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		<title>Naming the TOPS saboteurs</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ By Dayne Sherman When John Bel Edwards was inaugurated governor on January 11, he needed several wins to put Louisiana back on the right path. The most important reforms were the expansion of Medicaid, stabilizing the state budget, and preventing &#8230; <a href="http://talkaboutthesouth.com/uncategorized/naming-the-saboteurs-of-tops/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Cotillion of Knuckleheads</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Official House photo of Rep. Neil Abramson) By Dayne Sherman The Louisiana Legislature is a cotillion of knuckleheads, a debutante ball for obstructionists, the culmination of politics at its lowest level. &#160; Already on the declining side of a three-week &#8230; <a href="http://talkaboutthesouth.com/uncategorized/a-cotillion-of-knuckleheads/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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