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By: Against All Authority » Blog Archive » On why the Ethics Boad quit - the other shoe

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:09:49 +0000

[...] On why the Ethics Boad quit - the other shoe Attorneys for the lawmakers have argued that their participation is protected by the constitutional right to free speech, and that only the House had the authority to punish them. The case In re Arnold, No. 2007 CW 2342 (La. App. … [...]

By: liz

liz — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:48:37 +0000

G8trgirl: thanks ..you are so smart..how do you find this info. I am trying not to read too much into the comment of this “man of his word”!! so what is really going on..Is Jindal trying to be the man of the hour by forcing them to ask him in a public announcement to veto the bill or will he just veto it?
So, I hope the mad constituents are ringing the phones and sending the emails…..
The press needs to tell the public to do write and call legislators

By: G8trgirl

G8trgirl — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:32:50 +0000

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0806/29/le.01.html

Here’s a portion of Candy Crowley’s interview with Jindal on CNN
which aired June 29, 2008. Apparently some of the national media is aware of the situation. He basically talked in circles about it though and she didn’t have time to really press him on the issue:

CROWLEY: Governor, we’re running out of time here, so I wanted to turn my attention just to you. You have said, in Louisiana, that you will not stand in the way of a doubling of legislators’ pay. You’re taking a lot of heat for that back home.

How does this jibe — allowing legislators to double their pay, how does that jibe with your role as a conservative?

JINDAL: Well, I still think the pay is excessive. We still actually have over a week before that law goes into effect.

CROWLEY: But why wouldn’t you block it, then, if you think it’s excessive?

JINDAL: And we’re actually working with legislators to show them that this is wrong. There is still time to make sure this doesn’t happen. They can still sign affidavits to turn down this pay raise. I do think it’s excessive. I think it’s wrong. I don’t think any pay raise should go into effect until after the next election. So…

(CROSSTALK)

CROWLEY: But you could stop them, couldn’t you? You could veto this.

JINDAL: Well, and there is still time to stop them. We still have a week. And we still have many options to make sure that we don’t see legislators take a pay raise that would be more than double what they currently make. I think that’s excessive.

Again, I don’t think any pay raise should go into effect until after the next election. The good news is we still have time to stop this excessive pay raise. And we’re working with legislators on many options to stop that, over the next week.

By: Can't Cure Stupid

Can't Cure Stupid — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:58:57 +0000

Liz — as far as I know, nobody in the national media is covering any of this stuff. The only mention I have heard thus far was made by a woman from Lafayette who called in to Hannity’s radio show on Friday afternoon. Jindal is the new conservative golden boy, and apparently the national media doesn’t want to tarnish him (at least not yet).

By: liz

liz — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:23:46 +0000

WDSU showed Jindal on one of the talk shows….he was carrying on about how Obama needs to be a maverick in the Demo party like McCain is in the Rep. Party…Who cares? I did not see the show..I wonder if Swin–dal was asked if he would veto the SB672!! If he was asked, I am sure he gave his 3-point mantra……I hope he looked like a fool…

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:28:13 +0000

I like your choice.

By: G8trgirl

G8trgirl — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:24:46 +0000

thanks for posting the link Nick (i stink at that kinda stuff).

Anywho……looks like Jindal’s worry’s are growing. One can’t help but question what is truly going on in BTR.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:42:34 +0000

That link didn’t work for me. Let me try and repost it.

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/06/jindals_legislative_director_r.html

By: G8trgirl

G8trgirl — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:02:52 +0000

3) Demanding a special session, the purpose of which is solely to allow the legislators to rescind this vote.
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Okay, I pick this one. At the same time, we need to encourage them to introduce ANOTHER bill that prohibits them from establishing their own salaries, etc. Who will set the guidelines for that? I dunno………it’s something to think about.

By: liz

liz — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:43:21 +0000

Perhaps, you have already visited between-lines.com. If not, go there and scroll down all the way to the links on the left side…link to Louisiana Legislative Log posted by Jeff Sadow. I have been reading thru the regular session April, May, June..very very interesting…..