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"Bobby" Jindal's reported expenditures in his campaign finance report for the period covering 14 April 2007 through 12 July 2007 are incredibly vague for a candidate who is waging what he calls a "war against corruption." Only the most general categories are used to describe each expenditure, a clear attempt to conceal the operations of his campaign. But within all this opaque darkness is a slight glimmer that casts a glow on at least one of special interests deeply embedded within Jindal's inscrutable machine: the oil and energy lobbies.
Witness the following expenditures to a certain Stephen Waguespack of 1306 Massachusetts Ave. SE, Washington, DC, 20003:
| Stephen Waguespack |
$3,004.12 |
16 April 2007 |
Salary |
| Stephen Waguespack |
$3,004.12 |
30 April 2007 |
Salary |
| Stephen Waguespack |
$3,004.12 |
15 May 2007 |
Salary |
| Stephen Waguespack |
$130.79 |
17 May 2007 |
Office Supplies |
| Stephen Waguespack |
$3,004.12 |
31 May 2007 |
Salary |
| Stephen Waguespack |
$3,004.12 |
15 June 2007 |
Salary |
| Stephen Waguespack |
$3,004.12 |
30 June 2007 |
Salary |
Although Stephen Waguespack is the only salaried employee of the Jindal campaign who does not reside in Louisiana, he receives a salary of $72,098.48 per annum, the highest of any of Jindal's staffers excepting Jindal's campaign manager, Tim Teepel. His job description must be elaborate, and the services he provides must be viewed as crucial to the campaign. But what role can he possibly play when he is a registered lobbyist with The Alpine Group, a "consulting firm dedicated to providing our clients with individualized lobbying assistance on tax, trade, agricultural, environmental, energy and several other issues," and a law student at the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University? Or is he remunerated at the annual rate of $72, 098.48 as a result of his current status as lobbyist for the industries with whom he engaged quite regularly while serving as a staff member for former House Energy Committee Chairman Joe Barton (R-TX)?
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