Louisiana Voice

Well, it’s October and that means it is fundraising time, a time that LouisianaVoice comes begging ever-so-meekly for your support.

If you like posts like the one beneath this solicitation, I invite you to support LouisianaVoice with your contribution which, unlike those of Donald Trump, does not contain a sneaky notice that it will be a recurring contribution. IT WON’T. It’s one time – at least until April.

We’re not one of those Internet news services that routinely holds fundraisers for mega bucks for huge reporting staffs. We’re not nearly that big. That’s why we hold only two fundraisers per year – October an April. And we don’t come at you crying out for $100,000 or some such to keep the lights on.

We have a much smaller staff (one) and we’re leaner than the others. We set our goal rather low ($7,500 total) pay expenses (gasoline, Internet, news source subscriptions, public records, etc.).

And this month we’re trying to put a little more zest into our drive by offering book, books and more books in return for your generosity.

We have an anonymous patron who has donated two collectors’ books to be awarded.

First up is an original copy of Huey Long’s Every Man A King, published in 1933 by the National Book Co. of New Orleans, worth at least $100 and it’s to be awarded who contributes the largest amount to our fundraiser by October 31.

Next, we have a copy of Leo Honeycutt’s biography of Edwin Edwards, signed by both the later governor and the author. It will be awarded on a lottery basis to someone who contributes $100 or more.

Then, we have a copy of my book The Mission for anyone who gives $50 – $99. The Mission, at the printer’s as this is written, is about a NASA crew sent on a mission around the sun in earth’s orbit, but in the opposite direction. They unexpectedly discover a sister planet on the far side of the sun orbiting in the same path and at the same speed as earth – so that they never see each other. But this planet is more advanced by several centuries – or it was – until their America equivalent elected a despot who promptly plunged the entire nation and the world into chaos, war and ruin with his corrupt policies.

The NASA crew returns to earth acutely aware of their next mission: to prevent the same thing from happening to the U.S.

There are two ways for you to contribute. You may click on the yellow, oval BUTTON to the right of this post and pay by credit card or you may mail a check to Tom Aswell, 107 North College Street West, Denham Springs, Louisiana 70726. (Please note that checks should be made out to Tom Aswell NOT LouisianaVoice because I inadvertently set the account up that way.

Please provide your mailing address if you want a book.