January 4, 2008…Now that we have rung in the New Year, it is time to look at resolutions for Louisiana politicians. I have listed just a few of my suggestions for some of our “esteemed” elected officials. Here is a sampling of what I believe our leaders should promise to accomplish in 2008:
December 28, 2007…It seems like almost every year at this time, the LSU football team prepares for a big bowl game, often a BCS game. Of course, this year, the team is in the BCS National Championship in the Louisiana Superdome and the game tickets are more coveted than ever. Some tickets are fetching thousands of dollars and some suite tickets are being sold for more than $20,000. Most Tiger fans will not be able to purchase tickets and will have to settle for watching the game on television. Some lucky fans will be able to purchase tickets at highly inflated prices. For almost everyone attending the college football championship, it will be a scramble and a fight to find tickets to the most highly anticipated game of the year.
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