Cosmetologist and salon owner Tammie Fontayne voices her concerns about operations of the Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology (LSBC) during an administrative hearing entailing her on August 4, 2025. Note: We apologize for the poor camera angle, but it was the best we were able to get, which is a huge reason we strongly support LSBC Member Rene Bosworth’s push to get these meetings moved to a more accommodating venue.
At the August 4, 2025 meeting of the LSBC, an administrative hearing entailing Tammie Fontayne became so loose that, after the hearing was over but before the LSBC rendered its ruling, Sound Off Louisiana founder Robert Burns felt compelled to inform the Board that he’d observed a ton of administrative hearings, and he’d, “never observed anything like this.” The bottom line is that there was a ton of finger pointing of blame going back and forth and, because there simply weren’t adequate steps taken to keep what is supposed to be a formal proceeding from going severely off the rails, the display became very unprofessional before it was over.
In an unusual move, the LSBC, back on August 4, 2025, opted to take the entire matter “under advisement” (largely because of all the back-and-forth finger pointing of blame just mentioned). The goal was to get the matter resolved today (Monday, October 6, 2025) at the Board’s meeting.
Unfortunately, due to absences of several Board Members, together with one Board Member replacing a previous Board Member (Jean Pitre replacing Brittani Pitre), and the fact the former would need to recuse himself for today’s meeting (because he didn’t hear the matter on August 4, 2025), the matter again had to be deferred to the November meeting. The reason for that deferral was because the combination of absent Board Members and Pitre’s need to recuse himself for today meant that the Board lacked a quorum of five (5) Members to consider that matter. In fact, because two other Members needed to depart prior to the scheduled adjournment of today’s meeting, a number of agenda items for today had to be postponed as well to November.
We felt sincere empathy for the court reporter who is now tasked with producing a transcript of that August 4, 2025 hearing for Pitre to review, and, since she said it would take “at least two weeks” for her to produce such a transcript, Burns decided to volunteer to upload a video of that August 4, 2025 administrative hearing, and here it is:
August 4, 2025: Administrative hearing (such that it was) on Tammie Fontayne.
Since we provide the video above, let us also provide today’s (Monday, October 6, 2025)’s video pertaining to Fontayne:
October 6, 2025: Continuation of hearing entailing Tammie Fontayne.
Finally, just as a courtesy for those who may wish to view recent LSBC meetings in their entireties, here are links for the most recent three meetings of the Board:
Finally, we have committed to publishing the LSBC’s financial statements on a regular basis. We’re doing so because, being blunt, it’s our firm contention that testimony provided by LSBC officials entailing the financial position of the LSBC before the Senate Commerce Committee during this past Legislative Session was materially and most definitely factually inaccurate.
That fact (because it is a fact) constituted the rationale for why Burns called upon those same LSBC officials to have a CPA appear before the Senate Commerce Committee and refute the testimony of Burns (an inactive CPA) regarding his testimony on the LSBC’s financial condition, which directly contradicted the testimony of LSBC officials. Those LSBC officials never did so notwithstanding one LSBC individual in particular whose head went sideways during much of Burns’ testimony on the financial condition of the LSBC!
The LSBC’s Executive Assistant, Tisha Butler, was kind enough to email us financial statements, and we are providing this link for anyone to review those financial statements.
In short, the Board has recognized a profit of $21,000 in July of 2025 and a profit of $40,000 in August of 2025. Furthermore, the balance sheet as of September 25, 2025 reflects an unrestricted cash balance (and we want to emphasize that word “unrestricted”) of $1,275,000. So long as Burns has breath to continue living on this Earth, he is bound and determined to ensure that the kind of false, irresponsible testimonial statements made to elected officials regarding the LSBC’s financial condition are never allowed to transpire again!
We express appreciation to Ms. Butler for the convenience and courtesy she extended to us in offering to merely email us the financial statements rather than us having to go to the LSBC office and scan those same statements.
