Sound Off Louisiana

Louisiana State Sen. (and candidate for Treasurer) Neil Riser

Riser listens closely to concerns of a recent campaign function attendee.

Riser mingles with crowd as State Sen. Dan Martiny (middle-top of photo) addresses the crowd.

In today’s Sound Off Louisiana feature, founder Robert Burns calls the New Orleans Times Picayune on the carpet for a case of selective amnesia entailing the Edmonson Amendment in its endorsement of State Sen. Neil Riser for Louisiana Treasurer:

Fox 8’s Lee Zurik had to flush Riser out on authoring the amendment.  Note that Zurik did so on 7/24/14, which was three days AFTER then Louisiana Rep. (and candidate for Governor) John Bel Edwards admitted on video that he’d been duped (see 5:45 – 5:50 segment of video above) and was calling for an investigation to find out WHO authored the amendment (see 6:48 mark of video above).  That turned out to be none other than Louisiana Senator (and current candidate for Louisiana Treasurer) Neil Riser!!!!!!  Note:  To confirm the dates referenced above and Riser having to be flushed out by Zurik, simply visit Act III and Act IV of the Riser/Jindal Edmonson scandal.  CLICK HERE for an email of August 1, 2014 from C. B. Forgotston to Sound Off Louisiana’s Burns expressing his delight that Burns would videotape and provide  same-day coverage of the LSPRB was to address Riser’s disastrous legislation.

Anyone having flashbacks to Republicans for John Bel Edwards? Turn about is fair play, I guess!!!  

New Orleans Leadership Inc. PAC, to whom Riser contributed $10,000 as noted above is headed by Dwight Jarrett, who serves in the administration of Mitch Landrieu!  Additionally, Jarrett is said to have asked the Louisiana Board of Ethics to forgive $6,000 in fines for the organization (see full article alleging that here).  Jarrett was also sued personally entailing an allegation of THREE DAYS of unpaid wages.

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Louisiana Sen. (and candidate for Louisiana Treasurer) Neil Riser.

Riser listens closely to concerns of a recent campaign function attendee.

Riser mingles with crowd as State Sen. Dan Martiny (middle-top of photo) addresses the crowd.

In today’s Sound Off Louisiana feature, founder Robert Burns examines factors which concern him regarding Louisiana Sen. Neil Riser’s campaign for Louisiana Treasurer, and Burns declares whom he is supporting in the upcoming October 14, 2017 election:

Burns expresses his concerns over Riser as potential Louisiana Treasurer and declares whom he supports in the upcoming election.  CLICK HERE for the LSP Ripoff website that tracked Sen. Riser’s “Edmonson Amendment” in the 2014 Louisiana Legislative session, and CLICK HERE to see (in table format) the massive cronyism entailing LSP and State Sen. President John Alario exposed by blogger Tom Aswell three years ago.  CLICK HERE for Sen. Riser’s recent $1,000/plate Ruth’s Chris fundraiser featuring Sen. President John Alario, who actively supports Riser’s campaign.  CLICK HERE to see the $10,000 campaign contribution from Riser’s campaign to New Orleans Leadership Inc. PAC (see full campaign report here — contribution at top of page 20).  That entity is headed by Dwight Jarrett, who serves in the administration of Mitch Landrieu!  Additionally, Jarrett is said to have asked the Louisiana Board of Ethics to forgive $6,000 in fines for the organization (see full article alleging that here).  Jarrett was also sued personally entailing an allegation of THREE WHOLE DAYS of unpaid wages.  CLICK HERE for Kevin Boyd’s Hayride article outlining nearly $40 million in wasteful pork barrel projects in HB-2, much of which entails direct wasteful spending in John Alario’s Senate District, which explains why the money has NEVER been allocated to prioritize construction of a new Mississippi River Bridge near Baton Rouge.  CLICK HERE for Scott McKay’s Hayride article for which Burns asserts McKay is simply putting the “best spin” on Riser’s open pandering to the John Alario and Democratic Machine support to which Riser is appealing in order to try and ensure a runoff spot with the Democratic candidate for Treasurer (thereby sealing victory for Riser in the runoff).

Five-minute video introduction of former State Rep. John Schroder to voters as a candidate for Louisiana Treasurer.

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Louisiana Interior Design Board Chairman Deborah Steinmetz

Sound Off Louisiana will soon feature an interesting in-depth post entailing the level of success of interior design graduates from Louisiana universities entailing finding jobs in their chosen major; however, for today’s introductory feature, we present the lamenting of the Louisiana State Board of Interior Designers (IDB) entailing the impending closure of Delgado Community College’s Interior Design program, including the fact Delgado’s administration identified its Interior Design program as a “loss leader”:

IDB members lament impending closure of Delgado Community College’s Interior Design Program at its regular meeting of Thursday, August 17, 2017.  Rev. Freddie Phillips expresses consternation that the one program attempting to provide minorities a chance to practice is being abolished.  Phillips has been concerned about the extensive evidence that interior design licensure statues promote discrimination by erecting artificial barriers to entry (see video below).

The Institute for Justice, a Virginia-based organization specializing in suing state governmental agencies, explains that Louisiana leads the ENTIRE nation in licensing low-wage jobs and has BY FAR the highest barriers to entry for the interior design profession.  CLICK HERE for the Institute’s current litigation against the Louisiana Sate Board of Cosmetology.

The IDB also presented an award to Interior Design Instructor John Campbell:

Campbell receives award.  Perhaps he may wish to have a guest lecturer with business acumen teach a few of his classes so as to avoid his students getting stiffed for $65,000 as he did entailing Zachary restaurant Lagniappe Zachary.  As with the past practice of permitting Executive Director Sandy Edmonds to engage in “blatant payroll fraud”, Campbell is keeping with the pattern of keeping everything “all in the family” (Edmonds is the wife of an interior designer, Matthew Edmonds, who is a partner in CDI Solutions), by retaining IDB attorney Anna Dow to pursue Lagniappe Zachary for the $65,000.  Dow filed a Motion for Summary Judgment, which is presently scheduled for a hearing on October 16, 2017.

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