re: Per our Governor, College Football in Peril

quote:

---

As it currently stands the entire university system will not be able to keep the lights on past April.

It doesn't matter how much financial support the football program gets. He's not threatening to shut down football, he's saying that it's very much a reality if the shortfall is not addressed immediately.

He doesn't want to shut anything down, he's saying it could happen. Essentially presenting the most extreme worst case scenario to get people to wake the frick up.

---

Oh look, I found one of the actual idiots that drinks the kool aid.

You're probably JBE. Hey governor, frick yourself.

It is amazing Jindal gets a pass and the new Govenor gets all the blame. One way states generate revenue is from taxes, so what's wrong with us doing whatever we face too to get the state back on track. If Edwards is so bad let's give Jindal a third term and see how that work out. Jindal sucked and all you republican know it

All I have to say is thank Gawd this didn't go down before National Signing Day.

Would it affect it? Maybe? Want to test it? No!

As much as Jindal carries blame for this, that blame is spread across all of the elected state government. The real problem is all these elected officials are primarily worried about getting campaign fund contributions. They will sell their grandmother into prostitution for a small campaign contribution. Thus special interests rule.
Easy solution to this: governor and legislature need to come together and put all special interests aside and settle this in the best interest of the state. We all know that will never happen.

Did he really say he was suprised at the budget deficit after being in the legislature for 8 years? Did he vote to approve the budgets too? If he did that I could see how you could fnd him at fault as well, that would be crazy.

The libertarian in me likes the legalize marijuana idea but that isn't happening, nor the selling naming rights to government properties though that would be creative. Louisiana would become the NASCAR of governments. They should not freeze legislature salaries they should stop pay altogether (or maybe that is what was meant). That would save a little bit of money and likely get something done.

I'm still not sure if everybody agrees there is a problem though. Do conservatives in the state buy that there is billion dollar whole in the budget? If no how is the governor getting away with making up this number? If yes where are the alternatives to tax hikes by conservatives to undercut the guy? What are the proposed solutions?

Sign the recall Governor JBE Petition

He's going to shutdown a flag ship university? In the words of Dr. Evil: R-I-G-H-T!!!

Ergo John Bell Edwards is an idiot.

How long has this guy been governor? I was under the impression he just took office.

The state legislature over the past 50 years is responsible for these problems. People always tend to blame the governors for trying to FIXING problems that the legislature created.

That said, yes I believe JBE is a moron.