Executive Director of LP Georgia, Brett Bittner, pointed me to an article regarding  language buried within a transportation bill signed into law by the President that forced “roll your own cigarette” facilities to begin shutting down at midnight Friday.

The majority of the measures that have been laid out by various media outlets are surface-positive, and very palatable to the masses.

Media-touted advantages of this Act just in the state of Louisiana are as follows:

• Will funnel billions of dollars in Clean Water Act fines from the 2010 BP spill to Louisiana and the four other Gulf states.
• Allocates $679.8 million in the current fiscal year and $685.6 million next year in highway financing for Louisiana
• Increases the rate of gasoline tax return from $0.91 to $1.02
• Extends the flood insurance program for five years