Senator Robert Adley is speaking up after his
ethics bill was killed in committee. Adley proposed that the
governor's office have the same disclosure rules as everyone
else.
He quoted Jindal's words from his
inauguration - "we must change, we will change" and then
added 'except when it applies to me'.
In the anti-climax of the year, D. C.
Machen, Jr., the Assistant Superintendent of Administration,
was selected to be the next superintendent of Bossier Parish
schools. Machen was in charge of administration during the
time that a handful of unsupervised maintenance employees
managed to relief Bossier Parish Taxpayers of upwards of
$1,000,000.
For a few days, I actually thought that the board might be
grudgingly and belatedly listening to the people they
represent.
I was wrong.
I was prepared to give Scott Smith or Debbie Hays an
opportunity to turn the system around. Despite what I
considered baggage, I believe either of them could have
succeeded.
Machen has already proved himself. It's hard to turn it around
when you're the one who drove it there.
FRIDAY MORNING UPDATE:
According to
The Times:
"Asked of recent fraud committed against the system by
employees and contractors, Machen said the individuals
involved have been punished by the courts and it is time to
move on."
The people who committed the crimes have been punished; the
other people who were involved, those who should have been
supervising the expenditure of funds, have been rewarded.
This is how the members voted: For Debbie Deen Hays: Jack Raley, board president;
Lindell Webb. For D.C. Machen: Brad Bockhaus, Allison Brigham,
Tammy Smith, Michael Mosura, Bill Kostelka, Julian Darby, Mack
Knotts. For W. Scott Smith: J.W. Slack, Kenneth Wiggins, Eddy
Presley.
