Tauzin expects incumbents' plan for boundaries will be adopted

The Times-Picayune ^ | 09/11/01 | Steve Ritea

[chemicalman]

BATON ROUGE -- The dean of Louisiana's U.S. House delegation said he expects state lawmakers to follow more or less the congressional incumbents' plan for redrawing their districts based on the latest census figures.

Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-Chackbay, told the Baton Rouge Press Club on Monday that he has met with state legislators, including Senate President John Hainkel and Rep. Peppi Bruneau, both R-New Orleans and "there was a general appreciation of our efforts and general approval of what we've done."

[Uncle Sham]

New Orleans LOST population while Lafayette was about the only city in the state to show significant growth. What do our esteemed legislators do? Punish Lafayette by dividing it into two districts, thereby diminishing it's political strength. This isn't going to stand.