I think in a lot of ways this is very typical of what happens in this type of session. It's just the nature of things that big, important pieces of legislation always go down to the wire, and there are several of those types of things in this session. |
I think the Legislature recognized that it had to do something with levee boards, and I think they kind of left the other out there to dry. I think there's a lot of support for those things, but I just don't think there's any enthusiasm inside of the Legislature. |
I'm not surprised by any of this. Those pots of money have been there for years, and when you have a budget that looks fat and happy on the surface, it's inevitable that we go back to that discussion. |
It doesn't mean that everybody's going to be happy with it. |
It seems like it's more technical pieces of reform. We are a long way from the end, and we've still got issues to address that this panel didn't address. |
It's not a huge agenda. It is fairly well focused in some limited areas. |
New Orleans is in a precarious financial position. If it goes under or needs more dollars, the state is surely going to have to step in, and that will cost taxpayers everywhere more money. |
Now, there are so many eyes looking at Louisiana, we've got to do the right thing or we'll be left out. I'm not saying Congress or Washington is looking for excuses not to give us money, but we've got a lot of pressure on us to do the right thing right now, and in the long run that's probably a good thing. |
She is talking about keeping those cuts. It's a smaller state financially and population-wise for some time. |
Some bills really have a learning curve, and this is one of them. |
There is a feeling out there that people who didn't have flood insurance should have some penalty for not doing what they should have. |
Who is going to vote? |