Remember, the legislators who voted for this didn’t veto it. They will start crawfishing and talking about what a good job they are doing, how they haven’t had a payraise since 1980 (the none that are still there from 1980), and all that other sad stuff.

We eventually will decide on a payraise for our public servants. It will be on a ballot where we will vote up or down. So go back to the commission recommendations, all of them, not just cherrypick the ones you like.

When the payraise comes through in 3 years or so, the legislators who voted for this last one won’t have this job.

Second I would like to thank those who set-up this site and others like it; THANK YOU.

While the rally has been canceled, I would offer this suggestion that perhaps we should have one at the beginning of the next session. It would be a chance to show the Leges that we are still watching them.

Do you think that all of the legislators knew what Jindal was going to do this morning the day before the raise was to go into effect? Did he drop a bomb on them?

Also, did anyone of you have any suspicions that he might veto it today since today was June 30? Most of us were praying and hoping for a veto by 11:59 pm July 7th.

Nick, did you mean SB223 was scortched by Jindal’s veto pen also. SB223 was a proposed legislative failure of Derrick Sheppard…Isn’t he in trouble??

For “satisfaction sake’s”, I noticed that WDSU (6) was more pro-citizen than WGNO (26) who entertained the author of SB672. She was so arrogant and made comments like: he is so young and he has lots to learn about relationships….I guess, in
“Duplessis language” that means that he has not become callous enough to learn how to wheel and deal, not care and hide it from the citizens. Her interpretation: his skin is still too thin!!??

Then she had the bold arrogant audacity to say “that several radio talk show hosts orchestrated it and the public bought into it!” This insulted me. No talk show brought me anywhere…My moral compass directed me to my decision to speak up for what I believed was wrong and I let Jindal, and my rep and sen know how I felt about the raise…I also sent emails to legislators who were not my repersentatives….

She is disgusting and repulsive as she sat at her VP desk.
Her words and image just enhance the negative perception the public has of her. And who “authored and orchestrated SB672″ What a hypocritcal statement!!!

All I had to think about were the notes from SEnate Finance Committed meetings and Sen. Broome telling Duplessis: YOu have so much courage to author this bill and get it to the floor favorably for discussion!!!!

I did hear one interesting comment on one broadcast: now that
Jindal did not let them have this raise this year, he will have to find a way to work with them to get one next year…. and I thought….NOT BY THE HAIR ON THE CHINNY, CHIN, CHIN OF EVERY CONSTITUENT WHO IS PAYING ATTENTION!!

So, our vigilance can not stop…

Also, what about the comment from Tucker: the Louisiana constitution allows the legislators to vote on their own raise, and so this needs to change…(something to this effect)

So, would this take a constitutional amendment? How does this develop to bring it to a vote of the citizens?

I will go to sleep early and smile when I know that Ann D., J. Tucker, and all the rest of them will wake up tomorrow (if they sleep) WITHOUT A RAISE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FUNDED BY OUR TAXES.
Thanks, Liz

I feel great…

Everyone at work seemed to have a big smile on their face after 11:00 today. My phone rang of the hook.

Right now it is time to relax and decompress a bit.

Governor Jindal stepped up to the plate and did the right thing for the citizens of this state. He didn’t wait til the very last minute and by doing so he saved us a lot of time and work over the next week. Thank you for that Gov.

LegeWatch is going to keep going. Obviously there is a real need for a watchdog organization to keep after the lege on a day to day basis and we’re ready to do it. We have to figure out a basic game plan, but if you read our Goals page you can see what we have in mind generally.

In any event, keep an eye on the site for more news on the lege.