Sound Off Louisiana

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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Louisiana Inspector General Stephen Street

In today’s Sound Off Louisiana feature, we highlight our June 16, 2015 interview with Corey delaHoussaye as a precursor for a blockbuster update on Louisiana Inspector General Stephen Street:

Highlights of Sound Off Louisiana’s June 16, 2015 interview with contractor Corey delaHoussaye.

CLICK HERE for far more detail on the fraud and corruption Corey discusses above.

CLICK HERE for the details on his attorney, John McLindon, giving a little smack-down to the Inspector General’s Office in 21st JDC.

These highlights lay a firm foundation for our upcoming update on Inspector General Stephen Street which we promise you will NOT want to miss!

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Louisiana State Trooper’s Association attorney Floyd Falcon

In today’s Sound Off Louisiana feature, the Louisiana State Police Commission (LSPC), at its regular meeting of Thursday, March 8, 2018 considered formally censuring Louisiana State Trooper’s Association (LSTA) attorney Floyd Falcon for openly calling retired Louisiana State Police Trooper Leon “Bucky” Millet a “liar” at its prior meeting of Thursday, February 8, 2018:

LSPC listens to statements on March 8, 2018 agenda item calling for censuring LSTA attorney Floyd Falcon.

In the video above (from the 6:32 – 7:18  mark) Sound Off Louisiana founder Robert Burns is escorted out of the Louisiana Interior Design Board (IDB) for uttering the words “November, 2011” at its meeting of February 27, 2014.  Why were those words, “November, 2011” so sensitive?  Because IDB members engaged in a covert operation that entailed an unnoticed meeting of November 17, 2011 (along with fake “decoy meetings” surrounding the date of that actual meeting) in order for no public members to be present.  It was at that meeting that the IDB agreed to a “work arrangement” wherein its Executive Director, Sandy Edmonds, would have carte blanche authority to commit payroll fraud.  For details on the incredible lengths that the IDB went to in order to facilitate Edmonds’ payroll fraud activities, simply CLICK HERE.  

Meanwhile, during his public comment, Millet made an observation about commentary on the part of Falcon at that same February 8, 2018 meeting entailing Falcon’s characterization of LSTA Executive Director David Young as a “registered lobbyist.”  We’ll leave it to our viewers to attempt to lip-read Young’s response, but it sure looks to us be “horse s—.”  Nevertheless, a list of registered Louisiana lobbyists of March 8, 2018 does not list Young as being registered.  The video follows:

 
Millet challenges Falcon’s assertion that Young is a “registered lobbyist.”

In other LSPC business:

Administrative hearing for LSP Trooper Burnell Thompson, III.

Deferred to the April, 2018 meeting the topic of LSTA political contributions and political endorsements.

NOTE:  For historical videos of LSPC meetings in their entireties, CLICK HERE.

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