Jindal touts La. successes to national audience

In a profile in The Weekly Standard titled “Bobby, We Hardly Know Ye,” the magazine says Gov. Bobby Jindal “has done what most governors only dream about. But he and his aides are painfully aware his accomplishments are unknown outside the state.” To spread the word, they’ve produced a five-page report headlined “Louisiana Turnaround—The Untold Story.” The magazine calls the report “a largely factual document with minimal spin or exaggeration.” Listing 63 separate actions, reforms or changes, it makes the point that a lot has happened in Jindal’s first four years. “He cut spending sharply before that became sexy. In 2008, the state budget was $34.4 billion. For 2012, it’s $25.4 billion, a 26% decline. Nearly 10,000 state jobs have been eliminated,” the article reads. “If you enforce fiscal discipline, it frees you to do things you should have done anyway,” Jindal tells the magazine. You can read the profile in its entirety here.