Posted on 11/23/2015 9:03:13 AM PST by abb
“The business community, which opposed his candidacy, is already nervous...”
Yep. When I went back in August for Katrina’s 10th anniversary, the new business and heavy industry thriving in plain view, along the highways and streets where I drove, was jaw dropping.
Areas that had been blighted, abandoned slums for years BEFORE Katrina were newly renovated and bustling with activity—lots of new jazz and rock venues, with apartments and lofts nearby.
Empty, weedy lots are now stacked with newly built offices, condos, hotels, shopping malls, restaurants, night clubs that did not exist when I left in 2007.
More LA people are employed now than ever in LA history. That’s backed up in census data.
All this as a result of Jindal’s business-friendly tax and investment policies, focused on oil and infrastructure, as well as a refusal to kowtow to enviro-nazis who seek to regulate Louisiana’s chemical refineries out of business.
These manufacturers and refineries in turn spin off thousands of subsidiary businesses, in construction, heavy industry, trucking and shipyards (IOW, jobs for men, which reduces need for social services for women and children) technology, restaurants (New Orleans’ restaurants have doubled since Jindal took office!) entertainment and tourism.
Jindal also championed school vouchers and instituted tough ethics rules and auditing of expenditures.
Yeah, it makes sense to toss it all away, just ‘cause Vitter dropped his shorts for a hooker. It just isn’t possible he learned his lesson, moved on, and is capable of continuing sound fiscal policies that benefit the state as a whole.
I’m predicting within a couple years under Edwards, the state will be back in the toilet.
Jesse Helms came the closest, but even he supported the “fairness doctrine” before the advent of talk radio.
Moved out of Maryland for Falls Church, VA last year. Haven’t gotten around to updating my profile page here.
Smart move, not as bad as Md. yet at any rate. But it’s heading in that direction for sure.
Not so much.
McAwful and the Democrats suffered a large defeat by keeing the Commonwealth’s Senate solidly in Republican hands. Also big loss for Gun Control in VA.
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