Originally Posted by
The Shreveport Times
North vs. south Louisiana
North Louisiana is philosophically and politically more aligned with east Texas than south Louisiana. northwest Louisiana would have been part of Texas had our governor signed the proclamation to allow us to do exit when submitted to him over 100 years ago.
To expect fair and equitable treatment in the world of Louisiana politics for anything going on in our area of the state (when vying with anything in south Louisiana) has and just never seems to happen, and expecting this to change is historically unrealistic.
Ochsner Clinic (New Orleans) is not the primary referral center for patients from north Louisiana. Patients are referred to Houston, Dallas, Little Rock, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the Mayo Clinic, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, etc. We do not need outside consultations and managers to manage what we have the talent to do ourselves — especially not one from politically competitive south Louisiana.