
Shreveport Representative Alan Seabaugh (R)
An outspoken GOP lawmaker in north Louisiana says Republican Governor Jeff Landry has been a huge disappointment. Shreveport Senator Alan Seabaugh made that statement on KEEL Radio. A rift between Landry and Seabaugh has been growing since last year and Seabaugh says it got more personal after the governor used his line-item veto power to scrap funding for four projects in his district…
“I’m not the one that made it personal. He did. But the fact is, I’m not going to bite my tongue and tell people he’s doing a great job, when he isn’t,” Seabaugh said.
Seabaugh is one of several Republican lawmakers who were on the wrong end of governor’s veto pen for funding of local projects. The governor said funding for some of the projects was removed because the construction budget was over funded. But the Republican legislators who lost funding for their district also voted against an insurance reform bill supported by the governor.
Seabaugh says he had a lot of hope when Landry was sworn in, but he’s no longer a fan.
“I was one of the first two endorse him. I brought him all over North Louisiana. I was on board with him from the jump. He was a great attorney general. And I thought he was going to be a great governor. So far, he’s been a huge disappointment,” Seabaugh said.
Landry’s spokesperson, Kate Kelly, says during the regular session the governor focused on passing real reforms that will move the state forward and the results were historical.
But Seabaugh questions why the governor would take away funding for a road project to make it safer to enter and exit Parkway High School in Bossier City.
“It’s needed, it’s a safety issue, and it’s something that the community was really looking forward to. That actually hurts people,” Seabaugh said.
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