in BESE, Education, Notable Quotables on March 8, 2013| 1 Comment »

“No one is taking a look at this. That is what a leader does.”

—Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) member Lottie Beebe, commenting that no one in charge at the Louisiana Department of Education (DOE) has done anything to address complaints of stress on the part of public school teachers because of the new annual reviews.

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Notable Quotables (in their own words)

Posted in BESE, Budget, Charters, Education, Legislature, Legislators, Notable Quotables on March 3, 2013| 1 Comment »

“Currently our 500 corps members work with nearly 45,000 students in the state of Louisiana. Our 1,000 alumni run schools, continue teaching in classrooms, are setting policy and otherwise influencing the debate for educational change in a positive direction.”

—Teach for America, describing its public purpose in its application for a $5 million appropriation in NGO funding from the Louisiana Legislature.

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Notable Quotables (in their own words)

Posted in Civil Service, Layoffs, Notable Quotables, State Agencies, Transparency on March 2, 2013| 5 Comments »

“Can you imagine a department having no IT staff? Can you imagine their human resources department being across town? Revenue is bing picked apart and more sections are to be dissolved.”

—Confidential source in email to LouisianaVoice.

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Notable Quotables (in their own words)

Posted in Auditor, Health Care, Legislature, Legislators, Notable Quotables on March 1, 2013| 6 Comments »

“In January 2011, DHH eliminated all but one internal audit position. In February, the one remaining auditor retired, leaving no internal audit function at all at the end of Fiscal Year 2011.

“Each year, in the Appropriations Act, the Legislature requires agencies with budgets in excess of $30 million to use existing positions for internal audit services.

“Considering DHH has over $650 million in assets and over $7 billion in annual revenue, an effective internal audit function is critical to safeguard state assets and operations.”

—Wes Gooch, audit manager for the Legislative Auditor’s Office, in testimony before the Legislative Audit Advisory Council on Feb. 21.

“I am outraged that a member of our staff would allegedly willfully misuse public funds that were intended for health care services.”

—DHH Secretary Bruce Greenstein, in a prepared statement Friday after it was learned that a DHH employee in the Bureau of Health Care Integrity is suspected of misappropriating $800,000 in DHH funds.

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