Pay Raise Plagues Jindal; Recalls Stalk Legislators (JindalWatch® Alert)

LouisianaPolitics.com ^ | June 27, 2008 | John Maginnis

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Gov. Bobby Jindal was back in the New York Times this week, with a picture, but for all the wrong reasons. The toxic pay raise controversy enveloping him has gone national and his political world has changed. Within days, Jindal went from being a legitimate vice-presidential prospect to having his character questioned in his first crisis of public confidence, without his having done a thing.

Meanwhile, pay raise-supporting legislators, who thought the worst was over, are now seeing recall movements popping up around them. So far, drives are directed at three freshmen represenatives and Speaker of the House Jim Tucker, all Republicans.

Even as he seeks to maintain an effective relationship with the Legislature, his badgering, blaming and labeling them as threats to reform only strain any good will he gains by not vetoing their raise.

Overall, this has turned into a no-win situation for him and everyone else touched by it, except for talk-show hosts and bloggers.

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JindalWatch® - Friday, June 27, 2008

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JindalWatch® Ping

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http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080627/OPINION/806270313/1014
Our View: Double-cross will give pols twice the pay

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http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/21905729.html
Ethics Board stymied
New laws lead to five resignations

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/politics/21893604.html
Lawmaker defends vote for raise

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/politics/21903354.html
Ethics Board urges veto

http://www.2theadvocate.com/opinion/21893244.html
Our Views: Jindal learns half a lesson

http://www.2theadvocate.com/opinion/21892734.html
Letter: Raise needed for quality Legislature

http://www.2theadvocate.com/opinion/21892474.html
Letter: History lesson for legislators, Jindal

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http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080627/NEWS01/806270329/-1/NEWSFRONT2
Legislative session failed to impress, experts say

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http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080627/OPINION01/80627001/1014/OPINION
Tucker’s chess: Jindal in check

http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080627/OPINION03/806270325/1014/OPINION
Jindal image takes nosedive

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http://www.dailyworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080626/OPINION01/806260306
Session ‘success’ depends on view

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http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/capital/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1214544240127670.xml&coll=1
Ethics officials step down as disclosure law signed

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/capital/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1214544146127670.xml&coll=1
For many bills, Jindal keeps cap on pen

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/capital/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1214544036127670.xml&coll=1
Vacancies add up on ethics panel

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/editorials/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1214544024127670.xml&coll=1
EDITORIAL: Cover for a veto

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/letterstoeditor/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1214544071127670.xml&coll=1
Let’s bring on the recalls

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/letterstoeditor/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1214544271127670.xml&coll=1
Veto power there for a reason

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http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080627/OPINION04/806270304/1007/OPINION
Lawmakers play shell game on residents

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080627/OPINION0106/806270303/1007/OPINION
Lindy Broderick: “Consider results of recent legislative session in a positive light”

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Louisiana Blogs and links

http://www.bayoubuzz.com/
http://www.louisianaconservative.com/
http://forgotston.com/
http://www.thedeadpelican.com/
http://www.legewatch.com/
http://centrallapolitics.blogspot.com/
http://www.thereductbox.com/
http://www.recallmichot.com/
http://www.recallpayraisetucker.com/Home_Page.html
http://www.moongriffon.com/
http://jeffsadow.blogspot.com/
http://www.lapolitics.com/
http://onlyinlouisiana.wordpress.com/
http://ringsidepolitics.com/
http://www.wwl.com/
http://redstick.wordpress.com/
http://biggs-bullets.blogspot.com/
http://www.conservativecajun.blogspot.com/

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http://www.louisianaconservative.com/
Boo - Hoo - Bobby

http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/wwl062608tptucker.40b1e1c5.html
Survey shows voters still upset over pay hike

[reasonisfaith]

Is this anti-Jindal movement anything like the global warming agenda—where the debate is over and we have to do something now before it’s too late?

[SkyPilot]

I see you still have a "Mancrush" obsession with Bobby Jindal.

You know, there are hobbies out there, like stamp collecting and sports.

[samtheman]

Some people have posted in FR (in other threads) that Jindal’s passive acquiescence to the pay-raise got the legislature “eating out of Jindal’s hand” so that he could get laws passed like the sexual offender chemical castration law.

Are you people reading this thread?

What say you now?

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http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=8563290&nav=menu57_1
Legislator comments on team work voting

http://www.ktbs.com/news/Secretary-of-state-surprised-by-level-of-outcry-over-legislative-pay-raises-13455/
Secretary of state surprised by level of outcry over legislative pay raises

[TornadoAlley3]

Seems the Republicans finally have an Obama of their own, Jindal can do no wrong, he is Messiah, cool. I am still skeptical, can some of you who are bashing abb give me your kool-aid recipe.

[napscoordinator]

Jindal can do no wrong, he is Messiah

I thought the same thing reading about this "six month as governor" guy. What a ridiculous notion to think that Jindal would be ready for such a position. I for one am glad that the air was out of the tires. I was tired of the Jindal Messiah on FR anyway.

[kms61]

Believe whatever you want about Jindal. But you might want to consider that those of us who live here and have firsthand experience with him might actually know a little bit more about him than Rush and Newt. If they actually think he’s ready for the national stage, they’re making a big mistake.

At any rate, with his gallivanting all over the country he’s clearly doing everything but begging to be tapped by McCain. No state governor other than California and maybe NY gets booked on the Leno show under ordinary circumstances without some strings being pulled. As a savvy friend of mine said, “he’s running for something, and it ain’t Governor of Louisiana.” Whether the pay raise thing is strategery or not is kind irrelevant IMHO. If Jindal, and apparently some of his GOP backers, have anything to say about it, he won’t be hanging around Baton Rouge much longer anyway.

I’m not saying the guy is a BAD governor, it’s way too early to make that judgment, and he’s done some good things. But the jury is definitely still out, and could go either way, assuming he even finishes out this term.

[flintsilver7]

I have to say this neverending obsession with attacking Republicans on this website is getting pretty irritating. Nobody is perfect, and we should all know that (Reagan and his amnesty, for example). However, that’s not good enough for people here like the thread creator. (I’m getting visions of a disheveled apartment with hundreds and hundreds of thumb-tacked Jindal pictures and clippings.)

The fact remains that Jindal is well-spoken and has a good conservative record. Allowing a pay raise for the state legislature registers about a 0.05 on the 1-10 RINO scale; the fact that there are at least a dozen threads speaks to the character of the thread creators and, unfortunately, the character of the site.

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However, that’s not good enough for people here like the thread creator. (I’m getting visions of a disheveled apartment with hundreds and hundreds of thumb-tacked Jindal pictures and clippings.)

You know squat, retard. All you have to do is look in my profile and you can see where I live and what my name is. And I'm in the phone book, if you've got the stones to do anything about it. Not that I have to furnish references to you or anyone else, but my reputation among conservative circles here in this state is reasonably secure.