Posted in Economy, Governor's Office, House, Senate, Legislature, Legislators, Notable Quotables, Revenue, Transparency on April 25, 2012| 1 Comment »
“It looks like we just give sort of a blank check to the Department of Economic Development, and it doesn’t come from their money. It comes from the treasury.”
–State Rep. John Schroder (R-Covington), in questioning whether sufficient accountability and reporting was being required of the Louisiana Office of Economic Development in its push for even more corporate tax breaks even as it was announced that the state would have to cut another $215 million in expenditures this year.
Posted in Governor's Office, House, Senate, Legislature, Legislators, Notable Quotables, Retirement, Transparency on April 25, 2012| 1 Comment »
“The opera ain’t over until the fat lady sings.”
–Generally attributed to Texas Tech Sports Information Director Ralph Carpenter, during the 1978 finals of the Southwest Conference basketball tournament.
Posted in Campaign Contributions, Governor's Office, Notable Quotables, Transparency on April 25, 2012| 2 Comments »
“Our governor, a proponent of less government spending, sure does spend a lot of time out of state on the taxpayers’ dime to promote himself.”
–Unidentified reader, responding to Baton Rouge Advocate story about Gov. Jindal’s upcoming trip to speak to The American Federation of Children next month in New Jersey.
Posted in Governor's Office, House, Senate, Legislature, Legislators, Notable Quotables, Retirement, Transparency on April 23, 2012| 3 Comments »
“If these bills pass, We’ll be next.”
–Stacy Birdwell, secretary-treasurer of the Professional Firefighters of Louisiana during Monday’s Senate Retirement Committee hearing, explaining why he was testifying against Gov. Jindal’s retirement reform package even though firefighters aren’t affected in the current round of legislation.
“If they want to kick me off my committees, that’s okay with me. I’ll cut grass and edge around the Capitol in the morning but at 2 p.m. I’ll be in the House Chamber speaking out against and voting against these retirement bills that are detrimental to state employees.”
–State Rep. James Armes (D-Leesville), who is also a landscape contractor, speaking at a press conference on Monday at which Gov. Jindal’s retirement reform package was roundly criticized by several speakers.
Posted in Governor's Office, Notable Quotables on April 23, 2012| 2 Comments »
“That rebuttal speech will be played over and over and over and over.”
–Loyola University in New Orleans associate political science professor Philip Dynia, commenting on what would likely happen if Gov. Bobby Jindal ran as Mitt Romney’s vice president and the prospects that Jindal’s Republican rebuttal to President Obama’s 2009 State of the Union Address would be resurrected from YouTube.
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