Archive for February 16th, 2008

‘Gold Standard’ = Double Standard

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

This week’s revelation that Bobby Jindal’s chief of staff, Timmy Teepell, razooed 3 tickets to the Hannah Montana concert for his brother — while everybody else either had to tell their daughters and granddaughters “sorry, dear, they’re just too expensive” or fork over hundreds of dollars to some online broker — is only the latest example of the “gold standard” that our new governor is delivering on the “ethics” front.

There’s more news to come, my sources say.

Among the news that emanated from the Capitol on Friday was word that several state leges also scored Hannah Montana tickets, allegedly on a “first come, first served” basis, thanks to the Jindal Administration. The tickets reportedly were for seats in the Governor’s Suite in the New Orleans Arena. (more…)