Between The Lines

Jeffrey D. Sadow is an associate professor of political science at Louisiana State University Shreveport. If you're an elected official, political operative or anyone else upset at his views, don't go bothering LSUS or LSU System officials about that because these are his own views solely. This publishes five days weekly with the exception of 7 holidays. Also check out his Louisiana Legislature Log especially during legislative sessions (in "Louisiana Politics Blog Roll" below).

20.6.08

Excuses for big pay raise reveal moronic legislators

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By reviewing comments made by northeast Louisiana legislators concerning the pay raise they voted themselves recently, we can draw only one ...
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19.6.08

Revised hospital plan on target for better health system

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While most of Louisiana that cares about state policy has been focused on hot issues in and around the Legislature, resolution of one of the...
18.6.08

Jindal takes least political damage with pay raise veto

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If Gov. Bobby Jindal threatened the Louisiana Legislature with excising some of their own funds and projects, it didn’t work as SB 672 , w...
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17.6.08

Legislators con no one with poor pay raise arguments

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The big argument used by the only two speakers in favor of SB 672 in the past week is that with higher paid legislators, you’ll get a broa...
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16.6.08

Reactions to voter roll changes bring suspicion on Orleans

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In the use of statistics, when gathering cases to study some phenomenon, if a case appears to deviate from the pattern observed with other c...
14.6.08

Can Jindal have cake, eat it too with pay raise bill?

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One the one hand, there is political principle. On the other hand, there is political suicide. Can Gov. Bobby Jindal have the former and av...
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12.6.08

Tying HB 231 fate to SB 672 challenges Jindal

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The power struggle between certain legislators and Gov. Bobby Jindal continues to escalate, as demonstrated by the House’s rare and unusual...
11.6.08

Jindal seems keen on kind of legislative independence

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As noted yesterday , markers that clearly may delineate the governing style of Gov. Bobby Jindal are how he handles certain controversial b...
10.6.08

Jindal motives set for revelation by fates of key bills

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So why doesn’t Gov. Bobby Jindal make himself a very visible presence in hectoring the Louisiana Legislature to do his bidding? Some clues ...
9.6.08

Cazayoux caught between electoral hard place and rock

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It’s no accident that suddenly Democrat Rep. Don Cazayoux is doing his best to not look like a liberal now that Republican state Sen. Bill ...
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