[FoCHAT] Legislative Action Alert

[Deborah Langhoff]

LEGISLATIVE ACTION ALERT:

How can Louisiana expect to receive more recovery money from the United States Congress when some of south Louisiana's own legislators in Baton Rouge won't spend the state's surplus?  

Simply stated, we can bring almost $1 billion of the State's surplus to New Orleans. On Monday, 68 legislators (of the needed 70) voted in favor of raising the state spending limits in HCR 10.  Unbelievably, while other Republicans crossed the political party line to help New Orleans, a few of our own area's legislators, (who are listed below) did not!

Legislators representing damaged neighborhoods in Greater New Orleans should not vote against their own constituents, should not vote against securing some of Louisiana's surplus funds for our recovery.  

There is another vote on Wednesday, so please join me today in asking them to reconsider their positions.  It is wrong for our elected representatives to indulge party politics when they should be voting in favor of bringing crucial resources to the New Orleans recovery.  

Please email them today to say that we want our share of the surplus, we want to raise the roof to rebuild New Orleans!

Rep. Nick Lorusso Lakefront/Mid-City/Gentilly larep094 at legis.state.la.us 
Rep. John LaBruzzo Metairie larep081 at legis.state.la.us 
Rep. Steve Scalise Metairie sscalise at legis.state.la.us 
Rep. Diane Winston, Northshore larep077 at legis.state.la.us 
Rep. Alex Heaton, Uptown New Orleans larep095 at legis.state.la.us 

Please urge them to choose our recovery over partisanship now, as many of their Republican colleagues have already done!

Here is the vote from Monday http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=442274 

Their addresses to paste into your email:
larep094 at legis.state.la.us; larep081 at legis.state.la.us; sscalise at legis.state.la.us; larep077 at legis.state.la.us; larep095 at legis.state.la.us

Thank you,
Deborah
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