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).

23.5.19

Voucher series misses context, completeness

›
Louisiana’s media would do well to steer clear of the mistakes made in a recent series of articles about the Louisiana Scholarship Program t...
22.5.19

Edwards may need Alario to thwart reform

›
There’s more than one way to skin a cat, as Louisiana’s legislative Republicans showed on a controversial matter. But one of their own might...
21.5.19

Edwards can't win with sales tax cut bill

›
Even his Senate allies can’t help Louisiana’s Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards from taking a hit on his tax-and-spend record going into a tou...
20.5.19

Gatti, Milkovich betrayals perhaps last straw

›
The latest prank by northwest Louisiana’s Katzenjammer Kids, Republican state Sen. Ryan Gatti and Democrat state Sen. John Milkovich , may...
19.5.19

Perkins explaining inadequately, opaquely

›
The more Democrat Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins explains, the more trouble he finds himself in. Already buffeted by a false savings cl...
16.5.19

Bad arguments against convention resurface

›
Here we go again, getting treated to the two worst arguments against revision of the Louisiana Constitution. T hese inadequate objections ...
15.5.19

Useless LA inspection fee needs jettisoning

›
A California bicycling race can teach Louisiana a lot about the perils of excessive vehicle fees. This week, the Amgen Tour of California ...
14.5.19

LA legislators miss chance to abolish lt. gov.

›
You don’t make a useless office relevant by tying it to another, you get rid of it. Legislators failed in the latter duty as a part of rou...
13.5.19

Union insults voters with half-baked boycott

›
Bossier Parish voters have a chance to return in kind the area’s teacher union’s display of three fingers and request of the public to read ...
12.5.19

Reject bad N.O. hotel/tourism taxes deal

›
A bad deal still isn’t better than no deal. That’s what the state and New Orleans got as a complex set of bills began moving through the ...
‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

Jeff Sadow
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.