Month: March 2018

Louisiana Inspector General Stephen Street, Jr.

UPDATE (3/22/18):  Entailing the hearing referenced in the video below entailing whether the evidence gathered by Inspector General Street’s Office entailing Nate Cain may be suppressed, on March 22, 2018, the Court issued this ruling indicating that the matter was being taken under advisement.  No doubt Street was disappointed that the ruling wasn’t made directly on the bench on March 20, 2018 that the evidence would not be suppressed, and his anxiety is likely high that the evidence may in fact all be suppressed, causing his case to collapse just as it did for Corey delaHoussaye.

The long-awaited follow up to Sound Off Louisiana’s refresher on Corey delaHoussaye is now complete:

Burns demonstrates Street’s puppet status to any Governor and dispels any notion whatsoever that Street has any independence.

Supporting Documents and Article Links:

Advocate article in which Greg Phares, former Inspector General investigator states, “The law is not clear.  The statute is contradictory.”

Documents for Federal court hearing on whether Inspector General’s evidence will be suppressed:

Cain’s Motion to Suppress     U. S. Attorney’s Opposition    Cain’s Reply to Opposition

Street’s recent protective order in dehaHoussaye v. Stephen Street et. al.

LA R. S. 49:220.23(D)(1) which specifies, Street’s contention in the above video notwithstanding, that he CAN be removed from office by a sitting Governor merely with a majority of the House and Senate concurring with his action.

Sound Off Louisiana post entailing Corey delaHoussaye explaining why he sued Inspector General Street.

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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards

Viewers will recall our recent post entailing the embarrassment Jacob Brown became to Gov. Edwards.  In today’s Sound Off Louisiana feature, founder Robert Burns openly praises Gov. Edwards for his resolve to remove occupation licensing requirements for four vocations.  Having made public records request and having received the documents from the Louisiana Auctioneer Licensing Board (LALB), Burns now expands Brown’s specific complaints and the embarassment he has become to Gov. Edwards.  Burns also warns Edwards to expect more embarrassments as 2019 gets closer if he opts not to allow the LALB to sunset as scheduled in 2018.  The video feature follows:

Burns covers Brown’s extensive complaints and the historical lack of consumer protection of the LALB.
(Including beginning at the 21:30 mark, where they declined to raise the puny $10,000 bond coverage).

Document support or article links for support:

Crisp’s Advocate article wherein Burns praised Gov. Edwards in the comments section (only comment made).

Individual complaint files in their entireties:

Ernie Pickett IV     Jason Ables     William Becham      Transcan Motorsports Group

LALB covering up hundreds of thousands of losses entailing previous LALB chairman Tessa Steikamp and New Orleans Auction Galleries.

LAPA webpage outlining auctioneers with “issues” (including Sound Off Louisiana‘s Robert Burns for having reported LALB Executive Director Sandy Edmonds’ “blatant payroll fraud.”)

LALB Hearing for 83-year-old widow Betty Story on September 10, 2013.  LALB does NOTHING (zero, zilch, nada) to protect Ms. Story despite what you see depicted on that video.  If the LALB is not going to protect an 83-year-old widow, who are they going to protect?

November 3, 2012 video of Sound Off Louisiana founder Robert Burns declaring the LALB to be a “Mafia-like entity” and throwing his auction license directly into the camera and bidding the auction industry in Louisiana (with all its mass corruption) a fond farewell.

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Gaming Control Board Chairman Ronnie Jones

In today’s Sound Off Louisiana feature, founder Robert Burns provides insight on an email he received on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 from someone professing to be a pretty big fan of his blog and who offers to mail cash to Burns to defray operating expenses.  That proposed act of kindness, however, was followed with a polite but less-than-subtle request that Burns refrain from any more negative references to Gov. Edwards’ Chairman of his Gaming Control Board, Ronnie Jones.  The feature follows:

Burns covers the email exchanges between him and the kind prospective benefactor.
Hayride article referenced above wherein publisher Scott McKay was offered $10,000 to refrain from
any more negative articles on last year’s 18 cent-a-gallon gas tax (which failed to even come to a vote in the Louisiana House of Representatives).

Advocate article outlining proposed legislation for the 2018 Legislative Session to expand land-based gaming in Louisiana wherein it’s referenced that “the changes for the riverboats come from recommendations offered by a task force co-chaired by Ronnie Jones, chairman of the state board that regulates gambling.”

Sound Off post # ONE on Ronnie Jones.

Sound Off post # TWO wherein Ronnie Jones is referenced in the opening paragraph.

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