Gerald Boudreaux
Coverage of Gerald Boudreaux in the Nexus archive.
- Lawmakers ponder $54M no-bid contract for police cameras, communications
Louisiana lawmakers plan to consider a $54 million, 10-year no-bid contract with Motorola for disaster communications and state law enforcement technology. The deal, recommended by Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration, is projected to save the state between $40 million and $70 million in locked-in discounts. However, some legislators questioned the proposal, citing concerns about the lack of a competitive bidding process.
- Gov. Jeff Landry and legislators are hypocrites
The article accuses Gov. Jeff Landry and the Louisiana Legislature of hypocrisy for demanding school districts cut budgets to address a $168 million shortfall while failing to address waste in their own $47 billion state budget. It criticizes their initial push for a constitutional amendment to fund current expenditures without eliminating waste and highlights Landry's veto of a bill to increase compensation for wrongfully convicted individuals.