HARDY TO RE-INTRODUCE SAGGY PANTS BILL
Democratic state Rep. Rickey Hardy proposed House Bill 103 for the legislative session that begins later this month which would outlaw sagging pants or any other clothing style that “intentionally exposes undergarments” or more. (See: "Inside Politics for March 7").
"Violators would be fined up to $500 for a first offense and ordered to perform 40 hours of community service." id.
"Hardy is revisiting an idea proposed twice before by former state Sen. Derrick Shepherd that generated jokes among lawmakers and around the country. The House killed the proposal in 2004, and the Senate killed the bill in 2008." id.
I think that, rather then becoming the Taliban of the South, the Louisiana Legislature should not proscribe criminal penalties to this attire and leave it up to public pressure and the parents. God knows that the Legislature has enough to deal with other than this crap.
LEGISLATOR WANTS MORE DIVERSITY ON THE ETHICS BOARD
"State Rep. Rosalind Jones wants to get more racial, gender and geographical diversity on the 11-member Louisiana Board of Ethics." id. "The board currently has two female appointees, one of whom is the only black member." id.
While I am sure that someone who is Black must be qualified for the position, ethics among Blacks is usually a lacking character trait. I think that the Louisiana Legislature should devote more of its time on fixing our deplorable ethics laws in this state.
ADVOCATE URGES GOV. JINDAL TO FIX OUR STATE'S ETHICS LAWS and the posts linked thereunder
DISCUSSION OF BARRY SEAL
Chuck Hustmyre, a retired federal agent, will discuss Seal’s life and brutal death at noon Wednesday as part of the Louisiana State Museum’s “Lunchtime Lagniappe.” id.
"Baton Rouge native Barry Seal made $50 million smuggling illegal drugs into the United States. Since Seal’s murder in Baton Rouge in 1986, mystery has surrounded this enigmatic figure, who thought of himself as a rebel adventurer and an American hero." id.
I believe that I met Barry Seal once, at his landing strip located in White Castle, Louisiana, when the First Airborne Division held some jump schools there. For more on the interesting life of Barry Seal, who was credited by Vice Pres. George H.W. Bush with gathering the intel on the Panama drug trade and then was allowed to be gunned down by Colombian hit men because of a court order dismissing his private security guards by federal Judge Frank Polozola, see Barry Seal. While I was clerking in Baton Rouge, I was also involved in a case that had Barry Seal as a witness for our clients.
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