Katrina Coverage

Being a Louisiana legislator is hard work, and if you're going to an out-of-state gambling conference in Las Vegas (just for instance), you need to look your best and arrive fresh and ready to do bidness. That explains why all that money was spent on travel expenses and per diem charges. Laundry list here, including this:

[House Speaker Joe Salter, D-Florien], House Speaker Pro-tem Yvonne Dorsey, D-Baton Rouge, and House Ways and Means Committee chairman Bryant Hammett, D-Ferriday put in for pay when they went on a helicopter flight over the hurricane-devastated area.

Now, seriously, would anyone have to pay you to take a helicopter ride? In fact, don't most people pay to take those?

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