Mon, 02 Jan 2006 17:26:11
A different look at the latest Blanco outrage
A lot of bloggers are calling Kathleen Blanco on the carpet for her latest gaffe, the renovation of some staff offices after Hurricane Katrina.
I’d like to quote a part of the story that I have not seen a blogger use yet, then give you my take:
Jimmy Clarke, Blanco’s chief of staff, said Friday the governor’s top aides considered not fixing the 6th floor.
But the sixth floor project was bid six days before Hurricane Katrina came ashore near Buras on Aug. 29. Clarke said he became concerned that the state could be sued successfully if the restoration project were shut down.
“We certainly would not have initiated this work post-Katrina and Rita,” Clarke said. “Given all that the state faces at this time, these renovations would be a very low priority.”
The floor had not been improved since the early 1980s and the space needed to be upgraded to meet safety codes, Clarke said.
Well, that seems reasonable. These people have to work, and the offices weren’t up to code. It shouldn’t take much to bring them up...some re-wiring, the right materials to meet standards, that sort of thing.
The newly refurbished office space on the sixth floor of the State Capitol includes hookups and mounts for two flat screen televisions, Swedish granite countertops, walnut paneling and frosted laminated glass. The floor, which will not be accessible to the public, was redesigned to add three new offices, a conference room and file storage areas.
What the hell? Swedish Granite? Flat screens? Walnut paneling? That’s bringing a building up to code? What frigging planet is this idiot living on?
The project cost $564,838.
How many families could that feed? How many cops, to be used to track down the 2,000 sex offenders she released into the nation, could that money pay for? Why isn’t the media all over her? Why is she getting a pass?
Oh.
Democrat. That’s right. I forgot. You can forget about the networks and major papers covering this. They’re too busy inventing scandals and advertising their BDS .
Hat tip: Malkin via Snarkbait.
Posted by JimK at 05:26 PM on January 02, 2006
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#2 Posted by davidst 
on 01/03 at 05:07 PM -
It’s too bad. The Republican that ran, I think, was one of the good ones. He’s currently a state rep named Bobby Jindal.
#3 Posted by davidst on 01/03 at 05:08 PM -
Stupid manipulative democrats… they ran a woman because in Louisiana more women than men go to the polls. That’s why we have a female democrat senetor as well.
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Hell, the good little sheep are probably still shouting “Blanco in ‘08!”