louisiana old boy network action alert!
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====Under existing law, the treasurer is permanent chairman of the commission, the panel that approves spending for capital construction projects and bonds to finance statewide and local projects.
State Treasurer John Kennedy said Friday the bill is aimed at diluting his power because he has been an outspoken critic of a sugar syrup mill Hines wanted the commission to approve for his Bunkie district, and because he has been a vocal opponent of some of the administration's spending priorities and the lack of progress in rebuilding the hurricane-hit areas of the state.
governor blanco gives us yet another reason to vote her out.
Blanco spokeswoman Marie Centanni said [...] "the governor said she thinks it's a great idea."
"I am going to fight this with everything I've got," Kennedy said. "This is an attempt to stop a statewide official from doing his job. . . . I am not a member of their club. I make the right people mad. If we had this in place you wouldn't have one sugar mill (in Lacassine); you'd have six."
please contact your senator and representative NOW! and ask them to oppose this bill -- senate bill fourteen currently assigned to the senate and governmental affairs committee.
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