Editor: Jindal isn’t playing it safe in second half

There is no denying that Gov. Bobby Jindal is making a bold gambit to open his second term in office, says Business Report Executive Editor JR Ball. “Proposing an education reform package that promotes the expansion of charter schools and vouchers while effectively sticking his finger directly into the eye of the teachers unions requires significant chutzpah,” Ball writes in his latest column. “Yet to simultaneously take on the politically entrenched goliath known as the state’s retirement system is—depending on how it plays out—either genius or suicide.” Regardless of what you think of Jindal’s proposals, Ball says, you can’t complain—as one could during his first four years in office—that he’s playing it safe. “Not since Sean Payton and the New Orleans Saints began the third quarter of Super Bowl XLIV with an onside kick have we seen such a daring move to open a second half,” he says. “What’s not yet known is whether Jindal’s gamble will play out as well as Payton’s did two years ago.” Read the full column here, and send your comments to editors@businessreport.com.