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Posted on 7/15/22 at 8:17 am to boosiebadazz
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Acadia Parish has sneaky, quiet, old money that you wouldn’t expect.
And corrupt as frick.
Between that and the political tradition in Evangeline Parish, Edwin Edwards using Crowley as the base of operations for his political career starts making sense, doesn't it? Lump in being one of the only French speaking lawyers in a place where almost everyone spoke French and doing work for the black people who didn't really have access to lawyers before kinda pulls popular support in with the money and the power just to the north and the rest is history.
Crowley says "you're welcome", Louisiana.
This post was edited on 7/15/22 at 8:25 am
Posted on 7/15/22 at 8:21 am to Clyde Tipton
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Write in for Edwin Edwards.
I always thought EWE was the slickest politician to ever walk the face of the Earth, until Bill Clinton came along. Props to EWE for having much better taste in women.
Posted on 7/15/22 at 8:26 am to Lickitty Split
The broom and Murphy Paul duo are basically like villains in a comic book.
Posted on 7/15/22 at 8:33 am to brewhan davey
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Blanco by all accounts was a sweet lady; just in over her head as governor.
Yep. It was her husband who wanted the power, but he wasn't going to leave his cush job at UL-Lafayette to run for anything.
The duties of Lt. Gov fit her perfectly, especially as much as she loved the state, culture and overall just meeting and working with people.
But heck, two things she did as Governor, that without the Katrina response, might have her seen as one of Louisiana's best:
1- Began the repeal of the Stelly Income Tax increases.
2- Fought Bob Odom's cronyism and was successful in teaming with John Kennedy to defeat that Bunkie sugar mill that would have only benefited politicians.
Posted on 7/15/22 at 8:35 am to Lickitty Split
Any official in New Orleans area. The state has given billions to them for improvements of the city. Seen any yet? Especially Jefferson with his millions hidden in his freezer. ??????
Posted on 7/15/22 at 8:43 am to ragincajun03
Kinda bummed I was too young to pay attention during the Bob Odom era. Sounds like he was quite the shady character
This post was edited on 7/15/22 at 8:44 am
Posted on 7/15/22 at 8:49 am to Lickitty Split
In other places (like Chicago for instance), the corruption is usually masked by a semi-functional government that occasionally gets things done.
Not so in New Orleans. Or Louisiana in general.
Not so in New Orleans. Or Louisiana in general.
Posted on 7/15/22 at 8:55 am to Lickitty Split
1. Teedy
2. Cassidy
3. SWB
4. C Denise
5. Slimy JBE
2. Cassidy
3. SWB
4. C Denise
5. Slimy JBE
Posted on 7/15/22 at 9:01 am to Lickitty Split
Clay Higgins
Posted on 7/15/22 at 9:05 am to Lickitty Split
If you're willingly involved in politics then you're corrupt.
Posted on 7/15/22 at 9:08 am to Clyde Tipton
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Edwin Edwards
We all know how corrupt this man was but my grandfather(and my entire dad's side of the family) loved him. My uncle was born in 1972 with severe disabilities during Edwards' first term. Long story short, the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck and was deprived of oxygen for a while. Was born mentally and physically handicapped. My grandmother was having a hard time feeding him and they could not get him into any hospital for their needs. As a last resort, my grandfather went to Edwards's office and waited. When he walked out, my grandfather apologized and told him his situation, so Governor Edwards told him to give his secretary his number and he'd be in touch.
Not thinking he would get a call back, Governor Edwards called him personally two days later and said "My brother Marion pulled some strings and we have a bed waiting for your son" at whichever hospital they went. I believe it was Pine Prairie but not 100% sure.
Posted on 7/15/22 at 9:19 am to SuperSaint
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any Leander
Leander’s been dead for 50+ years
I’d go with high school principals who have perpetrated the frickery with the LHSAA…
This post was edited on 7/15/22 at 9:27 am
Posted on 7/15/22 at 9:22 am to Lickitty Split
There is no way to determine this. The amount of corruption that happens at a local level would probably surprise people.
There are 102 elected mayors in Louisiana. The state is ranked 5 in mayors per capita just to give you an idea of what we are looking at.
There are 64 parishes so that's 64 elected sheriffs.
With 102 elected mayors the amount of elected chief of police should be around that number.
I don't know how many parishes have parish presidents and how many just has a council that runs the parish.
I'll use my parish as an example.
Iberville Parish has a parish president. There are 13 elected parish councilmen. An assessor who is elected, a clerk of court who is elected, and of course the sheriff who is elected.
There are 6 municipalities:
Plaquemine
St Gabriel
White Castle
Maringouin
Grosse Tete
Rosedale
So that's 6 mayors. I think each one has a chief of police and I think each one has a council with several councilmen who are elected.
There are 9 elected school board members.
There are 8 elected justice of the peace. I think its 6 elected constables
That's at least 46 elected positions in 1 parish (but like Plaquemine has its own judge, I don't know if the other municipalities have a judge. So I am going to use this to guess the number of elected officials each parish has and on average lets say 40. That's 2560 local elections.
