JR Ball: Louisiana budget compromise brings end to uncivil war

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The sun is shining brightly over our crud-covered Louisiana Capitol these days. The birds are singing, the mosquitos are flourishing and—hallelujah—the state legislators have finally gotten the hell out of town. Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay My, oh, my, what a wonderful day.  Our long Louisiana nightmare, known as the “five-hundredths of a penny war.” is mercifully over.

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