Terry King, who heads the Investigative Committee of Concernd Citizens of St. Tammany Parish.
Editor’s Note: This feature was modified from its original publication both for brevity sake as well as to reflect one added material fact which prompted the edit and actually made the feature flow more smoothly entailing the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of Louisiana Inspector General Stephen B. Street, Jr. We apologize for the fact that material fact was not reflected in the content of that original feature and express appreciation for the fact that it was pointed out to us.
After we published this feature wherein Gov. Landry appointed raw-sewage-polluter Jared Riecke over former St. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis to represent U. S. Congressional District One in Louisiana on the Louisiana State Police Commission (LSPC), we soon followed it with this feature wherein Gov. Landry’s cousin, Billy Broussard, defended Landry in saying there was “no way” he believed that Landry knew of Riecke’s highly controversial past.
Broussard’s defense of Gov. Landry notwithstanding, we now have corroborating accounts from multiple sources who have stated to us in no uncertain terms that: #1) Gov. Landry knew of Riecke’s extensive past history, and #2) that he directly ordered Riecke’s placement on the LSPC to represent the citizens of Louisiana’s First Congressional District notwithstanding his knowledge of Riecke’s highly controversial past.
Furthermore, Broussard’s defense of Landry was also accompanied by praise for former St. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis, who submitted his name for consideration on the position for which Landry ultimately chose Riecke by utilizing a scheme which many folks have told us constitutes, “outright and straight up voter fraud.”
At any rate, one of the commenters on the feature in which Broussard praised Kevin Davis is a gentleman named Terry King.
Mr. King leads the Investigative Committee for Concerned Citizens of St. Tammany Parish.
Mr. King’s comment referenced a report by Inspector General Stephen B. Street, Jr. entailing someone who was included in the cast of characters entailing the whole Fred Goodson / Larry S. Bankston et. al. saga.
We look forward to having King back again soon for follow ups, but today we want to focus on our invitation to him and his commentary about Louisiana Inspector General Stephen Street’s office and just how “political” he asserts that it is.
Most followers of this blog will know that Burns has no use whatsoever for convicted felon Larry S. Bankston as a result of, at the urging of former Attorney General James D. “Buddy” Caldwell (whom Burns has referenced as, “the most corrupt person I have ever met in my life,”) steering Bankston to the Louisiana Auctioneer’s Licensing Board to pursue a potential revocation of Burns’ auction license for reporting his contention that payroll fraud was transpiring and being committed by its Executive Director, Sandy Edmonds.
Most folk may recall our publication of the FBI wiretaps entailing Bankston.
Well, Stephen Street, being the cracker jack defense attorney that he was (yes, folks, that is total and complete sarcasm on our part) served as the Defense attorney for another Defendant among the long list of Defendants in the Goodson/Bankston corruption trial.
Specifically, Street defended Carl Cleveland. Once he bombed at that so badly (together with being an ineffective defense attorney in general), so much so that he couldn’t even pay his approximate $12,000 in Federal income taxes during the period in question for that Cleveland trial nor a lousy $500 occupational licensing fee, well, naturally, there was a position where attorneys go entailing what well-qualified and effective attorneys call, “the attorney employer of last resort,” (i.e. the Attorney General’s Office).
From there, former Gov. Bobby Jindal spotted an ideal candidate (because of his total dependence upon the job having no financial independence whatsoever) to head the Louisiana Office of Inspector General in Stephen Street, Jr.! What has transpired since is a barrage of lawsuits against the Inspector General’s Office (Murphy Painter, Corey delaHoussaye, David Lacerte just to name a few) as a result of Street’s ineptitude and, in our opinion, outright incompetence (together with his complete and total puppet status to any sitting Governor)! The Painter and Lacerte litigation remain outstanding, but Street’s office ultimately settled the delaHoussaye litigation without a trial.
With our little prelude introduction of Street out of the way, let’s take a look at our interview with Mr. King regarding the illustrious Stephen B. Street, Jr.:
Terry King and Robert Burns visit on the subject matter of Louisiana Inspector General Stephen B. Street, Jr., along with some other matters such as King providing some insight on just who pushed so hard for Jared Riecke’s reappointment to be made by Gov. Landry!
Regarding links referenced in the above video, here is our feature outlining the delaHoussaye and Painter matters together with Street getting flippant when asked why his office doesn’t seek independence from the Governor’s Office.
Also, here is a link for highlights of USA v. Murphy Painter.
Speaking of that massive waste of taxpayer funds, the huge cost to us didn’t end with Street and the U. S. Attorney’s Office absolutely disastrous performance in Court (which cost taxpayers in the neighborhood of $1.6 million in prosecution costs and costs to reimburse Painter for his defense costs). Painter filed a civil defamation lawsuit against the Office of Inspector General which is still going on to this day.
In fact, in the latest twist on the suit, on Monday, April 28, 2025, the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeals reversed then-19th JDC Judge Wilson Fields’ granting of Exceptions (Fields is now on the First Circuit himself having drawn no opposition after then-First Circuit Judge John Michael Guidry got no qualified opposition to his quest to be on the Louisiana Supreme Court).
We’ll let anyone who wishes to read the First Circuit’s ruling do so but, at a minimum, the staggering costs of Street taking on his role of “sic ‘em” at the behest of then-Gov. Bobby Jindal over Painter’s steadfast stand entailing a $300,000 exclusivity payment by Budweiser to be the exclusive provider of alcohol at Saints games (which Painter asserted was illegal, thus provoking the ire of then-Gov. Bobby Jindal) continue to pile up some fourteen (14) years later!
We want to express our sincere appreciation to Mr. King, especially for his incredible insight off camera to us entailing St. Tammany Parish governmental corruption, and we look forward to having him on additional future Sound Off Louisiana features.