Extra: Politicians make news
Dec. 10th, 2006 04:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
infrogmationIn sadly low turnout, Dollar Bill Jefferson won the runoff for the 2nd Congressional District. The tipping point may well have been Sherrif Harry Lee of Jefferson Parish's denunciation of Carter as payback for her daring to be critical of how things were handled on the CCC Bridge after Katrina.
The story behind the story, however, is the post-K demographic shift of the district. New Orleans used to be the key population center. $ Bill lost in the city. He won big in West Jeff. So if this election is an indication, the suburbs are now the big dog in the 2nd District.
In better news for Louisiana, Congress passed the Gulf Oil bill, giving Louisiana part of the revenue from off shore oil drilling off its coast. Money will go to coastal restoration and flood control.
The story behind the story, however, is the post-K demographic shift of the district. New Orleans used to be the key population center. $ Bill lost in the city. He won big in West Jeff. So if this election is an indication, the suburbs are now the big dog in the 2nd District.
In better news for Louisiana, Congress passed the Gulf Oil bill, giving Louisiana part of the revenue from off shore oil drilling off its coast. Money will go to coastal restoration and flood control.
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Date: 2006-12-11 10:49 pm (UTC)As for the Gulf Oil bill, the only winners are the oil companies, the politicians and the lobbyists who worked on the bill. I mean, come on, do you really expect the state of Louisiana to use the money as it's meant for? Or for lining politician's pockets and providing benefits to their friends and supporters? Besides, the only reason it got passed was it was attached to an omnibus bill, it was pulled from being voted on independently because too many Senators would have voted against it. By attaching it to guns and vests for our soldiers in Iraq and fighting terrorists on our soil, it was passed with nary a complaint.