The State of Louisiana Will Get Nearly $7 Billion in BP Settlement, But First Buddy Caldwell's Bills Have to Be Paid

Before Louisiana receives any of the money that is allocated as a result of the settlement with BP, Louisiana Attorney Buddy Caldwell's employ of lawyers need to be paid, to the tune of $38.5 million.  And what further stinks up this contrived groups of lawyers is the fact that most of them are politically tied to Caldwell.

It's time for the State of Louisiana to do better for an Attorney General.  This type of "good-old boy" behavior from the last 50 years needs to go and the likes of the RINO Caldwell representing the legal interests of the state is laughable.

Read more: Attorney General's office has paid more than $38 million to law firms working on BP settlement

Posted on August 11, 2015 and filed under Jeff Landry, Louisiana.