Kostelka, 'I went to [Baton Rouge} to serve not to go broke

Sen. Kostelka who admitted on KNOE that he voted to triple his salary remained defiant in his comments to the NewsStar reporter Greg Hilburn in the aftermath of the Governor’s veto of a bill doubling his salary. Yesterday, before the veto he told a constituent in a telephone call that the Governor was shallow and had no courage. I guess because he knew the Governor was going to veto the bill. He continued in that vain in the interview after the veto.

Can you imagine, here’s a guy who has served one four-year term at the current salary rate plus this year’s chair’s salary, about $30,000, and over $90,000 in retirement (assuming his appeals court salary was $150,000 and you use his KNOE interview multiplier of 60%) and about $100,000 as a "rain maker" for the Bole’s law firm steadfastly remains unrepentant in defeat. And that does not include what he reported he has in his re-election campaign fund.

“I went to [Baton Rouge] serve not to go broke!” he said arrogantly on KNOE.

I guess (like President Clinton) it all depends on what broke is; but I am confident that a lot of people in his senate district would relish the opportunity to be as broke as Bob Kostelka is!