Louisiana Uses BP Funds to Construct Indoor “Mini Swamp” in Downtown Manhattan
An unassuming warehouse on the banks of the Hudson River provides cover for the most absurd – not to mention irresponsible – use of BP tourism funds to date. Inside is a 1,600-square-foot artificial...
View ArticleStop the bass-ackwards plan for New Orleans tourism
There's an old saying that he who lives by the sword, dies by the sword. Well, here in New Orleans, the tourism industry is a double-edged sword. Ever since the first oil-and-gas crash of the 1980s and...
View ArticleJindal to embrace stealth tax hike?
Governor Bobby Jindal is said to have lost his “mojo” this legislative sessions. His plan to repeal the state income tax failed before it got started. His education reforms are on life-support due to...
View ArticleAn arguably unconstitutional tax hike races toward Jindal’s desk
Earlier this month I told you about the ill-conceived plan racing its way through Baton Rouge to impose a new tax on tourists visiting New Orleans and to use the money not to address the burning...
View ArticleHow far will Jindal go to prove his tax isn’t really a tax
As feared -- but predicted -- the tax on New Orleans hotel guests is headed to the desk of Gov. Bobby Jindal. It's hard to imagine that Jindal -- who harbors dreams of riding all the way to the White...
View ArticleHypocritical Jindal raises taxes on New Orleans tourists
It's not really breaking news at this point that Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is a hypocrite. Not just in the environmental laws that his agencies consistently fail to enforce, but in his other policies...
View ArticleSlammed twice by BP, shipper says “I’m not going to give up”
Earlier this summer, I told you about an outrageous breech of promise by BP -- how the oil giant was abruptly closing down an internal-claims program that was intended to help business owners who...
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