Wednesday, at the Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, “The Roads Scholar” missed a perfect opportunity to assure the public and especially the business community that he has a plan for addressing the state’s $1.6 billion “fiscal cliff.”
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The latest U.S. Census figures indicate that despite all the grandiose talk by Bobby Jindal as to how well the economy in Louisiana compares to that of other states, it’s simply a lie.
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Merely saying one is “against taxes” (Bobby Jindal and most leges) yet failing to push the restructuring/down-sizing of government to a level at which the working people (vast majority) and the economy of our state can afford to sustain is not being a “conservative” in my book.
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Earlier this year, LSU-Baton Rouge began an initiative to look into methods to make its operations more effective and efficient.
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Louisiana’s tax revenues are in decline forcing massive cuts to state government.
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The LA Board of Regents has hired a firm from Florida for an estimated $105,500 to help them find a replacement for Sally Clausen as the next higher education commissioner. […]
The mirrors in the Capitol Building must be broken. Either that or the leges think they are invisible. […]
There appears to be no interest by the governor or the members of the House to stop the chronic vote-changing on the House Floor. […]
Anyone who follows the state’s economy knows that all is not well. Between the oil spill in the Gulf and moratorium on deep water exploration, our economy is only going to get worse. […]
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