http://www.lsureveille.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/07/21/42df1c0c5b731
Case in point: A bill seeking to add a member to Bossier Levee Board was amended to include a $48,000-per-year pay raise for the head of the New Orleans Levee Board, which is 300 miles away from Bossier. On top of this seemingly puzzling pay raise, the lucky head of the levee board happens to be, coincidentally, a political friend of the chair of the Senate Finance Committee. Hmmm.
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:BpqncBMwcNMJ:www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf%3F/base/news-1/1088323265306320.xml+%22levee+board%22+casino&hl=en&start=44&
Shortly thereafter, Bally's sought -- and received -- a tax break that was worth about $1.2 million a year from its landlord, the Orleans Levee Board. The deal was brokered by Levee Board President James Huey, a close ally of Sen. Heitmeier's.