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There were plenty of dropped-jaws on the streets of New Orleans late Friday afternoon. In the last hour of the New Orleans elections qualifying period came the big surprise.
A state judge has denied a request to throw out the results of a disputed election involving the Louisiana Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association. That ruling came after a day-long hearing, Monday at Orleans Civil Court. An attorney for the LHBPA told the Judge Herbert Cade, the allegations of improper voting lack convincing support and evidence and if there were illegitimate ballots ...
Senate health bill lets states opt out
NEW ORLEANS -- The Louisiana Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association was created to distribute the winning purses at the state's four racetracks. It also provides benefits such as pension funds and insurance to more than 6000 workers in the racing industry. Orleans Clerk of Court Arthur Morrell is a horse owner and a 15-year member of the LHBPA board, serving until March of last year ...
One would think that Louisiana ’s reputation for influence peddling could get no worse. Then came the Senate vote on Health Care. How humiliating! Louisiana suffers from the perception that its politicians are “up for sale”.
Who did the buying and the bidding on the most recent Harry Reid-Mary Landrieu-Senate Health Care so called, “ Louisiana Purchase ”? In fact, after the controversy one procedural vote has generated, I am hereby calling the entire ordeal the “Louisiana Health Care Turkey ” in honor of Thanksgiving.
Is Mary Landrieu Louisiana ’s $300 million woman? In exchange for her cloture vote on Saturday to move the healthcare bill forward, Landrieu secured that money for the state’s Medicaid program. According to Landrieu, the state needed the “fix” and “she was not going to be defensive about it.”
Does conservative Governor Bobby Jindal favor the $300 million in Federal money that could be heading his state's way, thanks to Senator Mary Landrieu's successful efforts to secure the cash in the health care bill? His office won't say.
Editor's note: Opinions expressed in this column, as in all personal columns, are not necessarily the opinion of this newspaper. And the bid is $300,000,000 to Louisiana.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee should prove its allegation. Senator Landrieu and Harry Reid should present evidence to support their defense.
Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu has just spoken on the Senate floor stating that she was in favor of allowing the Health Care debate to continue but that she still has concerns about the ultimate legislation on the floor..