Jindal Vetoes Legislative Raise, Will Announce Vetoes in Supplemental Spending Bill

New Orleans Times-Picayune ^ | June 30th, 2008 | Times-Picayune Staff

[smith5460]

He will also hold a press conference at 11 AM Central Time to announce his vetoes in the supplemental spending bill recently passed by the Legislative.

Sorry for the lack of details, but these stories are breaking. I will link more articles about these two stories when they become available.

[WayneS]

I think he did the right thing. Too much politicking and waffling around before-hand, though.

Maybe this experience will stiffen his spine for the next time he needs to show true leadership.

[Red_Devil 232]

He was to LATE coming to this decision!

[Soliton]

Will his veto be overridden?

[ConservativeMan55]

Mr. Jindal possibly doing a little politicking for the VP?

[9YearLurker]

I’m not nearly local to LA, but it sounds like he’s belatedly done the right thing, moving from something that could have choked off a promising career to just an unfortunate muddle that we can hope will be a come-to-fiscal-jesus moment to refocuse his career.

[Cyber Liberty]

He’s new to the job, and let’s face it: He had no working example from which to work.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

ROFL

[ConservativeMan55]

LOL!!

[Joe 6-pack]

"He was to(o) LATE coming to this decision!"

Better late than never. He was actually pretty apologetic to the public in his press conference...he said he had made mistakes in trusting the legislature to do the right thing and pretty much acknowledged that he had waited longer than he should have, but that it needed to be done. Likewise, during the delay while he made up his mind, a lot of legislators showed their true colors in the local media, and may turn out to be a good thing.

This is a good sign, and Jindal showed that he's going to stand with the *little people*.

[deport]

Will his veto be overridden?

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Isn’t the special session over?

[SeafoodGumbo]

Ping list time...

[xjcsa]

[laughing hysterically]...awesome...

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=8578662&Call=Email&Format=HTML

[dfwgator]

I like Jindal, but it is way too early for him to be VP, he needs to serve out his term as governor, and he certainly should have a high profile at this year’s GOP Convention (much like Obama did in the 2004 Rat Convention), to set him up for 2012.

[Red_Devil 232]

To bad McCain would not do the same, listen to the people, and just give up on Comprehensive Immigration Reform!

[MNReaganite]

Praise Jesus. Gov. Jindal has redeemed himself.

[LiveFree99]

Yes, I find all the Jindal for Veep talk hard to understand. The guy may have promise, but he’s only 37 and in his first year as governor. Let him wrestle with the legislature and clean up the mess in Louisiana before he even considers VP or President.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

YEEEEEEEHAAWWWWWW!!!

[library user]

I like Jindal, but it is way too early for him to be VP, he needs to serve out his term as governor.

Agree 100%. He's barely older than Obama.