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State scraps training seminar; director blames politics

Agency's policy director is challenging Jindal in governor's race

BATON ROUGE -- Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration canceled plans for a training seminar involving one of Jindal's little-known opponents within two weeks of the Democratic candidate entering the governor's race.

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One of Gov. Bobby Jindal's opponents in the 2011 election says the state canceled a seminar contract because of her campaign.

Androniki "Niki Bird" Papazoglakis blames the cancellation of a planned January seminar for social workers on her sign-up for the Oct. 22 ballot.

Papazoglakis, who has never before run for office, is policy director of a nonprofit group that advocates for domestic violence and sexual abuse victims, called PAVE: Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment.

Papazoglakis said PAVE leaders had been talking with the Department of Children and Family Services about a $5,000 speaking contract for the seminar until last week, when the department notified Papazoglakis and PAVE's executive director that the seminar was scrapped because of budget issues.



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