State Feed: Louisiana

Interesting Developments Down in Louisiana

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:03:41 -0500

It looks as though the citizens of Louisiana are going to try and use a recall petition on Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu. The right to recall an elected official is something Citizens in Charge Foundation supports. There aren’t usually as many high profile stories in the world of recall, but every now and then a prominent official is subjected to recall, this will be interesting to watch.

Voters to decide on pay raises

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:17:12 -0400

Voters should have a chance next year to put into the constitution what they told legislators last year: “Don’t vote yourselves a pay raise during your current term in office.” The House on Monday unanimously approved Senate Bill 67 by state Sen. Joe McPherson, D-Woodworth, which requires that any raise granted to state officials and the Public Service Commission won’t go into effect during that four-year term. Raises would not go into effect until a new set of legislators or statewide officials are elected.

Louisiana state Rep. says local districts should decide on term limits

Fri, 15 May 2009 11:30:31 -0400

Rep. Greg Cromer, R-Slidell, said the state should not be meddling with school board affairs. Instead, he said, voters should determine locally whether they want to limit terms on their school board.

Read the story from NOLA.com

Colorado Transparency is Common Sense

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:18:58 -0500

Paul Jacob, President of Citizens in Charge, an organization working to preserve and expand initiative and referendum rights, addressed Colorado transparency in his Common Sense column today. I have copied it, with permission, below.

Opaque Transparency

Jefferson Resident Drops Jindal Recall Campaign

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:18:24 -0400

The 32-year-old Jefferson Parish resident who filed a recall petition last week against Gov. Bobby Jindal said today he will drop the effort now that the governor has vetoed the legislative pay raise bill.

Ryan Fournier, 32, is a Republican who voted for Jindal but was dismayed by the governor’s refusal, until Monday, to stop lawmakers from more than doubling their pay.

“I think we ought to throw in the towel as far as a recall,” Fournier said this morning.