In an op-ed for the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Louisiana State Treasurer John Neely Kennedy lays out how legislators “stole” from state workers and cheated retirees out of health coverage in order to put up the facade of a balanced budget. And the taxpayer is on the hook for the shady accounting. Kennedy, a Republican who has been treasurer since 2000, has a history of calling out those within his party. Now he has state legislators who put the long-term security of the health care plans of over 230,000 state workers, teachers, and retirees in his crosshairs.