I am a LA native; my parents, two sisters, and two brothers still live there.
My point is this: Regardless of Jindal’s stance on the pay raise, he is still a d@mn sight better than the typical corrupt LA pols he replaced/ran against.
This all-or-nothing attitude on the part of some people really gets my goat. I fled that State years ago due to the endemic corruption therein; I think Jindal deserves a chance before we toss HIM under the bus - let alone by a noobie that apparently signed up just to post this drivel.
Yes, he is better than what came before him. I, like many other conservatives, was really excited by this rising star. If Jindal goes and breaks campaign promises he better be able to take the heat for it. The people of the state have every right to rise up when they see the need to make their voices heard. If enough of them are upset over this or anything else, politicians should be made to face the music. Louisiana has been corrupt for many years and now many of the corrupt will be fleecing the taxpayers once again with outragous pay raises.
If this happened in my state, I know all hell would break loose here,too. Jindal has only himself to blame, he should have stuck to his promises. Enough of a ruckus was raised, it seems to me, to give him fair warning.
With all due respect, how do you really know? This whole pay raise issue seems to be the first time in his political career that Jindal has had to make a tough decision, and how he handles is will be very telling. It appears from all accounts that he is not going to do what he promised and veto it. So what's going to happen the next time he gets called on a promise he made?