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Candidate Tara Hollis publishes open letter to Governor Jindal.

Calls out Governor for lies on one-time money issue. Calls on Jindal to apologize to Appropriations Chairman Fannin, and the Legislature.

(Haynesville, Louisiana) Tara Hollis, candidate for Governor, has published an open letter to Governor Bobby

Jindal, expressing her profound disappointment with his handling of both the substance and the tone of this year’s legislative session on the budget. Hollis stated that the Governor and his administration had ‘publicly criticized the work of Jim Fannin, the House Appropriations Chairman and the Louisiana House of Representatives, in completely unacceptable terms’. ‘Your administration has blatantly lied to the legislature as part of the process. And you got caught’ the letter continued.

Hollis called on Governor Jindal to ‘publicly apologize to Jim Fannin and the House of Representatives Now’.

She also stated that ‘In these difficult economic times, the people of Louisiana deserve more than a part time

Governor who plays political games with the budget, and shows disrespect for the process.

(SEE COMPLETE TEXT OF LETTER ATTACHED BELOW)

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About Tara Hollis

Tara Hollis is a wife, mother, school teacher and farmer. She earned a Masters Degree in Education from Louisiana Tech.

Mrs. Hollis is a member of Pi Lambda Theta, the prestigious national honor society of educators. Tara is also a member of The Golden Key National Honor Society.

Mrs. Hollis is a conservative, Louisiana Democrat and a former supporter of Bobby Jindal.
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TEXT OF OPEN LETTER

June 6, 2011

Governor Bobby Jindal
PO Box 94004
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804

RE: OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNOR JINDAL.

Dear Governor Jindal:

I am writing to express profound disappointment with your handling of both the substance and the tone of this year’s legislative session on the budget.

Governor, you and your representatives have publicly criticized the work of Jim Fannin, the House Appropriations Chairman and the Louisiana House of Representatives, in completely unacceptable terms.

Your administration has blatantly lied to the legislature as part of the process, and you got caught.

As a candidate, you strongly opposed the use of one-time money in the budget, but as Governor, you have submitted a budget with the most one-time money ever.

You have fought the historic efforts of the House of Representatives to put restrictions on use of excess one time money through a 2/3 vote requirement. You lobbied hard against it and you are still fighting the Geymann rule today. Governor, what are you thinking?

After losing the vote on HR27 by a stunning 60-42 margin, you tried to cause a train wreck in the legislative process to prove your point. Your people lied to the legislature about the impact of certain amendments of Chairman Fannin and then basically called him a liar in front of the whole House. After a brief delay and a day of checking around, he turned out to be completely right and the lie of your administration was exposed.

This is not a secret. It is apparent to pretty much every political reporter in the state, and anyone with an Internet connection who can watch the proceedings of the House online.

How dare you, Bobby. Jim Fannin is one of the most respected members of the legislature in either party. He has done a tremendous job as Chairman of Appropriations, and I can only hope he will choose to remain for another four years after the highly inappropriate treatment by your Administration in this legislative session.

You should publicly apologize to Jim Fannin and the House of Representatives now, and so should your entire executive staff.

Governor Jindal, my husband and I supported you in 2007. We are deeply disappointed.

In these difficult economic times, the people of Louisiana deserve more than a part-time Governor who plays political games with the budget process, and shows disrespect for the process.

Respectfully Governor, your entire set of legislative initiatives is in shambles, and your credibility with the legislature is at an all time low.

If you can’t be the Bobby Jindal that ran in 2007, who actually spends his time and energy on our problems here in Louisiana, then perhaps we need someone new to lead our state.

Respectfully,

Tara Hollis

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Friends of Tara Hollis
PO BOX 493
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