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Notable Quotables (In their own words)

Posted in Book Review, Notable Quotables on May 22, 2012| Leave a Comment »

“Dirty rice is a spicy Cajun dish compounded from the king of grains and the rough-chopped innards ob beast and fowl. It is best eaten hot, eyes closed, no questions asked.”

–Cliff Probst, from “What to Eat in Louisiana.”

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Notable Quotables (In their own words)

Posted in House, Senate, Legislature, Legislators, Notable Quotables, Retirement on May 22, 2012| 1 Comment »

“We cannot protect people from making bad decisions in their lives.”

–Sen. Elbert Guillory (D-Opelousas), commenting on the possibility that retirees may spend all of their lump-sum pension benefits being proposed as part of Gov. Piyush Jindal’s retirement reform package. He went on to say that retirees may have to apply for food stamps, welfare and other government programs. Still, he somehow managed to insist that the retirement reforms would save the state money.

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Notable Quotables (In their own words)

Posted in Notable Quotables on May 21, 2012| Leave a Comment »

“Samples of successful bidder will be retained at the purchasing office or the using agency…Any other samples received, if not destroyed in testing, may be returned at the bidder’s expense.”

–from bid specifications contained in Louisiana Division of Administration’s invitation for bids on the purchase of condoms by the state.

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Notable Quotables (In their own words)

Posted in Economy, Notable Quotables on May 10, 2012| 7 Comments »

“Growing up in a high-poverty neighborhood…increases a person’s chances of downward mobility by 52 percent.”

–Liz Voyles, communications representative for the Pew Research Center, explaining how childhood poverty is a major factor in education attainment.

“We’re going to stop blanket job protection in the form of tenure to teachers who are ineffective after one year. They will simply return to probationary status. Under our nationally recognized value-added law, districts start dismissal proceedings after two years, and teachers lose certification after three years of ineffectiveness ratings.”

–Gov. Piyush Jindal, in unveiling his education reform package to the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI) annual meeting in January.

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Notable Quotables (In their own words)

Posted in House, Senate, Legislature, Legislators, Notable Quotables, Transparency on May 10, 2012| 4 Comments »

“Don’t worry, I’ll recall the bill.”

–Sen. Mike Walsworth (R-West Monroe), to Kristy Nichols, Gov. Piyush Jindal’s Deputy chief of Staff, after Senate Bill 47, which would change the computation of retirement benefits from three to five years, failed by one vote to get the necessary 20 votes.

“Wahh, wahh, my machine malfunction! Wahh, wahh, I was pounding on my computer during the vote. Can I have a do-over?”

–Sen. Mike Walsworth (R-West Monroe) to the Senate President following the failure of SB 47. The bill passed on the second vote.

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