La. La. Land - Kicking a guy when he's down

Wednesday's Blogs from the Bog!

Wednesday's Blogs from the Bog!

• TALK ABOUT KICKING A GUY WHEN HE'S DOWN

  JUL 30 "Pranksters" have taken over Ray Nagin's website, the Picayune reports here. Nagin once used the site to hawk his book, but lost the name to some non-fans at some point, Andy Grimm reports. The posts include items predicting a less-than-joyful time in the pokey and an offer to sell the site to raise money.

• CB: THE STINKY GETS EVEN STINKIER!

  JUL 30 Blogger CB Forgotston gives us the latest on the Edmonson Amendment - and the latest is that Jindal darling Neil Riser not only knew about the amendment which he previously denied all knowledge of, he sponsored the doggone thing. Worst of all, Gentleman Neil tried to throw his own staffer under the bus for it. Gotta love that guy!

• VICTIMS URGE REMOVAL OF "PREDATOR PRIEST"

  JUL 30 This post on the SNAP (Survivor Network of Those Abused by Priests) calls on the Diocese of Lafayette and Bishop Michael Jarrell to immediately remove a local priest from his post due to accusations that he has abused children. The story was brought to light by the first part of aMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO PIECE on pedophile priests in Louisiana.

• GARRET GRAVES BEING A JERK ON PURPOSE?

  JUL 30 Here's a post on the Daily Kingfish about the recent battle of twits between Jindal buddy Garret Graves and Edwin Edwards. Someone tweeted that the kids of the candidates were really cute. Graves responded by saying his kids were much cuter than Trina, apparently implying that the former governor's much-younger wife was one of his children. Har Har.

• CAIN MIGHT RELEASE PRISONER FROM SOLITARY

  JUL 30 A group of students visiting Angola may have brought about the release of an inmate who has been in solitary confinement for longer than some of them have been alive, The Lens reports in this post. The inmate has been in solitary for almost 30 years, and may be released if Warden Burl Cain determines the man won't "cause me the blues," because Cain "needs the cell."

• LOUISIANA HOT SAUCE BIZ ON FIRE

  JUL 30 Purveyors of Louisiana's spicy condiment are doing a booming business, this post on WWL tells us. There's even the exciting news here that one of those duck people is working on his own hot sauce to sell to us. Well, hot dog. Tell us where we can get that!

• DROP IS ALL DRIPPY

  JUL 30 Blogger Tom Aswell turns over his blog to Stephan Winham for this post, which takes a look at state retirement and the DROP. Who cares? Well, it's relevant to the discussion of the so-called "Edmonson Amendment," and because it affects the state's bank account.

• DEVIOUS BESE FINDS AWAY AROUND JINDAL

  JUL 30 Since King Bobby decided that BESE needed his permission to sue him over Common Core, the board members came up with a way around it -- they voted Tuesday to join the already existing lawsuit by a charter company, and look for a lawyer who would do the job for free, WAFB reports here. "MINUTES" LATER, BOBBY FILED A COUNTERSUIT, THE PIC REPORTS.

• MANEUVERING IN THE SENATE RACE

  JUL 30 As the Landrieu-Cassidy race enters its final months, Stephen Babcock takes a look at some recent skirmishes in this post on NOLA Defender. The release of an internal memo revealed that (a year ago, anyway) the Democrats felt the Landrieu race was the second most important in the country. Interestingly, Cassidy felt that was a way to make hay.