The Louisiana State Legislature convenes today at noon. May God Protect Us All

It's a lot of dollars!

Something that feels under-discussed lately (in part because of the distraction of Amendment 2) is that one relatively easy way to raise teacher pay would be to stop giving huge tax breaks to corporations and put those dollars towards paying teachers

The reason people don't trust these efforts, btw, is the only thing the Governor has been transparent about is his belief that he and his donors should have full run of this state, however they see fit. This election really should make legislators reconsider their role in that.

Interesting

Useful opportunity to note - whenever a politician talks about “reform[ing] Medicare,” unless those words are immediately followed by “to expand it to more people and services” or “to cover everyone,” they always mean cuts to Medicare

Somehow not an April Fool’s joke. But you know what they say, when nearly 2/3rds of all the people who showed up to vote in record turnout for a March election just to overwhelmingly reject your constitutional amendments, try try again

Not the first to point this out, but remarkable that Landry is so instinctually a "you're either with me or you're against me" kind of guy that even in prepared press statements, he can't help but blame everyone but himself, even his constituents, whenever things don't go his way

Interesting

Despite the spin that the Governor and his allies are trying to make stick, the fact is that voters all across the political spectrum in Louisiana soundly rejected his continued efforts to manipulate the state constitution to serve the interests of corporations at our expense

There is something a little funny about Landry (frequent user of his donors’ private jets), AFP + Pelican (arms of the Koch network) bellyaching about the influence of money to explain why voters rejected their clear-as-mud case for these amendments

“We realize how hard positive change can be to implement in a State that is conditioned for failure,” is a hell of a thing to say about the people of the state you’re supposed to serve as Governor, but I can understand why these kinds of numbers might make anyone nervous

Amendment 2 never really guaranteed a “pay raise” for teachers. We cannot allow the Governor or the legislature to hide behind the people of Louisiana resoundingly rejecting their scheme to avoid fixing this. It’s time that Louisiana actually gave teachers a permanent pay raise

Imagine being a South Louisiana politician who looks at the utility services provided by Entergy and saying "if it ain't broke, don't fix it, and also let's raise everyone's electric bills to give them even more money"

If you live in a green shaded precinct, your new voting place on Election Day will be at ReNEW Laurel (820 Jackson). Is it on the route? Lol yeah it is. The parade starts at 10am. Early vote to avoid the drama.

Good morning - today (3/22) is the last day to Early Vote in Louisiana for the March 29th Election. Please vote no to them all, thread on why for Amendments 1, 3, and 4 below notothemall.org

It is Day 2 of Early Voting - tell your friends and family to vote 'no' on them all, if they want to know why, this thread covers Amendments 1, 3, and 4...

Early voting continues tomorrow, so make sure to get out and vote no on all 4! 🧵

This election is all about control. Jeff Landry wants more for himself. If you don't think he should be taking your power as voters, then vote No to All. 🧵👇🏾

Get in, loser, we’re voting no to the mall

Remember in 2023 on Sine Die, when after not passing permanent teacher and school staff pay raises, the legislature said something to the effect, “I’ll guess we’ll try to get the teacher pay raises in the MFP” next year. Yea…it never happened.

TLDR on constitutional amendment 2 ⬇️

And please read this important breakdown of Amendment 2- especially the teacher “pay raise” analysis. As a Louisiana teacher, I am voting no 👎 ln this amendment. I truly feel that the whole situation we’ve been put in as political pawns ♟️ is unfair and terrible.

A thread 🧵 you need to read!!!

And here’s the breakdown 🧵 on Amendment 2, which should be a HELL NO from us, as voters. No, it doesn’t give teachers pay raises. It’s a lie. It’s all a lie. Stop letting Clownfish Jeff Landry lie to us and play us for fools, #Louisiana #lalege #NewOrleans #NOLA #NOLAsky #LAGOP #LADems

Vote NO on all 4 amendments, y’all! Important 🧵👇🏼 These amendments are extremely bad. Read it all, #Louisiana, understand how they’re trying to hoodwink us, and get out & VOTE! Early voting starts tomorrow, March 15-22 with Election Day on March 29 #lalege #NewOrleans #NOLA #NOLAsky #LAGOP #LADems

No to the mall

Alright, circling back around to focus on Amendment 2, on the statewide ballot for this March 29th election down here in Louisiana. Early voting begins tomorrow, this thread is to explain you should vote "no" on 2

Jackson Voss being thorough and clear as always. Louisiana, vote no on all four. Rest of the country, please remember that the south is predictive, not exceptional. Read the thread and know what is coming your way next.

Remember when I told y'all we have an election coming up and y'all gotta go vote so you don't piss me off? Read below and vote no.

No on 4

No on 3

No on 1

LOUISIANA YOU HAVE TO VOTE IN THIS ONE! No on all ty

For Those in Louisiana .. Double check to Make sure you are registered to vote!!

For my Louisiana folks

Correct. Vote "no" on allum.

easy no’s.

Fellow Louisiana people. This is correct. Vote No across the board. Talk to your friends and family. Get them to get out and vote No on all four amendments.

Easiest ballot ever. Four Nos in a row.

Get the word out about these amendments

Wow, a 40-skeet thread, this guy really has his finger on the pulse

For reasons passing understanding, Louisiana will be having several elections through 2025, with early voting beginning tomorrow for one on March 29 Four constitutional amendments are on the ballot - quick thread on why I'll be voting "no" on all four www.notothemall.org

Would taking away health insurance from half a million Louisianans to pay for tax cuts for billionaires be good for our state or the country, asking for half a million of my friends, family members, and neighbors lailluminator.com/2025/03/06/r...