we saw that...

rep. herbert dixon: church brothers were angry with him over his HB 94 gas tax increase bill

on 20 may 2009, the house transportation, highways, & public works committee met to hear gonzales, louisiana rethuglican, eddie lambert's HB 254 a very unrepublican bill to authorize the use of automated traffic photo enforcement systems (redlight cameras) state wide.

rep. herbert dixon recounted his own experience with his very unpopular HB 94 a bill to raise the state gasoline tax and how at church one day, his church brothers at the nazarene missionary baptist church, alexandria, la., confronted him about it, using "terminology" that according to mr. dixon was "very unbecoming of a christian."

"terminology unbecoming of a christian" is subjective. for all we know in rep. dixon's mind any criticism of him is "unchristian" whether it's justified or not. we say that their standing up and speaking out against bad legislation and bad legislators is exactly what christian church members are supposed to be doing and have a duty to do and we salute them for it.

we would also ask the good members of the nazarene missionary baptist church to get on rep. dixon again and criticize him for his vote for HB 687 which will ban in school dentistry which will unnecessarily harm many, many of louisiana's poor children.

rep. dixon voted for this evil bill but will have another chance the week of 26 may 2009. this time we hope that he votes properly and votes against HB 687.

so phone up pastor john d. aaron, jr. at 318.442.9310 or 442.6404 and ask him to speak to rep. dixon and urge him to vote no to HB 687. also if you know of any members of nazarene missionary baptist church contact them too.

please see access dental louisiana @ www.accessdentalla.com the website of lafayette dentist gregory j. folse for more information about HB 687.

HB 687 louisiana rethugs war on poor children dental care fails to pass house...for now

UPDATE: HB 687 to be reconsidered week of 26 may 2009

video added 7:32 am cdt wednesday 20 may 2009
video direct link

UPDATE: see times-picayune: bill targeting dental clinics comes up short in house

house final passage roll call vote #332

advocate photograph that rep. karen carter peterson
was talking about during house floor debate - article
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its amazing to us that former rapides parish school board member herbert dixon voted for HB 687 and against poor children. as usual ball, la. rethug chris hazel could be counted on to vote exactly the opposite of what his party says that they stand for. hazel is a total joke and a fraud republican wise.

rep. billy chandler voted no and we thank him for that. rep. chris roy, jr. was absent.

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more later - including the house committee videos for HB 687

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please see access dental louisiana @ www.accessdentalla.com the website of lafayette dentist gregory j. folse for more information.
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HB 687 louisiana rethugs war on poor children's in school dentistry to be reconsidered week of 26 may 2009

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doofy rino hollis downs is a clown

on thursday, 28 april 2009, the house committee on ways and means met to consider two bills. the first bill that they considered was state representative hollis downs' HB 456, a bill that would require that the tax on gasoline, diesel fuels, and special fuels to be adjusted annually in accordance with the bureau of labor statistics consumer price index.

incredibly, it seems that everyone has already forgotten last years SB 672 the massive legislative pay raise fraud bill, which, likewise, tied the "legislators" pay raise to the consumer price index. see house floor amendments: amendments proposed by representative tucker to reengrossed senate bill no. 672 by senator duplessis.

this meant that the legislators would likely receive an automatic yearly pay raise of an unknown amount without any further debate or public input. out of sight, out of mind.

furthermore, since the cpi represents all goods and services purchased for consumption by the reference population like food and beverages, housing, apparel, transportation, medical care, recreation, education and communication and other goods and services for example tobacco and smoking products, haircuts and other personal services and funeral expenses.

also included within these major groups are various government-charged user fees, such as water and sewerage charges, auto registration fees, and vehicle tolls. in addition, the cpi includes taxes (such as sales and excise taxes) that are directly associated with the prices of specific goods and services. see cpi faq what goods and services does the cpi cover?

do you understand what a mistake it is in allowing the legislature to tie taxes, etc to the consumer price index? because the legislature either outright or working in concert with their criminal friends in city and parish government and congress can manipulate the consumer price index!

think of karen carter peterson's HB 75 dollar a pack cigarette tax.you might be a nonsmoker thinking that the tax wouldnt affect you but it does. every tax and fee affects everyone else.

any sane, rational person should be able to understand that if the legislators were willing to tie something as important to them as a pay raise to the consumer price index, then its not a good idea to tie a tax on all the people to the same thing.

in case you're wondering, yes, hollis downs voted for SB 672. see SB 672 house final passage vote of 13 june 2008.

anyway, we watched the committee meeting on the live stream and saw hollis downs make his ignorant statement criticizing the governor (you cant believe one word that comes out of the governor or his staff's mouth but in this instance he appears to oppose HB 456 and rightfully so) where he called on the governor and his team "to be leaders, and not just philosophers."

how dare this asshole, hollis downs, who claims to be a member of that party which stands for lower taxes, etc., etc., (you know the drill) and who brings this sham of a bill before the legislature criticize the governor for opposing it.

whats more, where is the republican party leadership at? where is roger "daffodil" villere with his scathing press releases at? why isnt he taking to task hollis downs for his very unrepublican bill?

and not only hollis downs there is also rino eddie lambert's HB 254 and rino's kevin pearson a jim tucker's HB 687. this is just two out of many bills that come to mind that an honest, respectful, authentic gop party boss (which roger villere is not) would be raising hell over.

villere instead of doing his job is off harrassing rep. karen carter peterson with a massive public records request. [click here for one page .pdf 18 kb]

roger villere is the sorriest excuse for a gop party boss ever. what he needs to be doing is getting a grip on his own party and calling out all the rino's that so infest it. but years have went by and he does nothing.

are louisiana republicans ever going to get a clue and realize that roger villere is working a plan to destroy the louisiana republican party? will they ever run his ass off and not only villere -- but the rest of the criminals who are killing the la gop? it sure doesnt look like it from here.

if you're a republican, grow a backbone. have some integrity for a change. speak out against these rino legislators and demand the removal of all these incompetent, corrupt criminals from the leadership. or turn out the light on your way out -- cos the republican party is going down -- the sooner the better -- simple as that.

HB 456 was voluntarily deferred that means that it can come back up again. so you better get on the phone and call your representative and tell him or her to vote no to HB 456 as well as HB 254 and HB 687.

dont bother emailing them because many of them just delete their emails unread.

HB 889 house ways and means committee reports nutty karen carter peterson's cigarette tax bill favorably

HB 687 louisiana rethugs war on poor childrens in school dentistry to be reconsidered week of 26 may 2009

please click here to get the contact information for your state representative and ask him/her to vote against this unnecessary and destructive bill.

and see www.accessdentalla.com for more information.