Louisiana has been one of the most corrupt states for well over 50 years, maybe 90. It is not always the most corrupt state, but consistently one of the top five or so.
If you worked there, your experience would be different than Alaska. ;-) You might have spent more time talking to prosecutors, then wondering why no one was ever indited.
Not every state is like Alaska - some are full of idiots.
New Orleans itself has a colorful history of corruption.
Fun people, great food, real enjoyment of living but an American Nigeria.
Education - moderate income Roman Catholics send their kids to Catholic school, middle class Protestants send their kids to private school, and they tend to vote down higher tax support for public schools. And even if the public schools received more money, there aren't enough middle class and educated parents left to push the schools to raise standards and deliver results.
A very high percent of public school teachers send their kids to private schools.
This is more true the closer to New Orleans, away from New Orleans, the public schools can get better.
There are a lot more good and bad things about Louisiana, the strangest state in the union. Civil law still based on Code Napoleon, not English Common Law.
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Great Presidents - I like Polk - secured our borders with the major powers, lead a large expansion in territory.
JFK's actions leading to the missile crisis were provocative, he could have quietly pressured the Soviets, and then traded the IRBMs in Turkey for a missile free Cuba.
You can have FDR, about 60% of what he did was wrong or useless.
I'll take Ike, he dealt a death blow to European colonialism during the Suez crisis. |
