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).

16.3.13

Good tax plan economically faces tough battle politically

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While there are more hits with Gov. Bobby Jindal ’s proposal to swap sales for income taxes, there are enough misses that could derail the c...
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14.3.13

Budgeting choices now may affect governor's race later

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Some presumed candidates for Louisiana governor in 2015 got called onto the carpet by state legislators for their alleged overspending on ...
13.3.13

PAR expansion framework falls short for proper analysis

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More information always is better, and in that sense the Public Affairs Research Council has done a service by producing a guideline for an...
12.3.13

Landrieu wish to punish oil further toughens reelection

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Did Sen. Mary Landrieu commit political suicide with remarks recently published about her willingness to end tax breaks for oil compan...
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11.3.13

Dardenne Senate run may make sense for him, conservatives

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Suddenly, if you consider media reaction being anything close to a genuine reading of public opinion, in Louisiana Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne is...
10.3.13

Unfunded mandate change misunderstands govt roles

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While on the surface a constitutional amendment to prohibit foisting unfunded mandates onto all local governments in Louisiana may sound ap...
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7.3.13

Half-baked budget critique provides no better alternative

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While it’s quite fair to point out the hazard behind the concept of using one-off revenues to fund an operating commitment, at the same time...
6.3.13

Legislature fiddles while passing on burning budget items

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Both efforts ended up the same way. That one did as it did and the other was pursued at all tells us all we need to know about the courage ...
5.3.13

GOP Jindal successor hopefuls differ in early strategies

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So you looked at a calendar and thought it was 2013? Guess again; it’s really 2015, you would derive from statements being made by individua...
4.3.13

Bills to privilege state laid off employees unjustifiable

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Mondays are slow news days, so today the Baton Rouge Advocate took out of the can a piece about a bill introduced the week before las...
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