Contractor Billy Broussard sounds off entailing AG Jeff Landry as he appeals ODC’s decision to drop complaint against attorney Robin Sylvester.

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry

[Editor’s Note:  As stated on the video below, Sound Off Louisiana founder Robert Burns has a “soft spot” in his heart for Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry because of his determined resolve to block convicted felon Larry S. Bankston from obtaining state legal contracts.  Nevertheless, consistent with his philosophy upon forming Sound Off Louisiana, Burns felt an obligation to provide contractor Billy Broussard with a forum in which to vent his long-simmering frustration entailing Landry, and that forum was provided via video interview of Tuesday, May 26, 2020, and is presented below.]


Broussard vents his long-simmering frustration regarding Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry entailing Landry’s legal representation and follow-up thereafter entailing a suit Broussard filed against Gravity District 8 of Ward 1 of Calcasieu Parish.

Support Documents:

1.  ODC’s dismissal letter to Broussard dated April 30, 2020.

2.  Broussard’s hand-delivered appeal of ODC’s dismissal.

3.  Email from Landry’s Executive Assistant indicating Landry would provide an affidavit to Broussard (Landry later said it would be better to subpoena him and stated, according to Broussard, “I cannot lie under oath”).

4.  Landry’s email and letter to 14th JDC Judge David Ritchie indicating Landry would be unable to attend court pursuant to his subpoena served by Broussard (Sylvester also indicated she could not attend either).

5.  Broussard’s text message to Landry of November 13, 2018 as Broussard’s frustration with Landry began to reach a boiling point.

As we indicated in the video above, we are intentionally keeping the written portion of this post brief because the video speaks better than the written word; however, we do feel compelled to provide one segment below from Broussard’s appeal letter to the ODC:

Meanwhile, another attorney stated that I was likely “wasting my time” because he indicated that your office is literally flooded with complaints entailing attorneys who have abused drugs and/or absconded with client escrowed funds. If, in fact, your office is so inundated with complaints of drug-­addicted attorneys and/or those who abscond with client escrowed funds, then that itself speaks volumes about the profession you are charged with policing as well as the incredible degree of latitude that attorneys not engaging in such behavior have to abuse the clients they represent with total immunity from negative consequences from your office. If it is the requirement of this office that only evidence of drug use and/or absconding with client escrow funds is going to be deemed “clear and convincing,” then I feel you should make that disclaimer to the public! I see no point to wasting a bunch of time and energy when any conduct falling short of those actions is going to be cavalierly dismissed in the manner you have done with my complaint after first taking 416 days to arrive at that conclusion.

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In assessing Calcasieu Parish DA race to replace DeRosier, contractor Billy Broussard offers alternate take on Sen. Cortez’s emphasis on “innocent until proven guilty” entailing testimony of Shreveport dentist Ryan Haygood.

Contractor Billy Broussard who, on May 18, 2020, expressed an alternate take on Sen. President Page Cortez’s focus on “innocent until proven guilty” entailing testimony of Shreveport Dentist Ryan Haygood and former Sen. John Milkovich.

As we made clear in a follow-up feature entailing Shreveport dentist C. Ryan Haygood, our feature would not have been possible without the guidance of contractor Billy Broussard, on whom we’ve provided extensive coverage.  As subscribers will recall, Haygood’s Federal civil litigation has been declared frivolous.  Nevertheless, his State civil action is likely to cost Louisiana taxpayers upwards of $1 million to defend in State District Court.

We wrapped up the follow-up feature on Haygood by using it to emphasize the dire need for tort reform in Louisiana.  Sen. Kirk Talbot’s bill that we referenced in that feature passed the Louisiana Senate moments ago by a vote of 29-8.

Our thoughts are, given that 29-8 tally is two votes more than is required to override a much-anticipated veto by Gov. Edwards, he (Edwards) cannot be feeling overly comfortable right now.  A similar tally in the House should ensure tort reform becomes reality in the State of Louisiana, and it’s our belief that passage of the bill will provide a very much needed shot in the arm to existing businesses in this state as well as prospective businesses considering locating in Louisiana.

As Broussard viewed our features on Haygood, he informed us that he would like to appear on a Sound Off Louisiana feature to provide a different perspective to Sen. President Page Cortez’s focus on “innocence until proven guilty” regarding testimony of both Haygood and former Sen. John Milkovich.

In the feature, Broussard provides some interesting commentary about his own assertions of how “innocent until proven guilty” has impacted him regarding his dealings with the Gravity District 8 of Ward One of Calcasieu Parish.

Broussard provides commentary on the upcoming race to replace retiring Calcasieu Parish DA John DeRosier, and he also provides some interesting commentary on his original attorney in his own civil case, Attorney General Jeff Landry.

