LA Voice: “Of course, this is the governor, who after getting in trouble with the State Ethics Board, moved to solve that problem by simply taking over the board. More on that later, but first let’s look at his actions in eradicating homelessness in New Orleans.
Actually, I can make it easy for you by providing this link to THE GUARDIAN which just today published a lengthy story about that very issue, though some expanding is necessary.
The Guardian alluded to a political connection between Landry and the company that received a no-bid $17.5 million contract to herd homeless individuals into an unheated warehouse, but it did so without explaining what that specific connection was.
An outfit called Workforce Group initially estimated that it would take about $16 million to run the warehouse for 90 days but later revised that estimate upward to $17.5 million. No problem, even though that amount is about what a year’s rent on a one-bedroom apartment for 1,177 people (about 80 percent of New Orleans’ unhoused population).
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Anyway, the contract to relocate the homeless people want to a company called Workforce Group, which is cleverly tucked away as a subsidiary of the Lemoine Co., a Lafayette corporation run by brothers Lenny and Tim Lemoine. The Lemoines are quite generous in making political contributions to Louisiana Republicans. The brothers’ nephew, Seth Lemoine, just happens to be the stepson of former gubernatorial candidate Eddie Rispone. Rispone was a major supporter of Landry in the 2023 governor’s race and each of the Lemoines contributed to Landry’s campaign and to other Republican candidates.”