State Legislature

From the Advocate: After buckling to pressure and vetoing pay raises for the legislature and the Public Service Commission last week, Governor Bobby Jindal defends a $75,000 pay raise for Economic Development secretary Stephen Moret and a $94,000 raise for Moret’s deputy Steve Grissom.

From New Orleans CityBusiness.

From the Associated Press.

From WAFB: Governor Jindal’s proclamation that he was “against the pay raise from the start” is being refuted by lawmakers. Is this sort of like how he was for the Stelly Tax roll back all along?

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You have to wonder who has been advising Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal on the pay raise albatross around his neck these past few weeks.  The controversy against any raise took off like wildfire, and never slowed down.  If Jindal had not vetoed the raise as he did, a number of new recall petitions would have joined some 10 already underway.  So what made the difference?  Did common sense prevail, or did the dam of public opinion just overwhelm the new guy in charge? Read more

From WAFB: Giving in to the pressure from voters and conservative commentators, Governor goes back on his promise to legislators to go back on his promise to voters and vetoes the legislative pay raise. In a statement attempts to make clear that he was against it all along. 

From the Shreveport Times: As Bobby was away campaigning for VP, the mice played in Baton Rouge.

The firestorm of controversy behind the recent legislative pay raise has caused Gov. Jindal to admit he made a mistake in allowing such a bill to pass through the Legislature - though he still says he will not veto the increase.

But even with the admission, the Governor could not resist some doublespeak on the topic.

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