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The Only Republican On The Ballot In The Entire State Of Louisiana
February 1st is the first election day of the year in Louisiana. On that day, the people of Orleans Parish will elect or re-elect candidates for Sheriff, Mayor, City Council, Coroner, and Clerk of Criminal Court. They do things a little differently down in New Orleans than we do in Central Louisiana: For one, the Mayor and the Sheriff, arguably the two most powerful positions in the parish, run on the same ballot. City Councilpersons do not serve staggered terms, which means that, like members of Congress, the entire City Council is up for election. Orleans Parish is, undeniably, deep…
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Louisiana Should Dissolve The England Authority
When I was thirteen years old, on a freezing day in March, standing on the tarmac of my hometown airport, I shook hands with the President of the United States. President Clinton had been to Alexandria, Louisiana several times before, but his trips were usually unannounced. They weren’t public events or campaign fundraisers; he was just quietly visiting his old friends, almost all of whom he knew from his days as the Governor of Arkansas. True story: In 1998, my father and one of his brothers were playing a round of golf at the Alexandria Country Club, and when they…
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A Community College At “The Farm”? Bobby Jindal’s Destructive and Divisive Higher Education Agenda: A Case Study
During his tenure as Governor of Louisiana, for the last six consecutive years, Bobby Jindal and his allies in the Louisiana legislature have dramatically cut funding for higher education. All told, Louisiana’s public colleges and universities have lost around $700 million (or 17.6%) of state funding. To put that into context, this means that Louisiana, under Governor Jindal, is now leading the nation, by far, in gutting funding for higher education. Quoting from The Times-Picayune (bold mine): According to preliminary data from the American Association of Colleges and Universities, three-quarters of states increased their funding for higher education this year, with New Hampshire leading…
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