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).

21.6.12

Disingenuous reply tries to obscure poor pension health

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Power and privilege fought back when a particularly dismal report shed more light on Louisiana’s overgenerous , underperforming pension sy...
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20.6.12

Geymann post, perk passing produces poppycock, piffle

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So state Rep. Brett Geymann is quitting his Natural Resources and Environment Committee post and giving up his rent-subsidized apartment ...
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19.6.12

Legislators evade responsibility, speak hypocritically

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A pair of Central Louisiana legislators shows us the only thing worse than blaming someone else for the consequences of your own actions is...
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18.6.12

Recall credibility gap invites accountability requests

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Echoing a theme inherent to the Angry Left, backers of recalls of Gov. Bobby Jindal and three other legislators claim these elected officia...
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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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