4.3.06

Lawsuit provides Landrieu opportunity against Nagin

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New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has more than reelection to worry about, having become the target of a lawsuit by the National Rifle Associatio...
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1.3.06

Katrina response used to advocate border insecurity

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Apparently Sen. Mary Landrieu isn’t the only one wanting to pile on the American Red Cross and government organizations for political gai...
28.2.06

Second, Sixth Districts unlikley to have partisan change

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On an earlier occasion I warned that superficial analysis and over-reliance on conjecture would create problems in understanding the politi...
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27.2.06

Make correct, not expedient, changes in higher education

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As is proper, Louisiana is reviewing the provision of higher education in the state in the light of the 2005 hurricane disasters. The luxury...
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26.2.06

Landrieu mayoral win creates intriguing statewide scenarios

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Last week, Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu revealed one of the worst kept secrets around recent New Orleans that he will run for mayor in April. As...
23.2.06

Spread of misinformation by politicians disserves community

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Apparently, a recent rhetorical event into which Shreveport political figures inserted themselves debased education and served only to rip o...
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22.2.06

Is Landrieu more interested in union or port security?

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The issue about whether the Port of New Orleans’ operations and those of five others should be run by a United Arab Emirates (essentially go...
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21.2.06

Right kind of conflict desirable in Legislature

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Appropriate to yesterday’s posting comes some musing about the “divisiveness” in the recent Louisiana legislative special session. Many mem...
20.2.06

Parochial view puts Louisiana between rock, hard place

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Sometimes, our elected officials speak unusually candidly. The state legislative delegation from around Opelousas for whatever reason did so...
18.2.06

Democrats prefer preservation over responsibility in session

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As if we needed any more proof of the inability of Louisiana’s current gubernatorial administration’s and its Legislature’s leadership to se...