re: Further info that Jeff Landry is an absolute piece of shite

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I hate that I ever cast a vote for that pos

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As if it matters. Louisiana hasn't had a good candidate for governor since Mike Foster, and he was just OK.

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Why should a Governor even be involved with this? Can the State not afford $35k?

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Those were items he didn’t veto. I was just pointing out that there’s a ton of stuff you wouldn’t think the state pays for stuffed in there.

There was also like $400k for Ascension to purchase a “tactical vehicle.”

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I’m sure it’s happened before. Governors use the line item veto many times during their term. I’m sure there are same party instances throughout history. Regardless, it’s politics…and it ain’t for the faint hearted or thin skinned. This is the real world, not a civics class.

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I hate to defend Landry, but he's kind of right. Not to say that these kinds of things should be pointed out and remembered. I'm sure the R legislators remember every pet project that JBE vetoed. Another factor is that pet project spending (supplemental) has skyrocketed since covid, so JBE wasn't presented with as much pork. These are the two times where it appears JBE used his line item vetoes on pet projects in retaliation.

JBE 2023 pet project vetoes

LA Illuminator: Gov. Edwards vetoes projects for House conservatives who opposed lifting spending cap

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Edwards indicated legislators who opposed efforts to lift the spending cap would be penalized. He and legislative leaders argued those who wanted to restrict spending shouldn’t reap the benefits of the extra cash made available when the cap was lifted.

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2021 JBE pet project vetoes

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The governor removed money for Madisonville lighthouse repairs ($250,000), Grant Parish waterworks ($20,000), the South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center ($193,000), East Houma airbase park ($230,000) and Houma police security cameras and monitoring equipment ($25,000).

He didn’t offer much justification for these decisions. In a letter Edwards sent to lawmakers, the governor said he removed the Discovery Center funding because it was already receiving financial support in the construction budget. He also mentioned that the money going to a recreation area at the East Houma airbase was being used to build a dog park, but didn’t say whether that is what he found objectionable.

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I think more pet projects need to be vetoed. Last session he vetoed many under the justification that the money was going to NGOs that don't "serve an appropriate government function and [not] an efficient and effective use of state resources." and said that for 2025, “Prior to our next legislative session, we plan to work with the Legislature to develop criteria for what type of NGO requests represent the best use of our scarce resources.” Well, that looks like it was an empty promise.

Why don't you walk over here and do it for me?

He did the same thing last year

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Personal responsibility is a great idealogy to follow on an individual bases. It is a horrible and failed policy strategy on a national/domestic level.

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It’s not a political strategy at all; both democrat and even “conservative” governments need dependents and will redistribute what’s needed to maintain power.

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[quote]They got you all up in the blame poor people koolaid

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Wrong again. One can be poor and not be a fkn scumbag; my paternal grand parents were prime examples. Personal responsibility or lack thereof transcends. I.e., I’ve witnessed and dealt with it personally from upper class honkys.

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democrat that will actually improve your life

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We’ve had Democrats as governor, they were worse than Landry. JBE might actually be retarded. Landry still sucks though.

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99% of politicians in the history of Louisiana have fricking sucked because the populace is stupid and does not hold them accountable. We take more pride in partying hard and being known as drunkards than we do in having a decent place to live. Grown men and women in Louisiana brag about how much they drink like they’re teenagers in high school. The biggest point of pride in our state is that we can get a daiquiri in a drive thru and get blackout drunk at LSU football tailgates then leave the game at

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People from Louisiana are DUMB, let's quit blaming politicians. Yall are the ones that put these clowns in office. Quit complaining about how awful the state is if you're going to vote for someone because your family knows them or you they have the same accent as you.

I tried living in that shitehole postgraduate, glad I got out once my kids finished elementary school.

So its settled
Edwards and Landry are/were rentals for Trial Lawyers.

G you can see who pays for the ads and pays for the hunting trips in Mexico and know that.

The G's run this state Landry is just a off blue blazer in front

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This is not Landry cutting pork. It’s Landry saying “get behind my (bad) policy if you want your pork approved.”

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Completely agree. Landry isn’t doing it simply to be a fiscal hawk. He was never going to be one.

But like I stated earlier in this thread, I’m also not going to feel bad about a legislator who is finding his pet park or ballfield project getting slashed.

I wonder if any state road repairs/maintenance type projects are getting the veto pen because a legislator didn’t go his way. Something that’s a real state government responsibility. That could be telling. Allowing a legislator who voted with him to keep his ballfield funding in tact, but slashing a state highway project in the district of a legislator who went against him.

Wouldn’t be out of the ordinary for a Louisiana governor to do that, but would just show that Gov Landry is just all the same as the previous Governor.