The elected officials who are probably the "most corrupt" are the ones who are not in any type of spotlight.
The New Roads mayor, at random, will go to a bar (no particular one) downtown. He has a top cop of the NRPD he uses for his own body guard. He somehow gets the city council to approve more funds to the police office so that he can pay this one policeman overtime to drive him to Baton Rouge, New Orleans, etc.
Councils are supposed to keep mayors in check, but most of them run for the position for the insurance. If you are a business owner, if you are elected in a council position, that's like getting what? $700-$800 a month raise since you don't have to buy your insurance. You get about $1600 a month with insurance so they are not worried about going against the grain.
If they vote in favor of the mayor, the mayor will do what he can to help get those he know will vote in his favor on issues he needs their approval on, get elected.
I know I am going down this long path, but my point is, if investigators came into the state (and not just Louisiana) and started to investigate into every elected position, the amount of corruption that would be revealed would probably be mind blowing.
The names you listed are just people who are in the public eye more than all the others.
I remember reading that book about the New Iberia murders that all seemed to be tied together, but they could never prove anything, the amount of corruption in their police department was pretty nuts. And that was just the little bit that was uncovered related to this story. So I would say the #1 most corrupt Louisiana elected officials are those from smaller cities, towns and villages. They are on one's radar.
There are 102 elected mayors in Louisiana. The state is ranked 5 in mayors per capita just to give you an idea of what we are looking at.
There are 64 parishes so that's 64 elected sheriffs.
With 102 elected mayors the amount of elected chief of police should be around that number.
I don't know how many parishes have parish presidents and how many just has a council that runs the parish.
I'll use my parish as an example.
Iberville Parish has a parish president. There are 13 elected parish councilmen. An assessor who is elected, a clerk of court who is elected, and of course the sheriff who is elected.
There are 6 municipalities:
Plaquemine
St Gabriel
White Castle
Maringouin
Grosse Tete
Rosedale
So that's 6 mayors. I think each one has a chief of police and I think each one has a council with several councilmen who are elected.
There are 9 elected school board members.
There are 8 elected justice of the peace. I think its 6 elected constables
That's at least 46 elected positions in 1 parish (but like Plaquemine has its own judge, I don't know if the other municipalities have a judge. So I am going to use this to guess the number of elected officials each parish has and on average lets say 40. That's 2560 local elections.
The elected officials who are probably the "most corrupt" are the ones who are not in any type of spotlight.
The New Roads mayor, at random, will go to a bar (no particular one) downtown. He has a top cop of the NRPD he uses for his own body guard. He somehow gets the city council to approve more funds to the police office so that he can pay this one policeman overtime to drive him to Baton Rouge, New Orleans, etc.
Councils are supposed to keep mayors in check, but most of them run for the position for the insurance. If you are a business owner, if you are elected in a council position, that's like getting what? $700-$800 a month raise since you don't have to buy your insurance. You get about $1600 a month with insurance so they are not worried about going against the grain.
If they vote in favor of the mayor, the mayor will do what he can to help get those he know will vote in his favor on issues he needs their approval on, get elected.
I know I am going down this long path, but my point is, if investigators came into the state (and not just Louisiana) and started to investigate into every elected position, the amount of corruption that would be revealed would probably be mind blowing.
The names you listed are just people who are in the public eye more than all the others.
I remember reading that book about the New Iberia murders that all seemed to be tied together, but they could never prove anything, the amount of corruption in their police department was pretty nuts. And that was just the little bit that was uncovered related to this story. So I would say the #1 most corrupt Louisiana elected officials are those from smaller cities, towns and villages. They are on one's radar.
Posted on 7/15/22 at 10:13 am to Lickitty Split
They’re all out to personally enrich themselves by scoring political points, selling contracts, getting kickbacks and not actually solving any problems (so the cycle is perpetual). These people would be totally lost/broke if they had to get an actual job in private industry.
This post was edited on 7/15/22 at 10:14 am
Posted on 7/15/22 at 10:15 am to cheobode
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but my grandfather(and my entire dad's side of the family) loved him.
Populists are loved by people who benefit from populism.
Anyone above average should loathe it because its a race to the bottom. The worst leaders are sometimes the best politicians.
This post was edited on 7/15/22 at 10:16 am
Posted on 7/15/22 at 10:25 am to jvargas
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Clay Higgins
Clay is too dumb to be effectively corrupt.
Posted on 7/15/22 at 10:25 am to Lickitty Split
Surprised everyone seems to have overlooked Cleo Fields and his brown paper bag of cash from EWE.
Posted on 7/15/22 at 11:38 am to moldy_tiger
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The acadia parish clerk of court is the highest paid elected official in the state. The title has been held by the same family for almsot 150 years i think. nobody ever runs against them. iirc Huey Long was somehow involved in it. I’ll try to find the story and link it Edit: LINK
That’s very interesting.
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