Governor on a roll, and lawmakers climbing on for the ride- April 2, 2008
The Shreveport Times
John Maginnis
The smartest thing Gov. Bobby Jindal did after his two triumphant special sessions was to go around the state giving the credit to legislators for doing what he asked them to do — almost making it sound like it was their ideas.
Back in town to start the regular session, they greeted him with a longer round of applause than at either special session opener. Clearly the governor is on a roll and legislators want to stay on for the ride.
That should not be hard as the road ahead, unlike the Road Home, appears fairly smooth. Thanks to a couple of extra billon dollars being pumped into the current and next budgets, Jindal doesn't have to choose, as his predecessors did, among health care, higher education and highways, when often there wasn't enough for any. When a governor doesn't have to ask a Legislature to raise taxes or to cut services, he can pretty much tell them what to do.
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