re: Did you know your local legislators give away full ride scholarships to Tulane?

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I wonder how many of those 144 scholarships end up being given to the kid of a friend, relative or close business associate...or involve some sort of kickback. O/U 140

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The family of Judge Edmund Reggie of Crowley La, who was the puppet master behind Edwin Edwards, and other LA politicians, whose daughter Victoria was married to Ted Kennedy, received Tulane scholarships for 34 years.

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"As an influential member of the Democratic Party in Louisiana, Edmund Reggie had a voice in who would be nominated and supported in campaigns for public office — a position that earned him a reputation as a "kingmaker" [1]. That may help explain, at least in part, how members of his family would obtain a total of 34 years of scholarships from eight Louisiana legislators to attend Tulane University."

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I wonder how many of those 144 scholarships end up being given to the kid of a friend, relative or close business associate...or involve some sort of kickback. O/U 140

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Most go to someone for sentimental reasons - kid from the legislator's high school or church, for example.

The recipients are a matter of public record. That was one of the reforms in the 1990s after Barthelemy gave a mayoral scholarship to his idiot son who had to enroll in University College just to get in.