Tell Gov. Jindal veterans are not there to glorify him

If Gov. Jindal really wanted to honor the men and women veterans, he would do what is right and fitting for them and not subject them to having to wait for when he can get to them. After all, he doesn't have to be the one delivering the medals in person, so this is all about him and his ego. What else can it be? He wants to have his picture taken doing something for the veterans but when you think of them having to wait until he can fit them into his "busy" schedule, it speaks loudly of the importance he places on veterans. They come after him. This is disgraceful! This is not honoring them. It is insulting them.

Veterans are waiting for their medals
March 18, 2010


Louisiana lawmakers are asking the Veterans Administration Director Lane Carson why is it taking so long for the Louisiana Veterans Honor Medal to be delivered. Members of a joint House and Senate committee urged the state Department of Veterans Affairs to step up its delivery of the medals and stop waiting for Gov. Bobby Jindal, who has traveled across the state in a series of events to hand out the medals.


"We literally have World War II veterans who are dying before they get to this jubilee with the governor. They want the medals," said state Senator Robert Adley, a Marine, who sponsored the bill that created the Veterans Honor Medal Program in 2008. Lawmakers said they have received calls from veterans who have waited months for their medals and and have had offers from veterans organizations who offered to make distribution of the medals but were told they had to wait for the governor to be there.
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Veterans are waiting for their medals