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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).

25.8.11

Incumbent matchup loser may parlay that into Senate

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Give Rep. Jeff Landry credit – he’s taking the lemons of reapportionment and turning them into lemonade of a possible extended political ca...
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24.8.11

Adley seems set to continue disingenuous fulminations

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State Sen. Robert Adley has a history of grandstanding, and his signature bill this session concerns (yet again) opening up records in stat...
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23.8.11

Fall matchups show benefit of diluted term limits

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Like vampires, term-limited Louisiana legislators continue to attempt to exist as the undead, revealing perhaps a silver lining to the other...
22.8.11

Misunderstanding poverty leads to bad lending policy

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Yesterday’s post closed with the truism, “… until public policy recognizes it must alter the attitudes, thus behavior, of people to reduce ...
21.8.11

Throwing money at problem causes more child poverty

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The annual KidsCount survey came out showing the usual dismal place Louisiana has comparatively regarding child quality of life. This, even ...
18.8.11

BR smarter than Holden on "smart" growth snake oil

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When referring to former Mayor Tom Murphy of Pittsburgh and his proffering advice about how to create an urban renaissance, the operative wo...
17.8.11

Politics, not facts, lie behind opposing plan privatization

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Never walk into an ambush, which Gov. Bobby Jindal astutely avoided yesterday when a biased political organization convened a kangaroo cou...
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16.8.11

Fear, lack of vision hold back LA online education

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Louisiana, typically dragging its feet in innovation, needs not to let vested interests and limited vision retard utilization of new institu...
15.8.11

Bossier City again tries, fails to justify wasted spending

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It snowed this spring in Bossier City when its officials addressed the $21 million the city shelled out for a parking garage that could have...
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13.8.11

Issues spur, blanket primary retards, party switching

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Yes, it is a milestone that registered Democrats in Louisiana no longer comprise a majority of registered voters, and that blacks now compr...
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