Does Louisiana Need More Ethics Laws?
OPINIONS:
It is my opinion that Governor Jindal will be left at the gate over the next four years. Why do I feel this way? It was reported by the media that the Governor allowed several lobbyist groups to pay for the celebration of the “OATH-OF-OFFICE” festivities.
Former Governor Foster, stated that Governor Jindal’s Cabinet are mostly young and lacking in government experience (Foster on Channel 9 News in Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
Governor Jindal’s “CHIEF-OF-Staff” completed his last 2 years of high school by home schooling and has no college, according to media sources. What kind of message is the Governor sending out to our young people? To the Louisiana public education system?
Why did the Governor appoint a person from Florida to head up the “LOUISIANA” department of health?
In my opinion, we have too many laws at every level of government (Federal, State, Local, and municipal). It appears that when a situation like corrupted elected or public officials become a focus by the citizens of the state, someone decides to legislate more laws. Maybe, just maybe, if existing laws were enforced and more violators were indicted, there would not be a need for more laws. What lead the Governor into believing that the additional laws will be enforced? If the Governor is sincere in wanting to stop public corruption in Louisiana, he can begin “NOW”, in Lafourche Parish, without any additional legislation.
I hope that I am proven wrong in my opinion, but a flawed start usually turn out to be a flawed administration. Just ask Lafourche Parish President, Charlotte Randolph. All comments are welcome.
hopefully you are wrong about the Jindal administration and right about the Randolph misadministration.
We need the ethics laws to apply across the board evenly. Not pick and choose for those in BAton rouge.
You haven’t “up-dated” with any new postings lately so I’ll comment now.
Yes, Jindal is our youngest Governor, and yes he ran on an “ethics reform” platform.
Personally, I don’t see where we’d need MORE ethics laws, we just need to close the loop-holes in the existing ones, then ENFORCE them.
As for Foster’s comments about Jindal, that’s just BS.. Foster HAD his chance in the Governor’s position, and what did HE do to straighten things out?? He sat on his Harley wearing his do-rag!!
As for Blanco, or should I say “Blank-O”, she ran around like a lost chicken. I saw nothing concerning cleaning up corruption coming from her either.
I don’t care who Jindal appoints or where they came from, as long as they can do their job. Having a great out-standing education doesn’t always include basic “common sense” in seeing right from wrong.
Now on to our local Lafourche Parish Trinity of DICTATORS.. All three cover each other’s backs!! We don’t need any jails as long as our DA hasn’t got a backbone and we have a revolving door judicial system going on over here. Our Sheriff is a joke. Incompetant, inexperienced officers, who know no better than to “obey” the “Great ONE”. He’s as slick as a greased snake and “seals” any incriminating facts that concern him. Our Parish President or should I say the “Social Queen” and her spending habits make her look like and old woman at a Macy’s bargan basement sale with our Parish dollars. She has absolutely NO business sense when it comes to managing and prioritizing, or economically utilizing funds.
So,, let’s see what happens with the new audit. Will it be white-washed like so many other happenings in Lafourche Parish?? AND,,, YES,, if Jindal practices what he’s preached, then his “starting point” SHOULD be HERE, NOW, in Lafourche Parish.