Because of the bleak budgetary outlook, a large number of non-fiscal bills have been introduced this session, John Maginnis says. The bills deal with perennial items, such as motorcycle helmets and smoking in restaurants, to new issues, such as Twittering while driving and red light cameras. “It bothers some that a government having trouble running its own business should be messing with anybody else’s,” Maginnis writers. “Yet we all daily see people behaving in ways that are dangerous to themselves and others, and who could use Big Brother, if not their mama, keeping a closer eye on them.” Read his column here.
(John Maginnis publishes LaPolitics Weekly, a newsletter on Louisiana politics, at LaPolitics.com.)
