Denied retirement increase, LSP Superintendent Edmonson maneuvers Jason...
Once again, and for the sixth consecutive year, State Civil Service employees are being forced to go without a pay raise. And on the heels of this, the Office of Group Benefits is raising premiums by...
View ArticleDid nepotism trump human compassion? Flood victim fired after daughter of...
On August 13, Eliska Lynch and husband Bill lost their Denham Springs home to devastating floods that cause billions of dollars in damages in Southeast Louisiana. On August 31, she was notified—by...
View ArticleState Civil Service employees: no money for raises (again) but State Police...
Attention State Civil Service employees: · There’s no money available for your pay raises for what now, the fifth straight year? The sixth? I’ve lost count. · The Office of Group Benefits,...
View ArticleLouisianaVoice exclusive: State Ethics Commission hits State Troopers’...
LouisianaVoice’s disdain for the State Ethics Board has been no secret since Bobby Jindal gutted the board’s power only days after taking office in 2008, causing the board’s membership to resign as a...
View ArticleLSPC member Grafton accuses LSTA of ‘corruption,’ accuses LSP Superintendent...
It’s no wonder the Louisiana State Troopers’ Association (LSTA) decided to give the boot to Leon “Bucky” Millet and three other retired members of LSTA. It seems that the retirees, particularly Millet,...
View ArticleRemember the Edmonson Amendment of 2014 that boosted his retirement? It’s...
It must be nice when you can get the rules written just for you. There must come a time when even the most disinterested, blasé, apolitical person living has to look up from whatever else occupies his...
View ArticleLSP heir-apparent Lt. Col. Dupuy booted back to State Police Academy—as a...
The shakeup continued at Louisiana State Police (LSP) Friday afternoon with the reduction in rank of former Superintendent Mike Edmonson’s top aid and heir-apparent and the promotion and reassignment...
View ArticleHere’s a novel idea for all politicians, federal down to local: drop the...
As a recovering Republican, I feel I am in a unique position to suggest that all political party labels be abandoned in favor of candidates representing constituents as opposed to clinging stubbornly...
View ArticleSen. Alario’s SCR 122 offers appreciation to Mike Edmonson, passes Senate...
You just gotta love Louisiana politics. No, really. It’s probably the only institution where one can set up his own little fiefdom, reward those in positions to promote his career, get caught up in...
View ArticleDid Jill Boudreaux game the system to put the kibosh on retirement buyout for...
When Department of Public Safety (DPS) Undersecretary Jill Boudreaux took that early incentive retirement buyout and then returned after a one-day “retirement,” and after having promoted herself to...
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