BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal ran into criticism Tuesday from the head of his Office of Elderly Affairs, who said the governor's plan to merge the office into the health department would damage services for Louisiana's senior citizens.
"At no time was I asked for my input on this transfer," said Martha Manuel, a Jindal appointee who has been executive director of the office for a year.
Manuel told the House Appropriations Committee, which is delving into Jindal's $25.5 billion budget proposal, that she didn't learn her office would be shifted to the Department of Health and Hospitals until the governor's spending plans were released last month.
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