Legislative Pay Raise Vetoed

by Tim Storey

It may be the most radioactive issue for legislators to deal with--their own pay.  Legislators in Louisiana must be feeling a bit burned after the governor reversed his position under intense outrage from some Pelican State residents and vetoed a legislative salary increase that the legislature approved before adjourning.  We wrote about the pay raise here in the Thicket last week.  According to the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Governor Jindal vetoed the bill on Monday saying,  "I clearly made a mistake by telling the Legislature that I would allow them to handle their own affairs."  It sounds like something a prime minister would say about his/her parliament.