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Geaux Teacher!: REP. JOHN BEL EDWARDS EXPOSES FAILURES OF GOV. JINDAL'S LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE

Geaux Teacher!: REP. JOHN BEL EDWARDS EXPOSES FAILURES OF GOV. JINDAL'S LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE:


REP. JOHN BEL EDWARDS EXPOSES FAILURES OF GOV. JINDAL'S LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE

State Representative John Bel Edwards' Letter to the Editor of The Advocate 

http://theadvocate.com/news/opinion/3073305-123/letters-jindals-successes-werent

Letters: Jindal's 'successes' weren't

June 11, 2012


Gov. Bobby Jindal can claim victory in the just completed legislative session but — thank goodness — the facts prove otherwise.

As the session started, Democrats in the House of Representatives pronounced the governor’s retirement package dead on arrival. For the most part, we were right.

Of the six parts of his package, five failed. Drastically delaying the retirement age, dead.