Edwards' budget promotes ideology over real solutions
Rather than construct a budgetputting Louisiana first, Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwardsbuilt the executive fiscal year 2017 document based on pursuit of liberal ideological imperatives. His strategy of...
View ArticleLegislature should run with Edwards' TOPS budget
Is liberal Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards the guy conservatives have been waiting for, at least as far as reform of the Taylor Opportunity Programs for Students? Last week, the Edwards Administration...
View ArticleUse Edwards' hospital cut request to exit charity model
Building on yesterday’s post, can liberal Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwardsalso become the one who finally frees Louisiana from any vestiges of its archaic charity hospital system? Until a few years ago,...
View ArticleThe Advocate column, Feb. 21, 2016
Edwards bungles rollout of budgethttp://theadvocate.com/news/opinion/14917408-123/jeff-sadow-edwards-bungles-rollout-of-budgetLinks:...
View ArticleMeatless prison menu ploy provokes comic relief
As a columnist, sometimes there’s just no way to swing and miss with some ideas that present an irresistible mix of incredulity and ridiculousness. Such came our way when Hollywood personality Pamela...
View ArticleWill Democrats contest or satisfice in LA CD 4?
It’s early in the year for showers to bring flowers, but not too early for elections to spring forth candidates, as a population explosion of them has come in Louisiana’s Fourth Congressional District...
View ArticleInefficient EITC needs to go to cut LA spending
Concerning the dueling between bills to double or to eliminate Louisiana’s Earned Income Tax Credit, the state’s dire budget situation strengthens the already-compelling case to repeal it. HB 4 by...
View ArticleHouse takes tentative steps to right-size LA govt
At least House Republicans have tried to stand on their own two legs to face Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards. Now let’s see if they actually can get upright and stay there. Whether they can depends on...
View ArticleHypocritical LA Democrats want tax to grow govt
Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration and Democrats in the Louisiana Senate seem so desperate to grow government that they have resorted hypocrisy, if not outright fibbing, about the temporal...
View ArticleElectoral lesson proves fleeting for LA Democrats
It’s official: Louisiana Democrats have cracked up, drawing exactly the wrong lessons from last fall’s unforeseen victory of Gov. John Bel Edwards that make the most likely outcome of this fall’s U.S....
View ArticleHouse must prevent institutionalization of big govt
The attempt to normalize Louisiana’s higher rate of spending into permanency and taxation to support it continued with Senate action in the Legislature’s special session, begging for a counter-reaction...
View ArticleBill challenging sanctuary also challenges Edwards
As Louisiana’s majoritarian branches of government struggle within their bubble in dealing with budgetary deficits, out in the larger world other things still happen that require their attention, and...
View ArticleThe Advocate column, Mar. 6, 2016
Markets not looking too kindly on Louisiana http://theadvocate.com/news/opinion/15072709-55/jeff-sadow-markets-not-looking-kindly-on-louisianaLinks:...
View ArticleLA GOP voters may signal end to Trump chances
The only surprise emanating from Louisiana’s presidential preference primaries last weekend was that financier/celebrity Donald Trump did not do better among the Republican electorate, leading to the...
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