Posted in Governor's Office, Notable Quotables on November 14, 2012| 7 Comments »
“We’ve got to make sure that we are not the party of big business, big banks, big Wall Street bailouts, big corporate loopholes, big anything. We cannot be, we must not be, the party that simply protects the rich so they get to keep their toys.”
—Gov. Piyush Jindal, in a post-election interview with Politico Live as he launched his 2016 presidential campaign.
Posted in Campaign Contributions, Courts, Judges, Notable Quotables, Politicians, Transparency on November 12, 2012| 3 Comments »
“I am on record as pro-life, pro-gun and pro-traditional marriage. I’m personally in favor of the death penalty.”
—District Court Judge Jeff Hughes, on his personal philosophy he hopes will catapult him to the State Supreme Court where he may someday be called upon to rule on those issues.
“Not money, but money in the wrong place: describe the architecture of incentive, and people will infer the causation.”
—Lawrence Lessing, in his book, Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress—and a Plan to Stop It.
Posted in Governor's Office, Health Care, House, Senate, Legislature, Legislators, Notable Quotables, OGB, Office of Group Benefits, Politicians, Privatization on November 9, 2012| 4 Comments »
“This is what happens when Gov. Jindal removes members from the committee.”
—Rep. Katrina Jackson (D-Monroe), on Friday’s House Appropriations Committee approval of the $1.1 billion contract with Blue Cross/Blue Shield to serve a third party administrator (TPA) for the Office of Group Benefits.
Posted in Education, Notable Quotables on November 6, 2012| Leave a Comment »
“Mr. Hahs has a clear advantage over the (other) bid participants. Further, he had the ability to influence the district’s decision-making process by being allowed to interact with all decision makers on the prior project while other competitors were under a gag order.”
—Written statement from a company that competed for a $32 million contract to renovate Kansas City Schools. The contract was awarded to a company founded by a man who served as a consultant on the origional bid project in which all bids were rejected. The consultant/contractor was brought in as a non-paid advisor by Mike Rounds, then-chief operating officer for the school system who subsequently resigned and was recently hired by Louisiana Superintendent of Education John White as a deputy superintent at a salary of $170,000. White and Rounds were classmates in 2010 at the Broad Superintendent’s Academy.
Posted in Governor's Office, Notable Quotables, Politicians on November 5, 2012| 2 Comments »
“I’m not familiar with the safety recommendations.”
—Former Secretary of Natural Resources Scott Angelle (now a candidate for the Public Service Commission in Tuesday’s election), responding to Congressman Ed Markey (D-Mass.) during questioning about the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent disastrous oil spill.
“You haven’t analyzed the recommendations?”
—Congress Ed Markey.
“I have not.”
—Angelle.
“Given your job, don’t you think you should’ve looked at those safety recommendations?
—Markey.
“I have not analyzed those recommendations, sir.”
—Angelle.
“Could you analyze them and give a set of responses to the safety recommendations back to the committee?”
—Markey.
“Sir, I have not analyzed all those recommendations.”
—Angelle.
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