Louisiana officials delay flood funding to New Orleans over city officials' stance on abortion

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Source: CNN

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Louisiana state officials delay flood funding to New Orleans a second time over city officials' stance on abortion


Louisiana's State Bond Commission denied funding Thursday for a $39 million infrastructure project in Orleans Parish for the second time, at the behest of state Attorney General Jeff Landry, according to a statement on Landry's official Facebook page and video posted from the bond commission meeting.

Landry urged the commission to deny the funding in both instances due to a New Orleans City Council resolution encouraging area law enforcement not to enforce the state's abortion ban within their respective jurisdictions.

The project, titled "New Sewerage and Water Board Power Plant, Planning and Construction" is intended to protect New Orleans streets from floodwaters during storms and be completed in 2024.

In response to Louisiana's so-called trigger ban -- which took effect after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade -- the New Orleans City Council passed a resolution July 7 certifying the city leaders' support of abortion access and reproductive health care by asking police, sheriff's deputies and prosecutors not to dedicate city funds to collect information about abortions.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/20/us/louisiana-delay-flood-funding-city-abortion-stance/index.html

[dchill]

1. "Support our fake religious beliefs or die."

[regnaD kciN]

2. How very "pro-life"...

[ZonkerHarris]

3. So pro-life they'll let thousands die in a disaster for politics. Satan loves them. God, not so much

[Duppers]

4. What pieces of excrement!

[secondwind]

5. Oh, COME ON!!!

[StClone]

6. Really can you get anymore unChristian?

[SunSeeker]

7. Louisiana Attorney General Landry is one evil asshole. nt

[Roy Rolling]

8. Landry is Running for Governor

He’s lost as many cases in court as TFG has. In fact, he signed on to some of the losing lawsuits of the Republican AG club. He also worked behind-the-scenes on MAGA January 6th incitement from state Republican Attorneys General.

He’s a POS.

[ck4829]

9. Where is Peter Thiel? Where is Elon Musk? Where are these sacred billionaires?

[Ford_Prefect]

10. If that money is from federal sources Landry may have stepped into it.

Most federal relief money comes with federal guidelines requiring certain conditions of use. Landry's bellicose grandstanding may also cost him votes.

[TeamProg]

18. Great point. You could be right. n/t

[Karma13612]

11. Gee, I thought ransom was illegal.

Hopefully this is taken before a judge/court?

They better tell that Landry guy to ‘pound sand’.

[Zambero]

12. Republicans go out of their way to make peoples' lives miserable

Toe the line, or we'll see your city destroyed. They keep digging themselves in deeper, but refuse to relinquish their shovels. Perhaps voters will catch on?

[Karma13612]

14. I just visited the AG's FB page

And the feedback is very much against the AG.

There are some supporting comments from nutjobs, but it’s mostly disagreeing with Landry. They are pretty vocal.

Hopefully they remember this when it comes time to vote this AG out of office.

[MyOwnPeace]

13. How can ANY sane human........

consider this to be even legal? And to have an entire political party support such actions?

Sad times, for sure - and SO much work to be done.............

[turbinetree]

15. Landry reads like Christofascist POS, people in the state pay taxes to have this stuff when needed

and this is outright blackmail, blackmail is still blackmail, what the WTF does abortion have to do with water drainage....you go on his website and it says this BS....now's he is playing doctor......does he have degree in medicine.....

Attorney General Jeff Landry is protecting Louisiana; our jobs, our economy, our healthcare, our freedoms, and our way of life. Learn more about Jeff.

https://landryforlouisiana.com/

[Farmer-Rick]

16. Soooo, since the Supremely Religious Court has ruled

That States can make whatever decision their little gods desire about taking away female bodily autonomy, then why can't cities or counties? If they think their imaginary sky daddy is good with female bodily autonomy, then let them use their special imaginary god tools like the Supremes do.

Why can't cities use the samething the Supremes have given states and decide for themselves about what their superstitiouns allow.

So what about city's rights???? Why don't cities and counties get the same rights as states? Some of the cities and counties have been established for much longer than the state ever has been.

I think cities should have their own rights like states do. It's the only logical out come when promoting states rights over federal rights; especially if it's based on magical gods.

[sarcasmo]

17. More proof it's about control Not life.

[bahboo]

19. ok NO, delay sending any tax money to the state...

fuckers...

[Mysterian]

20. I hope republicans living in New Orleans take note

and maybe stop voting for assholes.

[zanana1]

21. Can anybody say extortion?