“Thank you for your correspondence to Senator Riser regarding state cuts. Please know that Senator Riser appreciates hearing from you and will keep your thoughts and concerns in mind as they go thru the legislative process.”
–Sen. Neil Riser (R-Columbia), in his response to several specific questions from a constituent regarding efforts by Gov. Piyush Jindal to gut higher education, help private entities profit from charter schools and online courses, to take absolute control of LSU and to dismantle the state’s system of health care for the state’s indigent population. By this canned response, obviously not written by Riser but by a legislative assistant, Riser has demonstrated that the concerns of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), of which he is a member, are given more attention than those of his constituents.
Louisiana Voice 
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