Our Local Elected Toadies

This should sound familiar to anyone paying attention to Bobby Jindal--he is the featured speaker at this conference:

• The following politicians are going to the ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) junket 3 - 6 August in New Orleans at a cost of nearly $20K of our tax-payer money. ALEC, if you don't already know, is a lobbying group that writes right-wing bills and pays politicians to support those bills.  Some of ALEC's issues: 
• Passing new laws to disenfranchise voters with Poll Taxes and Literacy tests; 
• Making it harder for Unions to organize--they are behind the defunding of the FAA for that reason; 
• Fighting efforts to address Climate Change; 
• Sponsoring Anti-Immigration laws and promoting For Profit Prisons to hold more people
• They are opposed to Healthcare Reform
• They want to end Public Education

Feel free to call these "lawmakers" and chastise them for abusing our tax dollars when we have a state budget problem. Click here and give them hell: Senators, Reps

• Nobel Ellington (who is national chair of ALEC)
• House Speaker Jim Tucker, R-Terrytown
• Jeff Arnold, D-New Orleans
• Cameron Henry, R-Metairie
• Nita Hutter, R-Chalmette
• Girard Jackson, D-Harvey
• John LaBruzzo, R-Metairie
• Walt Leger III, D-New Orleans
• Anthony Ligi, R-Metairie
• Thomas Willmott, R-Kenner
• Senator A.G. Crowe, R-Slidell
• Senator Ed Murray, D-New Orleans 

The above are the New Orleans Metro area pols: the compleat list is:

• Nobel Ellington (who is national chair of ALEC)
• House Speaker Jim Tucker, R-Terrytown
• Jeff Arnold, D-New Orleans
• Elton Aubert, D-Vacherie
• Damon Baldone, D-Houma
• Jim Fannin, D-Jonesboro
• Brett Geymann, R-Lake Charles
• Johnny Guinn, R-Jennings
• Joe Harrison, R-Napoleonville
• Cameron Henry, R-Metairie
• Bob Hensgens, R-Abbeville
• Frank Hoffmann, R-West Monroe
• Nita Hutter, R-Chalmette
• Girard Jackson, D-Harvey
• John LaBruzzo, R-Metairie
• Bernard LeBas, D-Ville Platte
• Walt Leger III, D-New Orleans
• Anthony Ligi, R-Metairie
• Joe Lopinto, R-Metairie
• Rick Nowlin, R-Natchitoches
• Erich Ponti, R-Baton Rouge
• Alan Seabaugh, R-Shreveport
• Scott Simon, R-Abita Springs
• Thomas Willmott, R-Kenner
• Senator A.G. Crowe, R-Slidell
• Senator Ed Murray, D-New Orleans
• Senator Neil Riser, R-Columbia
• Senator Gerald Long, R-Winnfield
• Senator Francis Thompson, D-Delhi
• Senator Mike Walsworth, R-West Monroe

Sic em!