Not only is former Senate President John Alario now a registered lobbyist, but his official photo on file with the Ethics Administration features him standing in front of the Vatican.
Was it a power move to trump all power moves?
“I thought that might add a little humor,” Alario said with a laugh during an interview Tuesday afternoon. “I’m bringing new life to the lobbying corps.”
For now, Alario has but one registered client—himself, or John Alario Jr. Tax Service in Westwego. He is only registered to lobby the executive branch. “I’m out hunting right now and talking to some different people about consulting and lobbying,” Alario said. “I haven’t locked anything in yet with a check.”
They said it: “I have been inundated with requests from different parts of the state and their needs. I told them I only look like Santa Claus.”—State Sen. Bret Allain, a Franklin Republican with a full white beard, on his new job as chairman of the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee, in The Morgan City Daily Review.
Jeremy Alford publishes LaPolitics Weekly, a newsletter on Louisiana politics, at LaPolitics.com. Follow him on Twitter, or on Facebook. He can be reached at JJA@LaPolitics.com.
