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Notable Quotables (in their own words)

Posted in Education, Notable Quotables, Privatization on June 21, 2012| 2 Comments »

“The course provider shall receive a course amount for each eligible funded student.”

“…The per course amount means an amount equal to the market rate as determined by the course provider and reported to the State Department of Education.”

“No local public school system shall actively discourage, intimidate, or threaten an eligible funded student or an eligible participating student during the course enrollment process or at any time for that local school system.”

–Examples of language contained in House Bill 976, aka Act 2, aka the Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Act, passed by the legislature and signed into law by Gov. Piyush Jindal, which is anticipated to cost the state $44.5 million over five years.

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Notable Quotables (in their own words)

Posted in Governor's Office, Notable Quotables, Revenue, Taxes on June 16, 2012| 3 Comments »

“It will be determined through the process of the proper procedure of rule-making.”

–Gov. Piyush Jindal mouthpiece Kyle Plotkin, trying to explain how the state will deal with pending tax credits for alternative fuel vehicles pursuant to a bill signed into law by Jindal in 2009. Instead of a $1 million cost to the state as originally anticipated, new projections indicate the cost could be as much as $100 million

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Notable Quotables (in their own words)

Posted in Business, Economy, Governor's Office, Notable Quotables, Revenue, Taxes on June 6, 2012| 5 Comments »

“Over the last four and a half years, we have outperformed the national and southern economies, and in order to continue to attract business investment, we need to stay competitive with the rest of the country and the world.”

–Gov. Piyush Jindal, on signing into law two bills to “increase economic competitiveness” by creating a corporate headquarters relocation program.

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Notable Quotables (in their own words)

Posted in Campaign Contributions, Ethics, Governor's Office, Notable Quotables, Transparency on June 2, 2012| Leave a Comment »

“We accept every contribution in good faith and in accordance with the law.”

“Everybody who donates to our campaign gets the same thing and that is good government.”

–Timmy Teepell, advisor and confidant to Gov. Piyush Jindal, responding to questions about $95,000 that federal investigators say may have been laundered illegally into the Jindal 2007 campaign for governor.