In the post immediately beneath this one, you can see how Donald John Trump duped his loyal followers into giving not a single campaign contribution, but multiple “donations,” all without their notice.
He literally bled dry the bank accounts of people who believed in him. It was a deliberate ploy to extract more money from his supporters than they intended to give. He even inserted a “money bomb” clause in his solicitations that, unbeknownst to his supporters, not only had them giving six, seven or eight times, but actually doubled their “donations,” all without their knowledge or consent.
It was the classic shell game by the classic con man.
One thing we won’t do here at LouisianaVoice: we won’t extract contributions from you without your full knowledge and consent and we will NEVER slip in a provision that would double what you intended to give.
What we do twice a year, in April and September, is ask humbly and appreciatively that you contribute what you honestly feel you can afford – and not a cent more. And if you feel you can’t afford to give anything, that’s o.k., too. You can still read LouisianaVoice without a subscription and without our loading the site down with a bunch of advertisements (other than what the platform host inserts without my knowledge or consent).
If you can, please click on the yellow DONATE button to the right of this post. It will take you to my PayPal site where you can give by credit card. You DO NOT have to have a PayPal account to accomplish this. If you’d rather, you can mail a check to LouisianaVoice, P.O. Box 922, Denham Springs, Louisiana 70727.
You will NOT be double- or triple-billed. But those who give $125 or more will received a signed copy of one of my two newest books: Louisiana’s Rogue Sheriffs: A Culture of Corruption, or Bordello on the Bayou, a novel loosely based on the true story of the Baton Rouge madam. Be sure to specify your preference and to provide your mailing address.
What we WILL do, however, is continue to bring you stories that no one else will do – like the manner in which LSU tries to desperately protect its institutional reputation over the wellbeing of female students who are victimized by coaches and athletes, over the interests of outspoken but honest faculty members who try to call attention to wrongs like faulty dental implants and faulty Corps of Engineer pilings.
We will call out legislators who sit out virtually an entire legislative session but still collect their $161 per diem payments for all of those days they were no-shows.
We will identify by names the sheriffs and state troopers who are doing a disservice to their brothers in law enforcement by selling drugs, having sexual affairs while on duty, abusing prisoners and not adhering to the same standards they demand of the rest of us.
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And I do contribute. I would ask one small favor. As you note in your penultimate piece, there are dozens of things to abhor about our penultimate POTUS (if not hundreds or thousands). In my case, I would as soon ignore his very existence and I live for the day I never have to hear his name, see his image or read any of his statements. He was, and remains, an embarrassment to this country and the evil he has done will live after him, to paraphrase the Crow. So, I ask that you cease paying any attention to him. Only through irrelevance will he disappear and his supporters are not deterred at all by any negative reports about him. Thanks for considering this and thanks for your continuing good works.
What else would he write about? His hate for Trump doesn’t allow him the ability to write on other subjects and that’s sad when you are in Louisiana with the political field and sad government you have.