Remember the expensive Caribbean party for John Breaux in Washington around the time of the dem convention I do believe, I am fuzzy on when. But it was a terribly expensive blow out.
Funded by Zuschlag. Now Acadian which is the biggest ambulance service, in the entire country, has tentacles everywhere. And Breaux and Zuschlag are tight. The new EMS school that Acadian set up at USL {where Blancos husband reigns} is named the John Breaux School or something.
Breaux has been instrumental in the emergence of Acadien as the premier ambu and ems service in the state and indeed in the country.
Acadien has exclusive contracts to transport people in Orleans, Placquemine, Jefferson and numerous other posts.
Know how they got started? medicare wrote regs on Ambulance services that effectively closed down every private service in this state. Breaux was the guy who did it.
And Robert Wood Foundation subsidized Acadien. And one of the big deals at Acadien ran for Gov on the dem ticket but lost in the primary.
Now acadien is into medical equipment, the kind Medicare pays money for, wheelchairs, etc.
They are everywhere, very successful, high profile. And owe their success to Breaux and others. Now they have a PAC and are all about, hobnobbing with the politicoes.
I may be tinfoilish on this but I wonder about this monopoly.
No, you're not. Here's another one for you: Guess who is the founder and one of the principle owners of Entergy?
Answer: Erskine Bowles, former White House Chief of Staff under Clinton, and recent unsuccessful candidate for North Carolina governor. Need a few more? Check-out and correlate the origins and timeline histories of Tyson chicken and Alltel from Arkansas, and the associations of their principals with government officials either currently or recently in power.
As much as I love my country, I fear that the (bi-partisan) culture of corruption in our politics may be too far advanced for recovery.