BATON ROUGE - Governor Jeff Landry issued a statement following the resignation of the commissioner of the Office of Motor Vehicles. Dan Casey resigned amid a state of emergency for the OMV, which Landry declared on Mar. 20. That state is effective until April 19. "Our mission con tinues," Landry said, "as we work to permanently fix the system."In the coming days I will name an Interim Secretary who will work to fulfill the mission of an OMV that works for the people."Casey said the system the OMV currently works with is 50 years old, which Landry addressed in his Friday statement, saying Casey "faced nearly impossible circumstances including a system that was designed in the 1970s, with the demands of the 21st century."Permalink| Comments ...read more read less