Barefoot, Pregnant, and In Her Office
“There is something in this bill that smacks of misogyny.” — Rep. Sam Jones
Politics and Politicians post archive: Page 8
State Sen. Sharon Hewitt Deceptively Edits Video Testimony to Smear Medicaid Recipients
Hewitt owes the people of Louisiana and Daryl Purpera an apology for receiving taxpayer funding as a legislator and defrauding taxpayers by lying about the public record.
Opinion | A Committee of Vultures
Newly-elected State Treasurer John Schroder campaigned for a job he never fully understood, and as he demonstrated in a recent state bond commission meeting, his ignorance isn’t just embarrassing; it’s bad for business.
Pretending to Be Poor? Go to Jail
“The purpose is to prosecute people. We are currently prohibited from doing straight up recipient fraud.” – Ellison Travis, Louisiana Attorney General’s Office
Louisiana Politics Imitates Looney Toons
“Mr. Attorney General, you can’t rewrite parliamentary procedure!” – Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne
Unmasking the Motives
“Should we not have driven Volkswagens in the 60s, if we held to concept that they were ordered, designed and manufactured by Adolph Hitler? I don’t think so.” – Calcasieu Parish DA John DeRosier
Halftime Report
“It’s not a matter of being ‘for’ or ‘against’. It’s the system we have. We have to keep it.” — Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne
Chief Justice: A Scolding, And Food for Thought
“Let us be candid: innocence, though presumed by our system, is currently bad for our bottom line.” – Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernette Johnson
Budget Hard To Swallow? Maybe Some Whine Will Help
“Don’t we have able-bodied folks on Medicaid expansion who are not working and should be? Compare them to the 46-thousand disabled folks, and they’re not as deserving of funding as those who are unable to work.” – Sen. Sharon Hewitt
In Budget Debate, House GOP Leaders Reveal End Game Plan
“We’re just telling people we want them to die, because they won’t have a hospital to go to?” — Rep. Malinda White
