Allen Lottinger
Mah, dere’s a noo Presidunt in our footure
Next week at this time, we will have a new President, one that differs somewhat from our current President on what the goals and ideals of a federal government should be. […]
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Allen Lottinger
Utah deserves No. 1 ranking
Friday’s Sugar Bowl was a treat to watch, and it’s not because we hold a grudge against Nick Saban for leaving LSU. […]
Columns
Anatomy of a deficit
The Revenue Estimating Conference (REC) met on December 15 to do its constitutionally required task of giving the official estimate for state revenues for both the current budget and the one for the fiscal year beginning next July. […]
Allen Lottinger
Work to replace plans, studies in coastal restoration
Hopefully this new year will be a happy one for folks in south Louisiana where we are faced with the washing away of our land into the Gulf of Mexico unless restoration gets a big boost in the months ahead. […]
Allen Lottinger
Feds need to get tough on bringing life to dead zone
The feds in Washington have made many mistakes during the past four years. One of them has been efforts to control the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico just off the Louisiana coast. […]
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Wisdom vs. expediency
On December 15, Louisiana Revenue Estimating Conference (REC) will meet at the state Capitol to certify some very important fiscal data. […]
Allen Lottinger
Louisiana’s open-mindedness is impressive
Louisiana now has two distinctions in its voting record to its credit. Last year we became the first state to elect an Indian-American as its governor when Bobby Jindal won his seat easily. […]
Allen Lottinger
Three elections are one too many
Former Gov. Edwin Edwards brought Louisiana some good things during his clouded tenure as the state’s chief executive. One of them was how to hold elections. […]
Allen Lottinger
Bayou Lafourche project will help save our coast
There’s good news along our waterfront. Gov. Bobby Jindal’s promise to get going on work to preserve the Louisiana coast along the Gulf of Mexico seems to be bearing fruit. […]