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).

19.2.09

Disabled, taxpayers to benefit by shifting state focus

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While it is well known that Louisiana continues to operate state-owned hospitals that Gov. Bobby Jindal wants to wean out of state responsi...
18.2.09

Group puts politics before free inquiry by withdrawal

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The initial reaction from the announcement by the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology that it was cancelling holding its 2011 c...
17.2.09

Genuine control over LA staffing entails changing policy

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Gov. Bobby Jindal ’s administration and Louisiana state legislative leaders have said they intend to look closely at the matter of state sta...
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16.2.09

Hypocrite Melancon sabotages Senate chances with vote

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With his affirmative vote for the no government left behind spending package, Rep. Charlie Melancon showed not only that he is a fraudulen...
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15.2.09

LA budget reform ideas good, but start reviewing now

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Gov. Bobby Jindal got it right again with his stumping for greater flexibility for policy-makers to adjust Louisiana’s operating budget. Bu...
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12.2.09

Education reform proposals promise great improvement

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Some of Gov. Bobby Jindal ’s announced education initiatives smack so much of common sense one wonders why they haven’t been done before (or...
11.2.09

Jindal travel critiques need to show its harm to LA

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Where in the world is Gov. Bobby Jindal ? Learning that you just can’t win as governor on the issue of travel. When former Gov. Mike Foster ...
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10.2.09

Higher exemption fails to address real problem of taxes

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The mistake being made by those who support an increase in the homestead exemption is that it won’t reduce their overall taxes by much if a...
9.2.09

Ending costly subsidies encourages moving forward

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It’s too bad that Hurricane Katrina had to strike the New Orleans area about 42 months ago, displacing hundreds of thousands who had to find...
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8.2.09

Dire charity hospital scenario may work in reform's favor

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In response to requests from the Gov. Bobby Jindal Administration, the Louisiana State University system which runs the state’s charity ho...
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