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“It doesn’t raise taxes on businesses and families. It’s a strong reform budget. We’re going to continue to reduce the size of state government.”
–Commissioner of Administration Paul Rainwater, on the executive budget to be presented to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget on Thursday.
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“The report is privileged as part of the deliberative process and is exempt from disclosure.”
–Division of Administration attorney Paul Holmes, in his May 27 reponse to a public records request by LouisianaVoice in which he invoked the administration’s catch-all shield behind which it conceals information from the public.
Posted in Governor's Office, Jobs, Notable Quotables, Politicians, Transparency on February 8, 2012| Leave a Comment »
“The bottom line is the governor appoints people who support his agenda for moving the state forward, not the other way around.”
–Jindal spokesman Frank Collins, explaining why Gov. Bobby Jindal chooses political loyalty over qualifications in making political appointments.
Posted in Civil Service, Health Care, Notable Quotables, Transparency on February 7, 2012| 2 Comments »
“I don’t think you have come close to showing there’s either a cost saving or efficiency. Until that can be done, I think we have to reject.”
–Civil Service Commissioner Scott Hughes of Shreveport, to Carol Steckel, chief of the Department of Health and Hospital’s Center for Health Care innovation and Technology, on her presentation calling for a plan to contract out DHH’s information technology services, a plan that would result in the loss of jobs by state employees currently performing those functions.
Posted in Charters, Education, Governor's Office, Notable Quotables, Transparency, Vouchers on February 3, 2012| 2 Comments »
“We are going to create a system that pays teachers for doing a good job instead of for the length of time they have been breathing.”
—Gov. Bobby Jindal, unveiling his education reform package before the annual meeting of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry on Jan. 17.
“It’s a Biblical principle: if you double a teacher’s pay scale, you’ll attract people who aren’t called to teach.”
–Alabama State Senator Shadrack McGill (R-Woodville), speaking at a prayer breakfast in Fort Payne, Alabama, earlier this week. At the same time, he defended a 62 percent legislative pay increase as a deterrent to lobbyist influence.
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