Jindal Seeks Business Tax Breaks, Surplus Spending in 2nd Special Session
From the Associated Press
Archive for 2008
Will Governor’s “Arrogance” Come Home to Roost?
From the Advocate: Governor Jindal seeks millions in tax breaks for big business while leaving Louisiana citizens in the cold. Will his trickle down economic policy and tick off governing style make it through another session or is the push back coming?
And what of the Governor’s voucher push? The Times-Picayune reports.
Cazayoux and Jackson, Jenkins and Calongne
Sixth District gets its final four. From The Advertiser.
Scalise and Burns in Run-Off
Battle of the shores is on as Scalise comes up short of first round knock-out. Scalise 48% will face Tim Burns 28% in run-off to face Democrat Gilda Reed.
You can see the full results on the Louisiana Secretary of State’s website
McCain Gets Right in New Orleans
Trying once more to convince a crowd of invitation only social conservatives that he is just like them, John McCain finds himself defending global warming and his God stance instead. The Times-Picayune reports.
Prior to the event McCain was honored at a $2200 per person fundraiser at the airport Hilton in New Orleans. Senator David Vitter, decked out in a grey blazer and maroon micro fibre t-shirt, spent most of his time hanging out in the lobby but did not share words with state treasurer and Senate wannabe John Kennedy, who made a brief appearance at the second big ticket fundraiser in the past three weeks that was not in his honor.
Vitter reportedly raised nearly $420,000 at an event at the Aquarium of the Americas in February attended by Kennedy and Governor Bobby Jindal.
Jindal VP Rumors Still Alive
Republican presidential nominee, John McCain visited Louisiana for a fundraiser today and the Jindal VP rumors mysteriously reappeared in the beltway publication Congressional Quarterly. Coincidence?
Poll Result: Jindal Hits Single on Ethics Special Session
The readers of the reduct box have spoken. Only 6% of you thought Bobby Jindal kept his promise “to bat a thousand” during the ethics special session. Continuing the baseball analogy, 40% of you said he hit a measly single and 12% said he struck out. That’s over 50% of you who strongly disagree with Jindal’s confident assertion that he and the state legislature hit a grand slam.
Check out the full results after the jump. Read more
A Questionable Call
From the Town-Talk: Question over timing of Governor’s call will probably not be answered.
