01 August 2011

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!


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