Thursday, November 10, 2005

Quotes du jour

"Two hateful women came into Louisiaa and kind of messed up some
plans."

-- State Rep. Sydnie Mae Durand, D-Parks, referring to Hurricanes Rita and Katrina.


"I think this whole bill is a farce. The people in the affected areas
won't be home for six months. They won't even have had time to emty the Port-A-Potties in my district in 30 days."

-- State Rep. Ken Odinet, D-Aribi, speaking against a bill for a three-day suspension of the state sales tax to spur holiday shoppers.


"Too many times, this committee is called 'The Ways to Please Kathleen
Committee' instead of the 'Ways and Means Committee.'"

-- State Rep. Troy Hebert, D-Jeanerette, arguing that the committee should ignore the part of the special session call that would limit a tax holiday to a single day, as Gov. Kathleen Blanco intended.