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—Eddie P. Meche, CPA and Vice President of Business Affairs for McNeese State University, in reply to LouisianaVoice request for records of the number and costs of state cell phones issued to McNeese personnel. After some rather intense negotiations over principle (not one other state agency tried to extract funds for compliance with our request), the powers that be at McNeese acquiesced and provided the information at no charge.
Louisiana Voice 
Too Many Laws!
-by Hardy Parkerson, J.D
All rights reserved
The phone’s been a-ringin’
Off the wall.
People with problems
Continue to call.
“Too many lawyers,”
I’ve heard ’em say.
But I say, “We don’t
Have enough today.”
People got problems
And serious ones too;
Come see the lawyer
To learn what to do.
Some of ’em even got
A few bucks to pay;
And when they do,
It makes my day.
Law books’ becomin’
A thing of the past.
Wonder how long
This thing’s gonna last.
Just got a call from the F.B.I.;
Wants to talk to my client
Who ain’t gonna lie.
I need a break,
Just a brief pause.
It’s not too many lawyers,
But too many laws!