Stalemate over LSU board chairman-elect BATON ROUGE, LA. (AP) (wrkf) - LSU's Board of Supervisors has a new chairman, but the position of chairman-elect is undecided after an 8-8 stalemate. Another vote is expected October 2.

Lawyer Jim Roy of Lafayette automatically became the new chairman on Thursday.

But some board members support Alvin Kimble of Baton Rouge as the chairman-elect who will succeed Roy in the fall of 2009. Others support the man who is reportedly Governor Bobby Jindal's choice, Dr. John George of Shreveport.

Some board members suggested the leadership struggle began after LSU officials disagreed with the Jindal administration about the future of health care in New Orleans. © Copyright 2009, wrkf