Monday, July 28, 2025

Louisiana's Governor Jeff Landry and His LA DOGE.

 Landry is a copycat of the Trump/Musk DOGE which turned out to be a real DOG'e with Musk's resignation and falling out with Trump.  Landry also followed in Trump's footsteps by appointing business person Steve Orlando to run LA DOG'e.  

The Trump/Musk, Landry/Orlando affair to run a so called new approach to cut government spending is a sign of weakness and shame because in both cases an extreme radical approach is used rather than an economic one that has policy.  A business approach to run government has failed because the two are established for different reasons.  Government to serve the people, business for profit.  

The republican party has a history of putting business ahead of the public good.  There is no better example than the Trump/GOP control of the federal government at the present time.  Landry and the GOP controlled state legislature is a prime example in the state of Louisiana.  

The government/business relationship that will run LA DOGE, is sure to turn out to be just another DOG'e.

This commentary written by Joe Lorio

Louisiana Will Be More Toxic Than Ever With Pollution Because of Donald Trump's Exemption Proclamation.

 Twelve petro-chemical companies in the Mississippi River Region and Lake Charles area will be exempt from complying with a 2024 rule that was aimed at cutting pollution and cancer risk for communities near industrial plants by Trump's two year exemption.  The exemption will apply to Shell, BASF, Dow, Union Carbide, Denka, Sasol and Westlake and a handful of others according to reports.

So, Louisiana will continue to have more environmental problems from those polluting company operations at the expense of people's health.  And once again it is no secret who Trump, his party and the republicans in Louisiana really care about.  It is not the citizens of Louisiana or those who voted for Trump.  Make no mistake, those who voted for Trump knew what was coming.

Some things never change in Louisiana, therefor the future will continue to look like the failed past.   And that really says it all.

This commentary written by Joe Lorio