by Michael Lunsford | Aug 22, 2023 | Sunshine
Regular readers may remember our previous article on the Port of Iberia director Craig Romero dabbling in politics. According to their 2022 audit, Director Craig Romero was compensated $202,450 last year to exclusively run day-to-day operations at the Port of Iberia....
by Michael Lunsford | Jun 19, 2023 | Legislature
Newspaper headlines and articles across the state are criticizing the Republican controlled legislature as it went on the biggest spending spree in Louisiana history. Our legislature was not legally entitled to spend every dollar of the enormous surplus. In Louisiana,...
by Editorial Staff | Mar 3, 2023 | Sunshine
In case you didn’t realize it – 2023 is an election year! You can expect to be inundated with campaign flyers, phone polls and door knocks as candidates get in gear asking for your support. There will be campaign signs at every major intersection, full page newspaper...
by Jill Hines | Jun 16, 2022 | Legislature, Louisiana
The legislative session ended on Monday, June 6th and despite the many opportunities to pass legislation that would protect Louisiana from special interests and government overreach, the legislature failed miserably. Of the fifty plus bills we had on our watch list at...
by Editorial Staff | May 10, 2022 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The question has been asked, should a person or their family be able to directly benefit from their status as a legislator? In our experience it’s been quite common to hear about spouses of lawmakers who are lobbyists, or at least employed by a business...