While residents of Calcasieu Parish may likely have the keenest interest in many of the matters Broussard discusses, we believe his commentary is also useful for other residents of Louisiana, so let’s present our interview with him of today (May 18, 2020):


Broussard provides alternate take on Sen. President Page Cortez’s focus on “innocent until proven guilty” regarding testimony of Shreveport Dentist C. Ryan Haygood and former Sen. John Milkovich.  For the Legislative auditor meeting referenced in the feature, click here.

Regarding the above feature, here’s the feature on the DeRosier gift card program, and the commentary regarding DeRosier demanding $5,000 in gift cards be produced immediately follows:

The final straw for Odom came in October 2015. “I was at my desk and Mr. DeRosier came in and he says, ‘I need $5,000 in cards — in gift cards.’ He wanted them in $1,000 denominations. One of the other secretaries said, ‘Oh, okay, I’ll check and see if we have that much.’ But then he repeated it in this tone that was like, ‘I’m not asking you, I’m telling you.’ And then he walked out of the office. When he left, two secretaries were discussing whether they even had that much on hand — and what they should tell them if they didn’t.”

The whole scene made her uncomfortable. “If he got the $5,000, there would have been no accounting for any of it. Again you have to understand, there was no way of knowing how much money was coming in and going out on these cards. They weren’t logged. No one tallied them up at the end of the day. Did we take in $20,000 and spend $2,000? What happened to the money left over? No one knew.”

 

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U. S. Sen. Cassidy deflects on defending his $500 billion bailout to “emotional issue” of “the thin blue line” of impending Shreveport police officer layoffs.

U. S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-LA, who has proposed a $500 billion bailout of state and local governmental operations as a result of the Corona virus.

Subscribers may recall we provided an advanced touting (see near bottom of feature just linked) of U. S. Sen. Bill Cassidy’s appearance on today’s (May 14, 2020) Moon Griffon show wherein Griffon made it abundantly clear that he would be hammering Cassidy on his proposed $500 billion bailout of state and local governments.

True to his word, Moon fired off an opening shot across the bow in asking Cassidy to defend his initiative (and his pairing with the “liberal lunatic from New Jersey”), and Cassidy immediately countered Griffon’s question by deflecting to prop up arguably the most financially-mismanaged local government in the entire state of Louisiana:  Shreveport.

Cassidy openly pondered that anyone opposing his measure isn’t supportive of the “thin blue line,” and referenced $3 million in a proposed budget cut to Shreveport’s police department and proposed layoffs of Shreveport police officers as a result of that proposed cut.  Cassidy also said that $3 million cut to Shreveport’s police department was part of a larger $20 million proposed cut to Shreveport’s operational budget.

Cassidy got testy with Griffon long before Griffon was done with the interview.  He voiced frustration to Griffon that, “I wish you’d take my comments..it’s really hard to get a word in here.”  Cassidy stated that frustration once Griffon said that he (Griffon) was “taking hits” on his record of support for Cassidy to include having voted for him.  Cassidy then denied that he was “running to the emotional” and instead was “running to the practical.”  Let’s listen to this fascinating exchange between Griffon and Cassidy in its entirety:


Cassidy and Griffon exchange firepower over Cassidy’s $500 billion bailout initiative for state and local governments.

Immediately after Cassidy’s appearance, the Interim Executive Director of Americans for Prosperity’s Louisiana Chapter (who also serves as its Director of Grassroots Operations), James Lee, (former Executive Director of AFP – Louisiana, John Kay, joined The Pelican Institute about a month ago) appeared on Griffon’s show.  Lee emphasized the fact that, while he was happy to hear Cassidy opposes House Speaker Pelosi’s $3 trillion proposal for more Federal Government stimulus, he stressed that, “I don’t want the $500 billion bailout either.”

Lee indicated that opposition to Cassidy’s measure is quite extensive, and he reinforced his contention by referencing AFP’s website, RejectBailouts.com, and the fact that the response has been, “unlike anything we’ve ever seen.”  Also, as we published last week, a hastily-called AFP nationwide town hall upon Cassidy rolling out this initiative one week ago today, attracted an army of 25,000 of AFP’s volunteers to attend in order to mobilize in opposition to Cassidy’s measure.

Lee emphasized that measures such as Cassidy has proposed simply enable state and local governments to continue on paths of financial mismanagement that they’ve deployed for years.  Let’s present the entire exchange between Griffon and Lee:


Griffon and Lee banter following Cassidy’s appearance.

It will be interesting to see how Cassidy’s measure fares because, as stated above by Griffon and Lee, we can testify first-hand that we know of an absolute plethora of Louisiana citizens who are angered mightily at Cassidy’s $500 billion bailout proposal just as Griffon emphasized to Cassidy.

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