Friday is state government holiday, Acadian Day

(AP) — State government employees are getting a long Thanksgiving weekend, with offices closed Friday in a holiday that commemorates Louisiana’s Cajun heritage.

Gov. Bobby Jindal has continued the annual tradition of designating Friday as Acadian Day, which remembers the arrival in Louisiana of the Acadians, many of whom settled in large southern areas of the state after being deported from Nova Scotia in 1755.

Acadian Day is an optional holiday for Louisiana governors to call each year on the Friday after Thanksgiving.

In his proclamation declaring the legal holiday, Jindal called Acadian Day additional time for families to gather “to remember their blessings and promote family values.”

Comments

1) Comment by bettergovt - 22/11/2012

What exactly is the cost of a day off for a day that you would have to pay employees for anyway? In reality it probably saved the state money considering all the temp and contact workers that dont get paid for the holiday. Low wages, no merit raises for 4 years for those that earned them, health insurance employee share cost increases, the constant threat of having their retirement taken away, and treated like parasites, yeah those state employees sure have it good.

2) Comment by janbrady - 22/11/2012

S*ck it gofigger.

3) Comment by gofigger - 22/11/2012

I wonder if they can also dream-up the money for these tax paid holidays.