There was some press last fall about this Colardo company who gave Jindal $50000. Now John McGinnis is reporting they are seeking a permit to build a landfill.

I wonder why they felt it necessary to contribute $50000 to Jindal???

I. B. Freeman - 09 August 2008 06:21 AM

There was some press last fall about this Colardo company who gave Jindal $50000. Now John McGinnis is reporting they are seeking a permit to build a landfill.

I wonder why they felt it necessary to contribute $50000 to Jindal???

How much is Moret going to give from the economic development slush fund?

Bob Odom - 09 August 2008 09:30 AM

I. B. Freeman - 09 August 2008 06:21 AM

There was some press last fall about this Colardo company who gave Jindal $50000. Now John McGinnis is reporting they are seeking a permit to build a landfill.

I wonder why they felt it necessary to contribute $50000 to Jindal???

How much is Moret going to give from the economic development slush fund?

There seems to be no bottom to the fund. Seems Moret has come up with an incentive plan that will require legislature approval to lure Nucor. That means it is over and above the $300 million slush fund.

It is spending without end.

I. B. Freeman - 09 August 2008 06:21 AM

There was some press last fall about this Colardo company who gave Jindal $50000. Now John McGinnis is reporting they are seeking a permit to build a landfill.

I wonder why they felt it necessary to contribute $50000 to Jindal???

Bribe

I wonder why McGinnis didn’t name the company? I have trouble taking things as fact when they’re based on one unspecific sentence form a reporter trying to recover his heyday.

dirty dan - 09 August 2008 03:13 PM

I wonder why McGinnis didn’t name the company? I have trouble taking things as fact when they’re based on one unspecific sentence form a reporter trying to recover his heyday.

Probably did in the pay version but I don’t subscribe.

You have a hard time taking anything that cast Jindal in an unfavorable light as fact.

Here is the text of an email sent my Georges during the campaign talking about the $50000. The name of the company was Louisiana Land Services. The Advocate has an article but it has been archived and is also a pay service.

Gambit had an article in May that mentions it.  From that article:

The landfill issue could be a sleeping giant. A recent public records request reveals that LLS is finishing up a new application that could soon come up for community review. According to DEQ spokesperson Jean Lockwood Kelly, there’s “no set schedule,” but information is currently being collected and assessed. On the surface, it’s the same application that DEQ denied in 2000, citing the company’s failure to show a “genuine demand” for putting back into use an underground catacomb designed to house waste from Superfund sites.

Community activists and Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden, a Democrat, opposed the initial application because there were at least four waste facilities or landfills already in the area, two of which are Superfund sites. “There are a sufficient number of facilities like the one planned,” the DEQ denial stated.

Now, LLS is back at the plate. A number of factors could have changed since 2000, not just a relationship with the new governor. The denial raised questions about the lining of the underground vault, which LLS was amenable to replacing, and an insufficient site analysis. Kelly says there’s nothing out of the ordinary about the company taking another shot. “The regulations do not prohibit a facility from reapplying,” she says. “Circumstances could have changed.”

But that doesn’t mean Jindal is off the hook, as appearances mean everything in politics. The Advocate in Baton Rouge dedicated nearly 600 words in October to exploring what, if any, connection exists between Jindal and the landfill. The report was picked up by wire services, radio stations and television stations. Once the permit is approved for public review, barring some unforeseen circumstances, scrutiny of the Jindal connection will resume.

I know Dan, you don’t trust any of them and Jindal didn’t do it because no one has actually shown you a check!