As many of our readers know, we are in the process of launching an online newspaper, or to keep up with the technical term, an e-newspaper.
To be called Louisiana Free Press, our publication focus exclusively on Louisiana politics and we will broaden our coverage to all state agencies, boards and commissions. We will solicit submissions from writers all over the state. Subscriptions will be free to our readers with expenses paid by advertising revenue and fund raisers.
Our first fund raiser is to offer vinyl bumper stickers. An illustration of the bumper sticker can be found on the right, immediately beneath the advertisement for the book Edwards in the Governor’s Mansion.
The bumper sticker employs the Greek letter for the mathematical symbol for pi, or π, followed by “yush,” which when combined, is Piyush, the first name of Gov. Jindal. The full bumper sticker which consists of white lettering on a blue background, reads:
π-yush = 3.14 (on a scale of 100)
We are offering these for $2.50 each or three for $6.
State employees may purchase the bumper stickers but should not place them on their vehicles for obvious reasons. But state employees who purchase the stickers can certainly pass them out to sympathetic friends who do not work for the state.
To order your sticker(s), email us at louisianavoice@cox.net and we will send you a return email telling you the address to send your check(s).
Louisiana Voice 
Nice.
Looking forward to my first education assignment writing for Louisiana Voice.
Perhaps we can collaborate, geauxteacher?
Check this article out: http://www.nationofchange.org/worst-teacher-chicago-1347463241. (This is an op-ed piece, not “reporting” in the objective sense.)
Money quote: “Benno Schmidt, CEO of the big Edison Schools teach-for-profit business . . . told me straight: that before Hurricane Katrina, his company would never go into New Orleans because Louisiana spent peanuts per child on education. He made it clear: You get what you pay for. Not what you test for.
So the charter carpetbaggers slither in, cherry-pick the easy students, and declare success. The tough cases and special ed kids are left in the public system so they can claim the public system fails.”
That is their economic model. It seems to be working. And thanks to Citizens United they can pay off politicians of both stripes with unlimited contributions (bribes) to expand charters and eventually payments to these education corporations. You think corporations are gonna settle for the 2 or 3% increases teachers and school boards have been told to be grateful for (in good years?) Fat chance.
I would like to order twelve (12) bumper stickers. Please let me know where to forward my check to. I do wish the sticker was worded more directly at Jindal. Many thanks, Ina LaBorde
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I’d like to send some $ to help you get started, too. Please consider putting your website address on the bumper sticker. Your regular readers will get the message you have cleverly composed, but other people…not so much, too obscure for them. I would appreciate knowing: 1. In general, how much $ are you trying to raise to get started? 2. How will the e-newspaper differ from your site right now? 3. How will e-newspaper differ from the other Louisiana e-newspapers out there? It’s a great idea!