Bobby Jindal's political appointees have showered his campaign with cash
Source: nola.com
There are two things that tend to be true of the people Gov. Bobby Jindal appoints to the dozens of boards and commissions in Louisiana: They agree with the governor's agenda. And they have contributed, often generously, to his campaign fund.
At least 317 appointees, their families and their companies gave the governor's campaign more than $1.8 million in contributions in a four-year period that ended in 2012, according to a joint examination of campaign finance records by NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune and WVUE Fox 8 News.
Their donations made up more than 13 percent of the $13.3 million Jindal raised in that period - a significant haul from a relatively small group among thousands of Jindal donors.
Critics say the appointments look like a political payoff for top donors. Defenders say it's only natural that a governor would select his allies for policy roles and that the contributions are almost coincidental.
Read more: http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/11/bobby_jindals_political_appoin.html#incart_maj-story-2
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)immoderate
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FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)Snake Plissken
(4,103 posts)okaawhatever
(9,462 posts)know and trust, which would also be their supporters. However, when someone has that kind of money to donate you have to question their need for the state job in the first place. This is more fallout from not having campaign cash laws and Citizens United, but does anyone question why someone with that kind of coin would take a state job? Could it be the same reason millionaire Art Pope did in North Carolina, to run the state he bought and paid for from the inside.
dsharp88
(487 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,621 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)NONE for YOU.
Myrina
(12,296 posts)Sadly, from both parties: "You get me elected, I give you a plum job, you help me raise mo' money."
Buddha_of_Wisdom
(373 posts)Unimpressive.
All I thought of Jindal when they showed the swamp, the brass, the culture.
Once they get rid of Jindal and their Republicans, then I will go visit Louisiana, but in the meantime I'm staying with Colorado.
mdbl
(4,973 posts)Lousiana is the state where everyone has to replace their first names with something ending in "y" or "ie".
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)oops! Any Dem who mentions that is tagged as a racist.
So desperate was his desire to "belong", even as a small child, that he took "Bobby" from the Brady Bunch!