Month: August 2017

Louisiana Interior Design Board Chairman Deborah Steinmetz

Sound Off Louisiana will soon feature an interesting in-depth post entailing the level of success of interior design graduates from Louisiana universities entailing finding jobs in their chosen major; however, for today’s introductory feature, we present the lamenting of the Louisiana State Board of Interior Designers (IDB) entailing the impending closure of Delgado Community College’s Interior Design program, including the fact Delgado’s administration identified its Interior Design program as a “loss leader”:

IDB members lament impending closure of Delgado Community College’s Interior Design Program at its regular meeting of Thursday, August 17, 2017.  Rev. Freddie Phillips expresses consternation that the one program attempting to provide minorities a chance to practice is being abolished.  Phillips has been concerned about the extensive evidence that interior design licensure statues promote discrimination by erecting artificial barriers to entry (see video below).

The Institute for Justice, a Virginia-based organization specializing in suing state governmental agencies, explains that Louisiana leads the ENTIRE nation in licensing low-wage jobs and has BY FAR the highest barriers to entry for the interior design profession.  CLICK HERE for the Institute’s current litigation against the Louisiana Sate Board of Cosmetology.

The IDB also presented an award to Interior Design Instructor John Campbell:

Campbell receives award.  Perhaps he may wish to have a guest lecturer with business acumen teach a few of his classes so as to avoid his students getting stiffed for $65,000 as he did entailing Zachary restaurant Lagniappe Zachary.  As with the past practice of permitting Executive Director Sandy Edmonds to engage in “blatant payroll fraud”, Campbell is keeping with the pattern of keeping everything “all in the family” (Edmonds is the wife of an interior designer, Matthew Edmonds, who is a partner in CDI Solutions), by retaining IDB attorney Anna Dow to pursue Lagniappe Zachary for the $65,000.  Dow filed a Motion for Summary Judgment, which is presently scheduled for a hearing on October 16, 2017.

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U. S. Sen. Bill Cassidy

In today’s Sound Off Louisiana feature, founder Robert Burns asks U. S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-LA, if he is lobbying President Trump to appoint Louisiana Inspector General Stephen Street as the next U. S. Attorney from the Middle District of Louisiana.  His response follows:      

U. S. Sen. Bill Cassidy responds to an inquiry from Sound Off Louisiana’s Robert Burns entailing whether he is actively lobbying for Louisiana Inspector General Stephen Street to be appointed as the next U. S. Attorney from the Middle District of Louisiana.  Burns has openly questioned Street’s handling of the cases of U. S. v. Murphy Painter (during which, on the witness stand, Street said he had “no knowledge of the case”) and State of Louisiana v. Corey delaHoussaye (both were dismal failures and unmitigated disasters for Street which have cost — and CONTINUE to cost —  Louisiana taxpayers an absolute fortune in legal defense fees entailing both gentlemen’s civil litigation against Street and his officers, past and present).  Burns also openly questioned Street’s independence from the Governor of Louisiana.  Rather than respond to the question, Street flippantly avoided the question and attempted to belittle Burns, who spent six years as a Federal Government fraud investigator, by referencing him as “Exhibit A.”  The videos on the preceding link SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES entailing Street’s total lack of professionalism and his insecurities; nevertheless, he continued his unprofessional conduct by mistakenly believing Burns sought for a Sound Off Louisiana interviewee, Billy Broussard, to ask a question of Street and placed his face directly within an inch of Burns’ camera and stated:  “That’s my answer for today, Mr. Burns.”

 CLICK HERE for Sound Off Louisiana‘s in-depth interview with FEMA whistleblower Corey delaHoussaye and CLICK HERE to see FEMA attorney Linda Litke reference Street’s prosecution of delaHoussaye as “reprehensible.”  That characterization is NOT that of Sound Off Louisiana but of a FEMA attorney defending the agency’s decision to DENY $58 million in FRAUDULENT claims submitted in the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav, all of which were identified by Corey delaHoussaye!  CLICK HERE to see Sound Off Louisiana’s feature of Corey delaHoussaye, the day after he sued Inspector General Street, encouraging Louisiana citizens to ask their State Representatives and State Senators to abolish the Inspector General’s Office because it is an office which “serves as a bully of whistleblowers” such as himself!  So, Sen. Cassidy, we at Sound Off Louisiana, in light of the material presented on this page, respectfully emphatically disagree with your characterization of Stephen Street as a “good guy.”

CLICK HERE for Sen. Cassidy’s presentation in its entirety.

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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’ Head of His Super PAC, T. Taylor Townsend

In today’s Sound Off Louisiana feature, founder Robert Burns addresses the continued stonewalling of Gov. Edwards’ Super PAC head, T. Taylor Townsend, entailing his obligation to issue an investigative report concerning his findings regarding allegedly illegal campaign contributions into Edwards’ campaign by members of the Louisiana State Trooper’s Association (LSTA):    

Burns briefly reviews LSTA’s allegedly illegal campaign contributions to Edwards’ campaign followed by video footage of the August 10, 2017 meeting of the Louisiana State Police Commission wherein members continue to beg and plead with Edwards’ Super PAC head, T. Taylor Townsend, to fulfill his legal obligation and issue a report of his investigative findings pertaining to the allegedly illegal contributions.

Click Here for July 13, 2017 LSPC discussion of a written report by Townsend.

CLICK HERE for May 9, 2017 LSPC discussion of written report by Townsend.

By the way, at the direct request of several of our subscribers, we have integrated the two most recent Arthur “Silky Slim” Reed “performances” at the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council meetings into our post of “bad optics” for Gov. Edwards.  CLICK HERE  to see that updated post.

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