Posted on 03/30/2025 10:19:41 AM PDT by Round Earther
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry expressed disappointment after voters rejected a constitutional amendment he said would have been a game changer for the state.
Although there were four amendments on the ballot, Amendment 2 seems to be the one the governor hoped to pass, as it was the only one his message addressed.
Many decried the amendment from the start, and a group of residents filed suit to get it removed from the ballot. The Louisiana Supreme Court dismissed the lawsuit, a move the governor applauded, but then came election day, and a higher-than-expected voter turnout would lead to an overwhelming no vote.
In a statement issued Saturday night, the governor said, “The primary goal of Amendment 2 was to create a better opportunity for our citizens. To work toward inviting people into our State rather than have them leave.
Unfortunately, Soros and far left liberals poured millions into Louisiana with propaganda and outright lies about Amendment 2,” Governor Landry said. “Although we are disappointed in tonight’s results, we do not see this as a failure. We realized how hard positive change can be to implement in a State that is conditioned for failure.
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Gyeorgy has one foot in the grave. Try again next year. Hopefully, he’ll be rotting in the grave.
Yes. But his son(s) are doing the same stuff he is. They need to be stopped.
Nowhere in the article does it state or describe what Amendment #2 is. Pathetic.
So what was “Amendment 2”?........................
Wow, fantastic reporting in that article. Read every word, still don’t have a clue what Amendment 2 was about.
To be fair, they didn’t know. Nor did most of the voters in Louisiana, including me. I read it several times, and couldn’t make sense of it, so I voted no.
Page after page of double negatives and unrelated language that reminded me of “we have to pass the bill to find out what is in it.”
There were two items that put me off, one was to make “temporary” state sales taxes permanent, and the other was a teacher pay raise.
I’m beyond sick and tired of hearing about the “poor, underpaid public school teachers.”
They did include a link:
Do you support an amendment to revise Article VII of the Constitution of Louisiana including revisions to lower the maximum rate of income tax, increase income tax deductions for citizens over sixty-five, provide for a government growth limit, modify operation of certain constitutional funds, provide for property tax exemptions retaining the homestead exemption and exemption for religious organizations, provide a permanent teacher salary increase by requiring a surplus payment to teacher retirement debt, and make other modifications? (Amends Article VII, Sections 1 through 28; Adds Article VII, Sections 29 through 42)
And the sooner Gyorgy boy goes to his eternal judgement the better.
Preferably along with their nazi collaborator father at the same time.
Thank you. A very lengthy sentence which ends with “and make other modifications?” is destined to fail.
Too much crap in one amendment.
Raise state sales tax, make income tax flat rate.
The Landry propositions were defeated by a 30-point margin. However, had the No votes from Jefferson, East Baton Rouge, and Orleans parishes been excluded, the measures would have secured approval.
That is not accurate. Many, many parishes, including my home parish of Lincoln, voted no on all four amendments.
See here the parish by parish breakdown.
https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/graphical
And in Lincoln Parish, if you remove the Yes votes from the students and staff at Louisiana Tech and Grambling, what are the results?
All four still would have lost. The margin here was almost 2 to 1 against. Grambling/LA Tech student votes are historically low turnout.
There are many, many Tech/Grambling employees here, and many retireds.I’m surprised the no vote was as large here as it was. The teacher’s union usually sticks together, especially when there’s money in it for them
Bossier Parish, which is one of the redder high-population parishes in the state voted to approve, but just barely.
Livingston and St. Tammany are also red, and voted to approve by a small margin. They are the ‘bedroom’ areas for Baton Rouge and NOLA
Lafayette, Calcasieu, and Ascension, are very red and highly populated, and they voted no by a large margin.
In every election, watch East Baton Rouge and St. Tammany. If you can’t win St. Tammany, or just squeak by, your candidacy is doomed.
Another of the amendments concerned creating another layer of courts and judges. Louisiana already has too many courts, judges, district attorneys and lawyers. They’ve driven businesses out of the state for years because of the their outlandish injury rulings.
They’re like a plague of locusts.
The lede was buried very, very deeply. 😆
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