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Then [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]] at first opposed the repeal as too costly to declining state coffers but then championed it as public reaction against the measure accelerated.<ref name=advertiser/>

Then [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]] at first opposed the repeal as too costly to declining state coffers but then championed it as public reaction against the measure accelerated.<ref name=advertiser/>

Jeffrey D. Sadow, a [[professor]] of [[political science]] at Louisiana State University in Shreveport and active conservative blogger, in 2005 described the Stelly Plan, accordingly: "In essence ... just another link in the long history of Louisiana tax policy that favors redistribution and discourages economic development. It's that kind of thinking that has gotten us into an economic mess . . . "<ref name=sadow>{{cite web|url=http://jeffsadow.blogspot.com/2005/03/stelly-still-trying-to-make-silk-purse.html|title=''Between the Lines'': "Stelly still trying to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear"|publisher=jeffsadow.blogspot.com|accessdate=April 15, 2021}}</ref>

Jeffrey D. Sadow, a [[professor]] of [[political science]] at Louisiana State University in Shreveport and active conservative blogger, in 2005 described the Stelly Plan, accordingly: "In essence ... just another link in the long history of Louisiana tax policy that favors redistribution and discourages economic development. It's that kind of thinking that has gotten us into an economic mess . . . "<ref name=sadow>{{cite web|url=http://jeffsadow.blogspot.com/2005/03/stelly-still-trying-to-make-silk-purse.html|title=''Between the Lines'': "Stelly still trying to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear"|publisher=jeffsadow.blogspot.com|date=March 22, 2005|accessdate=April 15, 2021}}</ref>

Several lawmakers have also opposed the Stelly Plan's removal of certain state income tax deductions. Former legislators [[Pete Schneider (Louisiana politician)|Pete Schneider]] of Slidell in St. Tammany Parish], [[James David Cain]] of Beauregard Parish, and Peppi Bruneau of [[New Orleans]] attempted unsuccessfully to restore deductions removed for charitable contributions and home mortgage interest.<ref name=sadow/>

Several lawmakers have also opposed the Stelly Plan's removal of certain state income tax deductions. Former legislators [[Pete Schneider (Louisiana politician)|Pete Schneider]] of Slidell in St. Tammany Parish], [[James David Cain]] of Beauregard Parish, and Peppi Bruneau of [[New Orleans]] attempted unsuccessfully to restore deductions removed for charitable contributions and home mortgage interest.<ref name=sadow/>