[VirginiaMom]

Is there something in the water down there that makes state and local officials nuts? Nobody seems to have a lick of plain common sense.

[Killborn]

Yes. It is called liberalism.

[No Truce With Kings]

"Is there something in the water down there that makes state and local officials nuts? Nobody seems to have a lick of plain common sense."

Well . . . we ARE talking about Southern Louisiana. My expectations for public officials are so low that one that is merely mildly incompetant would be a ten.

[Petronski]

I was just thinking the same thing. What's wrong with the local officials Louisiana? Are they all just plumb crazy?

Maybe serpenthead is normal by Louisianan standards.

[Black Tooth]

Is there something in the water down there that makes state and local officials nuts?

I'll never set foot in Louisiana.

This whole thing down there is beyond belief.

[HiTech RedNeck]

It's the fumes coming off of the chemical polluted flood waters.