Our Esteemed Legislators' Hypocrisy

Monday was a noteworthy day for Louisiana, and in particular L.S.U.  It was proclaimed a special recognition day, “L.S.U. Football Day,” by our Secretary of State, Kyle Ardoin  to acknowledge the Tigers winning the S.E.C. Championship game, Coach Ed Orgeron being named “S.E.C. Coach of the Year,” and quarterback Joe Burrow being named the second Heisman winner in L.S.U.’s history.

Obviously our state legislators, many of whom are L.S.U. alumni, were very proud of this joyous occasion and some were seen joyously celebrating it.

Ironically, most of these jubilant legislators were the same ones that 4 years earlier repeatedly voted to cut L.S.U.’s operating budget by almost 40%.

Thank God the L.S.U. Football Program is self-sufficient because if it had to rely on our esteemed legislators to lend financial support, as the academics do at L.S.U., there would have been no “L.S.U. Football Day.”

While I am very proud of our L.S.U. football team and the glory it has brought to the university, I wonder if we will ever have an “L.S.U. University Day” to celebrate the full fiscal funding of the university by the state.

One can only dream as the hypocrisy of our esteemed legislators lives on.