ZOMBIE KEEPS LOOKING AT CASSIDY‘S DOUBLE-BILLING
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DEC 8 Blogger Jason Brad Berry, who with Lamar White Jr. broke the story about Bill Cassidy billing LSU (and you) for hours he may not have worked, posts this update with more info and even more questions about the issue. One question as yet unanswered: Did mainstream media have this information weeks before these bloggers, and refuse to even investigate?
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DEC 8 Here‘s an interesting post on The Lens in which opinion writer Brooke Schueller examines the Jindal years through a filter constructed via Ancient Rome. The reign of the Caesars was a time marked "by unabashed self-interest disguised as representation of the public interest," Brooke writes. Hmmm... That sounds kinda familiar, don‘t it? Did Julius ever visit Iowa?
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DEC 9 This post on Politico is by Jason Berry (the author and filmmaker, not the Zombie blogger) and it‘s an astute examination of Louisiana politics, the Landrieu family and Mitch‘s future. It‘s a really good read.
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DEC 9 WaPo‘s Todd Frankel gives his review of Bobby Jindal‘s appearance on a Fox "News" Sunday program this weekend. Even the Fox sycophants, er, hosts were asking how Jindal can become a viable candidate when he‘s still polling 12th in an 11-man race, Frankel says.
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DEC 8 This Saturday post from the Daily Beast says that the Congressional election (which he lost later that day) would be the last campaign for Louisiana governor, iconic pol and former federal jailbird Edwin Edwards.
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LSU‘S LIABILITY IN CASSIDY FALLOUT
DEC 8 This guest post on Lamar White Jr.‘s blog examines some of the problems that Bill Cassidy may have with his LSU payroll issue -- you know, in addition to the big problem. Even as the election loomed, several media outlets did rehashes of the work of Lamar and blogger Jason Brad Berry, and they found the same issues.
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ASWELL‘S REVIEW OF THE ADVOCATE SERIES
DEC 8 Blogger Tom Aswell is reviewing the Advocate‘s series about Louisiana tax incentives in this post, and he‘s a fan. In addition, he‘s telling us about a recent ranking of states based on how well each one is run financially. (Spoiler alert: We didn‘t do so good.)
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ALABAMA GUY‘S OPINION ON OUR PRIMARY
DEC 8 Advocate columnist (and Alabama resident) Quin Hillyer says we need to get rid of our weird jungle primary. He‘s got a long list of reasons why he feels, in his infinite wisdom, we plebeians should rid ourselves of it. Pay attention, now!