Governor Jindal never ceases to amaze me. Tuesday,
LSU’s College of Engineering held a news media event to announce that they had
received a $2 million donation from the family of an Alexandria based lumber,
timber and land company that will help finish the renovations of the existing
36 year engineering building and bring it into to a state–of–the–art
facility. Guess who showed up and was all smiles? Governor Bobby Jindal.
Naturally, since it was photo op for ‘Bobby’ he just had to
say a few words.
He stated that he was 100% behind the project which he said
should help LSU reach “its full potential” as a nationally recognized research
institution.
This from a man who has been responsible for significant
damage to LSU from budget cuts and underfunding. His actions have led to
the elimination of entire course units, the loss of faculty along with their
research grants, and the loss of supportive staff. Damage that LSU may
not recover from for a generation or longer.
But then again, we Louisianans never were very good at
remembering the bad deeds done by our politicians. Therefore, I ask each
of you, “How in God’s name has Bobby Jindal even remotely contributed to making
LSU a nationally recognized research institution?”
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