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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).

9.4.09

Council must avoid committing Shreveport to program

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I want to thank readers enthralled, or angered enough, with the pieces that have appeared in this space now into its fifth year for nominati...
8.4.09

Global Strike win likely means Cyber Command loss

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It may be Global Strike for Barksdale Air Force Base, but it is almost certainly strike out for the gamble Bossier City and Parish made for ...
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7.4.09

Govt support of art: let welfare recipients produce it

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The stereotype of an “artist” is somebody who enjoys expressing something about himself in some medium disconnected to some degree from the ...
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6.4.09

Apathy ruining chances for better govt in Bossier City

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When incumbents not only win reelections but also without any opposition, it signals that one of two or both things are happening. And in th...
5.4.09

Lackey Landrieu promotes partisanship over policy debate

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Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu may be tucked away in a do-little office, but as he showed last week that doesn’t mean he hasn’t the abil...
4.4.09

Endorsement mistake continues erosion of Jindal capital

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Largely of his own making, April special elections turned out to this point to be an embarrassing political setback for Gov. Bobby Jindal , ...
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2.4.09

Jindal staff desperately, poorly try to justify bribery fund

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The hastily-announced plans that the Gov. Bobby Jindal Administration has for the Mega-Project Fund must be recognized as an exercise in po...
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1.4.09

Drug testing bill can create good policy, jurisprudence

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He wasn’t quite making it with his idea to solicit voluntary sterilization of welfare recipients last year, but this year state Rep. John L...
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31.3.09

Efficiency, not politics, drives LA civil service reform

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Some legislators have suggested some additional reforms of Louisiana’s civil service system (after some were completed internally recently),...
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30.3.09

Term limits for all LA elected officials needs enactment

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What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, meaning that an effort to place term limits on all Louisiana elected officials deserves ...
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