Top 7 reasons Jeff Landry is garbage.

1. He got in bed with the plaintiff lawyers. Not just in bed, but he has the red ball gag in his mouth, is wearing the nylons and stiletto heels, and has at least two billboard lawyer dicks in his arse. He sold out the many pro-tort reform conservatives who voted for him without a second thought. He swaps favors for support and money like a true Louisiana pol. (That is a recurring theme with all of these observations.)

2. His fake-arse attempt to convince us that he is doing some sort of tort reform. He is making Tim Temple the fall guy for any future increases in car insurance premiums. He had his henchmen on the floor of the legislature last week threatening vetoes and loss of committee chairmanships against anyone who refused to support his bill. Tell me... after this, why would anyone ever want to run for the Commissioner of Insurance? Insurance in this state is dead.

3. He has tried to politicize independent boards by gaining power over nominations. This is especially glaring with regarding to the Flood Protection Authority - East, which was supposed to be an independent board, free of political influence, dedicated to flood protection and reliant on professionals and scientists. He and his boy Shane Guidry are trying to blow it up and get control to take care of his buddies.

4. He is friends with Shane Guidry. Guidry donates a lot of money. Landry lets Guidry dictate New Orleans policy. Back scratching.

5. He killed the Barataria Diversion. Again, promises kept. These promises were to Nungesser and the fisherman cabal. Decades of research down the toilet. Some folks might like this move, but in 50 years we will all rue the day when the Gulf of Amexico is lapping at the levees on the westbank.

6. He put Gordy Dove in charge of the LCPRA. Gordy knows how to carry the water for the boss. If anyone thinks Dove knows jack shite about coastal restoration and protection, you don't know anything at all. (See item 5.)

7. He hired Aurelia Giacometto on the recommendation of Donald Trump, Jr.

I'm sure others can come up with plenty more reasons. This dude is not a conservative. He is not interested in good government, just the exercise of raw power. He is a piece of shite. I hope we have a good option next time.

ETA: I clumsily worded the first paragraph to make it sound like I voted for him. I am a pro-tort reform Republican, but I did not vote for him.