My Jefferson Parish Mailer Dear Friends, Throughout my 34 years of public service, you and I fought to protect our homestead exemption. Governor John Bel Edwards has been a loyal supporter of the exemption as a legislator and as governor including the frozen assessment for senior citizens. When asked if he would commit to keeping the homestead exemption, Mr. Rispone said, …
Eddie Rispone: Two very big concerns
by Lawrence Chehardy This past week candidate Eddie Rispone make two by mistakes in his campaign for governor raising deep concerns about his character and his position on issues. Concern I. At last Wednesday night’s debate Mr. Rispone proposed a constitutional convention to rewrite our state’s constitution. Without saying just what the convention would look like or what changes to the …
Substance over sound bites
The final two weeks in the race for governor is now kicking off. Only a small percentage of voters remain undecided, and the race may just turn on who votes. One thing you can expect to see from Mr. Rispone is more Washington style politics – a reckless disregard for the facts or truth. As I have said in the past this …