The most interesting excerpt of a very interesting tale of Louisiana politics in today’s New York Times : In a town where legislators have been known to proclaim paid-for meals a principal draw to public service, this was an especially unpopular move. Last week, State Representative Charmaine L. Marchand of the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans said the limit would force her and her colleagues to dine at Taco Bell, and urged that it be pushed to $75 per person, to give them “wiggle room.” No public groundswell took up her cause, and the $50 limit held.
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Ethics Reform in Louisiana