With the stroke of a pen, Gov. Bobby Jindal undermined a 40-year-old Louisiana law that stopped people from personally benefiting from their service on government boards, former state ethics officials said.
But Jindal’s signing of the legislation allows appointees to now stay on boards when some conflicts of interest arise.
While an appointee doesn’t vote, his friends on the board can help him out — approving or disapproving transactions that benefit the individual who has a conflict, (Robert Roland, a former Louisiana Board of Ethics chairman) said.
