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Update: I received a response to the public records request I made to Jeff Landry. That’s the one in which I asked for all correspondence between Landry and Sen. Heather Cloud. Here is that response from Landry’s Deputy Executive Council Jeffrey Wale:

From: Gov PublicRecords <GovPublicRecords@la.gov>
Sent: Friday, May 3, 2024 3:07 PM
To: Tom Aswell
Subject: RE: RESPONSE REQUESTED FOR PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST

Mr. Aswell,

After a diligent search of our office’s records, and to the best of my information and belief, our office has no records responsive to your request.

This completes our response to you, and our office will close our file in this matter. 

Thank you.

Jeffrey Wale

Not that I actually expected compliance, but I since came across this PROPOSED BILL from 2023. Sen. Heather Cloud filed this bill last year (as Landry was ramping up his gubernatorial campaign) in reaction to the public library hysteria and this year filed SB 482 which would severely restrict, if not outright abolish, the public’s right to view public records.

Again, both bills were filed by Cloud. Landry was and remains a staunch proponent of both measures.

And we are to believe the two have never communicated by text or email?

Connect the dots here and draw your own conclusions.