It was six months ago today when Governor Jeff Landry took office, and the Republican hasn’t taken his foot off the gas with two special sessions and a regular one. Political Analyst Bernie Pinsonat counts the crime session among Landry’s highest achievements and said then he began revamping state government.
“New departments, economic development, the whole spectrum of coastal problems, coastal erosion, recommitting resources, all of those things Landry’s tackled in the first six months,” said Pinsonat.
Pinsonat said the conservative Republican is going about his job like many expected him to, appealing to his base. For example, his support of the Ten Commandments being displayed in the classroom.
“He’s bold, he’s innovative, he’s controversial. He’s trying to fix Louisiana but ruffling feathers. Those are the things that happen when you have an agenda that’s controversial. Landry’s all of those things,” said Pinsonat.
Pinsonat said the St. Martinville native who’s been in public service for most of his adult life, is somewhat of an enigma to politicos over where he’s coming from and how he makes decisions.
“He cut funding to Catholic Charities, he’s tough on crime. He reappoints people to positions that you would have thought we would have gotten rid of, so he’s very complicated,” said Pinsonat.
And while many Democrats say Landry was railroading legislation through the Republican majority legislature, Pinsonat said he did meet resistance in the Senate, who opted to forgo a Constitutional Convention due to lack of evidence for the need for one.
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