Governor Bobby Jindal, the self proclaimed conservative would like to use some BP oil spill money to help pay to elevate Louisiana highway 1 near Port Fourchon. That BP fine money can only be used for coastal restoration. The America's Wetland Foundation opposes the move by Jindal and thinks the BP money should be used for the purpose it was intended for.
Jindal has a history of robbing peter to pay paul and using one time money to balance the state's budget. That is one of the major reasons his budgets never actually balance. States are supposed to produce enough revenue to cover the needs of its own highway system and state infrastructure and this republican administration has failed to live up to its responsibility.
One can be sure another republican administration will not answer the problem because conservatism as practiced today by the republican party is anti everything with the exception of big business. And guess what? It shows.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
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