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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).

16.6.12

Zestful Jindal takes advantage of compliant legislators

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In reaction to some choice line-item vetoes, no doubt detractors of Gov. Bobby Jindal will voice the usual canards about how the governor...
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14.6.12

Signing one, vetoing other rebate bill aids public education

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Those legislators with an interest in maximizing government control grumbled somewhat when state Rep. Kirk Talbot ’s HB 969 got put into ...
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13.6.12

Enforced parsimony improves program menu, delivery

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For all of the wailing and gnashing of teeth that occurs relative to budget cuts in Louisiana, the fact of the matter is they have a clean...
12.6.12

Jindal thwarts lemming's political ploy at taxpayer expense

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If lemmings could understand human language, as you watched them run towards the cliff you could run with them, trying to reason with them...
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11.6.12

This space helping to endanger LA newspaper industry

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In the past few months, plenty of turmoil has swept through the newspaper industry both in northwest Louisiana and the state as a whole. Y...
10.6.12

How to try retirement reform again to avoid coming crisis

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Hopefully, it won’t take a massive crisis to get Louisiana policy-makers to realize the necessity of pension reform – but wait much longer a...
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7.6.12

Ft. Polk social experiment risks negative consequences

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Who would have thought that Ft. Polk would appear on the cutting edge of societal evolution? But, as with many other changes wrought in rece...
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6.6.12

Money conspiracy theories hamper analyzing politics

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What do illegal donations intentionally given but unwittingly received, a former presidential candidate preaching jeremiads, and a crushing ...
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5.6.12

Long shot suits set to become Democrat campaign staple

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There’s nothing like folks who can’t stand losing, especially when one has started campaigning for higher office over three years out, to b...
4.6.12

Budget progress possible only if false narratives jettisoned

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All is sort of well as ends sort of well: the Louisiana Legislature coughed up a fiscal year 2013 budget after a lot of tugging back and f...
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