Report Card for Superintendent Cade Brumley
by Rep. Charles “Chuck” Owen About six years ago, Louisiana was looking for a new Superintendent of Education. The State’s rankings were poor at the time, and things had not been going in the right direction for a long time. How we got to that low...
Stewart Cathey’s Bureaucratic Tax Machine
There are two ways to raise taxes. The first is the traditional way. A legislator introduces a tax bill. It receives committee hearings. Members debate it. They cast their votes. Then they return home and explain those votes to the people who elected them. Sen....
Louisiana’s “No-Bid” $54M Motorola Deal: What the Documents Say
When the Louisiana Office of Technology Services asked lawmakers to approve an alternative procurement process for a sweeping Motorola Solutions public-safety technology contract, criticism was almost immediate—and so were conclusions. At the time of the July 23...
Jeff Landry Nixes $18 Million Grocery Store and More
Last month, we introduced you to one of the stranger stories of the legislative session. An $18 million taxpayer-funded grocery store project run through a nonprofit formed by a convicted fraudster. It had a 76-acre special taxing district attached. And all of this...
From Prison to Public Funding
Louisiana lawmakers are preparing to commit up to $18 million in taxpayer funds toward a grocery store development in Baton Rouge. The project is being advanced through a nonprofit (NGO — Non-Governmental Organization) formed less than three years ago by a man who...
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