LA Governor Mike Foster Ends Legislative Session with Emotional Farewell

Shreveport, LA, Times ^ | 06-24-03 | Hill, John, and Hasten, Mike

[Theodore R.]

BATON ROUGE - Gov. Mike Foster bade the Louisiana Legislature farewell but not goodbye Monday, the frantic last day of the 2003 regular session.

The same day, state lawmakers approved compromises on the nearly $17 billion executive operating budget and the $3 billion construction budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, a proposal to fund coastal restoration with mineral disputes and juvenile justice reform and settled dozens of other matters.

[Theodore R.]

Foster, grandson of a former governor, is ineligible under LA law to seek a third consecutive term. He is supporting fellow Republican Bobby Jindal in the October "jungle primary."