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Below is a list of the members of the House of Representatives who have, to date, voted AGAINST having a veto session. It totals 28 of the 53 needed in the House to stop the veto session

This is the same as a vote against tax reductions. Most of these reps are running for reelection or for another office this fall. Thus you will have an opportunity to express yourself at that time.

The leges still have until Midnight Thursday to return their ballots opposing the veto session.

NOTE: The Secretary of the Senate has 9 ballots in, but will not open them until after the Midnight Thursday deadline. In the Senate 20 ballots are needed to stop the veto session.

C.B.

John Alario -D (Running for Senate)

“Andy” Anders -D (Running for reelection)

Clara Baudoin -D (Term-limited)

Ernest Baylor -D (Term-limited)

Beverly Bruce -D (Term-limited)

Roy Burrell -D (Running for reelection)

Karen Carter -D (Running for reelection)

Billy Chandler -D (Running for reelection)

Israel Curtis -D (Term-limited)

Carla Dartez -D (Running for reelection) - WITHDRAWN

Charlie DeWitt -D(Term-limited)

Yvonne Dorsey -D (Term-limited)

Jim Fannin -D (Running for reelection)

Bobby Faucheux -D(Term-limited) 

Rick Gallot -D (Running for reelection)

Elbert Guillory -D (Running for reelection)

Elcie Guillory -D (Term-limited)

Alex Heaton -R (Term-limited)

Herman Hill -D (Term-limited)

Willie Hunter (Running for Senate)

Charlie McDonald -D (Running for Senate)

Billy Montgomery -R (Running for Senate)

“Romo” Romero -D (Term-limited)

Joe Salter (Term-limited)

Jack Smith -D(Running for Senate)

Francis Thompson -D (Running for Senate)

Taylor Townsend -D (Running for Senate)

Monica Walker -D (Not running for reelection)

SENATORS WHO ANNOUNCED THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE VETO SESSION

Don Hines -D (Term-limited)

Joe McPherson - D (Running for reelection)

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According to the Associated Press story: “[T]he fastest growing segment of the economy over the past year has been state government, which added 8,900 jobs ­ 1,800 more than in the petroleum sector, construction and manufacturing combined.”

“This is a huge increase in state government,” said Loren Scott, professor emeritus of economics at Louisiana State University. “As long as it’s not the only growing factor, it’s not terrible. But you have to watch this. It’s not the textbook example of how to grow your economy.”

Mixed messages

Governor Blanco’s recent veto of the tax relief on businesses’ utilities only serves to exacerbate the problem.

Governor Blanco continues to go on junkets to England and elsewhere to recruit businesses while screwing the businesses already in LA. That attitude is not lost on those she seeks to recruit. That why she has had so little success in getting new businesses in the state while exodus of existing businesses continues unabated.

Government retarding the economy?

This data shows the result of expanding state government and ignoring the private sector economy.

While it is only anecdotal evidence, it suggests that the private sector is not growing because of the growth in state government.

C.B.

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Assuming that EWE gets credit for all of the spending in the FY 1995-96 budget and Big Daddy starts with the FY 1996-97 budget and gets credit for all of the FY2003-04 budget, Governor Blanco will have spent in 4 years at least $98.4 BILLION (probably a bit low) while Big Daddy in 8 years spent $113 BILLION.

These figures are even more startling when one considers that in the last four years, the state’s population has actually declined as has the enrollment in the public schools and colleges.

C.B.

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