Ending Engineered Consent and Rigged Tax Elections
The Louisiana Constitution, Article VI, Section 26, requires that local taxes be approved by voters. In theory, that means taxation at the local level is grounded in consent. We’re told that we voted on it, that we consented. That’s the story, the comfort, the...
Jacob Landry’s Legacy Lawsuit Fix: Ending Decades of Legal Extortion
For years, Louisiana’s oil and gas industry has been under siege. It’s not from new regulations or environmental disasters, but from a wave of lawsuits over decades-old operations that were legal and routine when they occurred. These so-called “legacy lawsuits”...
Unmasking the Louisiana RINO in Modern Politics
A few years ago, someone I respect asked me a simple yet piercing question: How do you define RINO? If you aren’t familiar with the term, it’s an acronym for Republican In Name Only. The answer was simple at the time—at least for Louisiana House of...
Watching the Legislative Class of 2024
In the words of Humphrey Bogart in the famed movie Casablanca, “Here’s looking at you, kid.” The 2024 legislative session was the third session of the year. By the end, everyone should have been sufficiently worn out. That’s true for...
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