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The flip side of the coin has arrived
It was exhilarating, from a fiscal standpoint, to be a Louisiana legislator for the last few years. […]
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Allen Lottinger
McCain, Kennedy carry St. Charles Parish
Sen. John McCain carried St. Charles Parish in Tuesday’s presidential election with 65 percent of the vote. […]
Allen Lottinger
Let’s not change everything too fast
Whew! It’s over at last – – the longest presidential campaign in history. And it really made history. […]
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Amendments are mostly corrective measures
After getting many individual requests for advice or comments on the amendments, I decided the easiest thing for me to do is to get it over with and put my personal thoughts out in public. […]
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Is the gravy train coming to an end?
For a number of years, higher government revenues have been flooding into the state’s coffers. Budget surpluses have set records and state spending has hit unprecedented levels. […]
Allen Lottinger
Obama vs. McCain – – who should you vote for?
Next week, we will elect a President of the United States for the next four years and it’s importance cannot be minimalized. […]
Allen Lottinger
Sharing the wealth can be misleading
When a candidate starts espousing that he will spread the wealth around, beware. Most people earned their wealth by working for it. […]
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It’s getting time to decide how to vote
We’re sure most folks in St. Charles Parish have already decided who they will vote for to serve as President next. But the job isn’t over. […]
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What’s coming up next – – ‘Plan D?’
They can’t say they weren’t warned. Members of the U.S. House of Representatives were told by the President, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Senate, and the House Democratic and Republican leadership that if they voted against the economic bailout bill passed by the Senate, the stock market would crash. […]