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Simple solution for a simple problem
 Though it's a certainty that Sen. John Alario and Rep. Chuck Kleckley will hold down the top leadership posts in the Legislature for the next four years beginning in January, some horse trading still needs to be worked out to determine which lawmakers will be awarded committee chairmanships in the House and Senate.
Alario and Kleckley will make those decisions for their respective bodies behind closed doors with input from Gov. Bobby Jindal and his primary political advisor, Timmy Teepell. Lawmakers loyal to the governor will be awarded while those who rocked the boat, so to speak, over the past four years will be left out in the cold. After all, first-term lawmakers don't get committee chairmanships. They must earn their stripes before they're allowed to call any shots.
It's the chairmanships of two powerful Senate committees, though, that are of particular concern to those of us who live in northeastern Louisiana.
The committees in question are the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee. Sen. Neil Riser, R-Columbia, is a leading candidate to get the nod to chair Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. Sen. Mike Walsworth, R-West Monroe, is in line to chair the Finance Committee, which he has vice-chaired since 2008.
But there's a problem.
The Finance Committee and Revenue and Fiscal Affairs are what we call the money committees in the Senate, and it's highly uncommon for two lawmakers from the same region of the state to chair both of them.
What is Alario – the incoming Senate President – to do?
Better yet, how is Jindal going to juggle this problem and keep Riser and Walsworth happy?For the full story, subscribe to the The Concordia Sentinel's NEW E-Edition! |
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