Your Tax Dollars Paid to Convince You to Borrow $60 Million
From AGR - Louisiana Edition · 41:51
Show by American Ground Radio
You’re listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for November 9, 2026. We start by asking whether taxpayers should be paying to be persuaded to raise their own taxes. A glossy, full-color mailer promoted the failed $60 million Caddo Parish sports complex bond, and we ask whether it was factual information or a campaign piece paid for with public money. We look at its tourism and economic projections, the missing downsides, and what Louisiana law says about using public funds to urge a vote.Then it’s our Top 3 Things You Need to Know. Democrat Gary Crockett says he’s running for governor against Jeff Landry. New Orleans is getting nonstop flights to Mexico City on Aeromexico starting next June. And Shreveport is receiving $2.2 million in federal Safe Streets grants for road improvements at 10 intersections.After the break, we look at New Orleans’ budget troubles and the share of its property that is exempt from taxation, which we think says a lot about the city’s budget problems. In Digging Deep, we go through the scathing Louisiana Legislative Auditor report on the town of Homer. It found missing utility cash, credits to a landlord’s account, unpaid payroll taxes, and more than $1 million in pandemic relief spending without a council-approved budget. We talk about why integrity and competence both matter in public office, and why voters have to keep watching after Election Day.Next, we take on Thomas Massie’s eight articles of impeachment against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, what Democrats may do with them in January, and what we think it would accomplish for the American people. In Say What, James Carville claims Stephen Miller is compromised by Russia, and we break down what actually happened with the Halloween costumes and why we think Russia collusion is coming back. We also react to John Thune’s offer to work with Democrats, then play a game: which presidents have had the most chiefs of staff? We finish with the FAA’s continued use of floppy disks.
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