Louisiana Politicians Flee in Terror

The Daily Grind ^ | 07/02/2008 | ALG News

[Condor51]

A 1996-2007 study of all states with a population greater-than 2 million found Louisiana to be the most corrupt state, based on public official convictions.

I'm both deeply saddened and offended by that. Illinois has worked long and hard to be THE most corrupt state. As such, I am sure that the Daley Machine, the Cook County Board, the Hispanic Democratic Organization (HDO) and 'The Combine' (who really run things) will work with due diligence to regain the Title.

Second Place will just not do!

Sheesh, you'd think having a Governor (George Ryan, RINO) sent off to Federal Prison for corruption would get you extra points.

[calex59]

If someone is serving in an elected position then every thing they do, including making money, is open to public scrutiny, if you feel that strongly about being open to the public about your finances then you have every right to resign and more power to you. The matter of money should be of special concern to constituents of any state as this is the reason many politicians stay in so called "public" service.

I am going to disagree with you, however I will take your word that you are honest, but that leaves a great many more that have resigned that you actually cannot personally vouch for even though you are trying to. Unless you know the actual financial situation of each of these officials then I would be careful about making blanket statements concerning the reasons they are resigning.

[chris_bdba]

I wonder if when LA is done with Bobby if we could talk him into moving to Ohio? We could use someone like him here.

[MarkT]

I and the very vast majority of those who have resigned positions were never elceted - we volunteered or were asked to serve by public officials. We received no pay, indeed most of us (I gave $25K in cash per year for over 10 years) gave time and monies for years to develop various public properties and programs. Think of the 3 G’s of non-profit board membership - Give, Get or Go away.

[JerseyHighlander]

This sounds great. But as we see in NJ’s land of corruption in Trenton, those who resign are not in jail and will after a cooling off period of a few months show up as “lobbyists” in the capital building, “guiding” their replacements towards the same dastardly policies of graft and corruption as was seen in the past.

The next step is to pass a strict lobbyist ethics law in La., or the graft will quickly adapt to the new ethics law regime and return to feeding on the host more voraciously than before.

[gunnedah]

You saound like you have been reading a sound bite!

[anymouse]

Well at least I can spell “sound bite.”

Sorry you are stuck in 20th century LA.

[rrrod]

Let’s not ruin Jindal...the pay raise issue wasnt his best moment but he did straighten things out. He needs to clean up La before running for higher office.

Jindal and Palin of Alaska may be the new hope of the conservative base but we have a long way to go in cleaning out the RINOs, toetappers, whiners and spinelessones from the GOP.

[snarks_when_bored]

That’s a good find.