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Way back on Nov. 20, Gov. Bobby Jindal said what he thought without regard to the political consequences. This rare event occurred on CNN, when he was interviewed about criticism of U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., for pushing a fix of Louisiana’s Medicaid funding problem via an amendment to the giant Senate health-care bill.
Mayor-President Kip Holden’s $901 million capital improvements tax package was soundly defeated by East Baton Rouge Parish voters Saturday.
The tax package failed with 64 percent of voters against the proposal and 36 percent in favor, according to complete but unofficial returns from the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office.
In a letter published Jan. 22, Keith Horcasitas applauds the voters of Massachusetts for electing a Republican senator. He cheers the dim prospects of what he calls “Obamacare” and proclaims, “The Boston Tea Party has been revived!”
Last week, Gov Bobby Jindal left the protective cocoon of the State Capitol complex to speak to a largely supportive crowd. And again, the only vision articulated was a future without new taxes.
In a letter to Richard Price in 1789, Thomas Jefferson stated that “whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government ... .”
When confronted by mixed circumstances, I have always considered myself a “glass half-full” kind of guy. But eventually optimism has to be tempered by reality.
Our country has recently passed two important tipping points that bode very ill for our future.
JAPANESE NEW YEAR: 6 p.m., Ascension Parish Library, Galvez, 40300 La. 42.
When you share the same skin color as the president of the United States for the first time in history, it tends to make you more aware if not more sensitive to the nasty partisan politics — and racism — that still permeate our great country.
The new year is not beginning well for LSU: all instructors have been told they will receive a year’s notice during the first week of the spring semester. It’s not difficult to imagine the classroom atmosphere when these teachers meet with their students on a day that shapes the atmosphere for the rest of the semester.
I applaud the efforts of U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, a medical doctor, and others who have helped to reveal the sham of Obamacare.
Inside Report for Feb. 9, 2010 (Story 02/9/10)
