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Legislative Staff Salary Inquiry Provides Blowback For Tucker

Posted on May 26th, 2010 by macaoidh

John Schroder doesn’t really look like Jim Caviezel. And he definitely doesn’t look like Gerard Depardieu. But he does come off as a pretty good Edmond Dantes nonetheless. And after a figurative banishment to the Louisiana legislature’s Chateau D’If, in which Schroder found himself bounced off the House Appropriations Committee by Speaker Jim Tucker in [...]

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Fallout Continues From Tucker’s Long-Knives Act

Posted on April 6th, 2010 by macaoidh

Today at 4 p.m. we might see some fireworks in the Louisiana legislature, as state rep. John Schroder (R-Covington), who found himself booted off the House Appropriations Committee as punishment for voting for Noble Ellington (D-Winnsboro) as Speaker Pro Tempore in contravention of the wishes of House Speaker Jim Tucker (R-Westwego), will address his circumstances [...]

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Jim Tucker’s Nancy Pelosi Act

Posted on April 1st, 2010 by macaoidh

While it’s certainly true that Washington politics has become more Byzantine than the Louisiana version of late, which is a good thing depending on your perspective, the fallout from the Speaker Pro Tem election in the state House of Representatives has made manifest the fact that power plays and bare-knuckle recriminations are still part of [...]

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On Retirement, State Employee Screaming Against Change Continues

Posted on March 5th, 2010 by macaoidh

From today’s Alexandria Town Talk: PINEVILLE — Major changes to benefits for retired state employees would be a “disaster,” a top official with the Retired State Employees Association said Thursday.

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