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‘Double Bill’ Cassidy: Did Congressman Bill LSU For Meeting With Campaign Supporter At His DC Office?
Dr. Claude Pirtle, a resident physician of internal medicine at LSU-New Orleans, is, by all accounts, an ambitious and accomplished young man. According to records filed with the Louisiana Secretary of State and Pirtle’s profile on LinkedIn.com, in 2009, a year before he enrolled in medical school at LSU, Pirtle launched Nodus Studios, LLC, his own one-man web development company that specializes in Adobe Flash. One of the five clients listed on Nodus’s website is Pirtle’s alma mater, LSU. His company was apparently contracted to provide web development work for the Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center, which had subsequently been taken over by Ochsner…
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‘Double Bill’ Cassidy’s Double Talk
Yesterday, Rep. Bill Cassidy, an Illinois native who is now the front-runner in the run-off election for U.S. Senate in Louisiana, responded to a series of recently disclosed public records calling into question the nature of his ongoing work relationship with Louisiana State University Health Science Center while also serving in the United States Congress. In separate interviews with The Hill, The Times-Picayune, and The Advocate, Cassidy directly contradicted what his campaign spokeswoman, Jillian Rogers, told E&E Daily, an energy industry news publication, in July of this year, months before these records were released. Then, Cassidy and his campaign claimed that LSU-HSC was merely covering…
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“Double Bill” Cassidy: For Years, Bill Cassidy Billed LSU While Working In Congress
On at least 21 different occasions during the last two and a half years, Rep. Bill Cassidy billed Louisiana State University Health Science Center for work allegedly performed on the same days as Congress voted on major legislation and held important committee hearings on energy and the Affordable Care Act, according to records first posted by Jason Berry of The American Zombie. Cassidy, a medical doctor, remained on LSU’s payroll after he was first elected, despite concerns by his associates about the nature of work that Cassidy, as a member of Congress, could legitimately conduct in his capacity as an employee…
CenLamar | Est. 2006
