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ALEX BRANDON
My colleague Jennifer Oliver O’Connell wrote a piece earlier about retired General Russel Honore, who was appointed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to do a “security review” of what happened on Jan. 6. Now she did this without any input from Republicans at all. Because if one had had input, one might have pointed out how Honore has well-earned the criticisms laid out in my colleague’s piece.
The man is, quite frankly, off his rocker and this is who Nancy Pelosi thinks should be assessing our security at the Capitol. Moreover, if you listen to his crazy, as laid out in these two videos, particularly by what he says in the Gaetz video, we should be very worried about what he’s saying and what he’s suggesting be done here. Not to mention he’s already made up his mind without looking at any evidence and he’s targeting Republicans and the Capitol Police. Listen carefully as he blames the riot on insiders in the Capitol Police who he smears as racists an
Shawn Wilson, the secretary of the state s Department of Transportation and Development, advocated for an increase in the state s gas tax on the Ellevate Louisiana videocast, which he said would help the state better manage and improve its infrastructure, though he said that the upcoming legislative session might not be the best time.
On the videocast, which was released Wednesday, Wilson championed some of the department s recent accomplishments, such as the I-10 widening in St. Martin Parish, while also pushing for the increased gas tax. Ten states have gone two decades or more without a gas tax increase, Wilson said. And guess what Lafayette, Baton Rouge, Shreveport? The state that you re in is one of those states that s gone more than two decades without addressing our gas tax.
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