Louisiana Voice

In Louisiana politics, there’s always a back story, like the background LouisianaVoice provided below on the story about the resignation of State Sen.-sometimes congressional candidate-sometimes head of the State Democratic Party-and apparently always a full-time lawyer and powerful politician Karen Carter-Peterson.

Things are never as they appear on the surface in this state. That’s why her explanation of mental depression and a chronic gambling addiction just didn’t seem to fit comfortably into what we knew about her tenure as head of the Democratic Party and Gov. John Bel Edwards’ quiet moves to remove her from that position.

That’s what LouisianaVoice does and that’s why we hold two fundraisers each year – one in April and another in October. We skipped October in favor of asking you to contribute to your local food bank in the wake of Hurricane Ida’s destruction in Louisiana but now we’re back, hat in hand, asking for your help.

We can’t promise you a reward in paradise or even some vague reference to some financial blessing you’ll receive in return for giving us your last dime. That’s not our style. Nor do we promise some legislative bill that will allow you to reap millions in tax dodges or give you the right to destroy our environment.

What we do promise is that we will do our ever-lovin’ best to hold the feet of those in power to the fire and to be held accountable.

To do that takes money – money for document copies, money for travel, money for legal expenses, and money to get an occasional burger and fries while on the road in pursuit of another story.

Please click on the yellow DONATE button to the right of this post to contribute by credit card or send a check to Capital News Service, P.O. Box 922, Denham Springs, Louisiana 70727.

Those giving $100 or more will get a signed copy of my new book, It’s All TheIRS, the story of a man who decides enough is enough and fights back when unfairly hit with mega fines and penalties by the IRS. While fiction, it does include actual cases of IRS abusive power plays against ordinary citizens who, unlike corporations, cannot afford a staff of tax lawyers to work all the angles for them.

Your contribution won’t bring you a blessing or unexpected riches, and it may even bring scorn down upon you. But you will be helping the cause of a dying enterprise: investigative reporting.

I thank you.