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To: Victor Lazlo who wrote (159647)	11/17/2003 10:19:05 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

are you serious? I mean you can't be serious when you act like it is my personal prejudice when discussing LA being corrupt. You realize of course they have made movies about this very topic... ever see "the big easy"? It could be a myth at this point (although my elderly aunt as early as 10 years ago said not so)... but for as long as 100 years as best as I can tell Louisiana has had a reputation for the most corrupt state in the country. Look it up on the web if you want. I think you must not know much about LA- I happen to be familiar with New Orleans, since I lived in Texas for a time. The term "widows and orphans" was made up to describe LAs corrupt cops 50 years ago. At this point the corrupt LA government is almost a tourist attraction. Tyler Bridges calls it "the Louisiana way." "It's when a politician uses his public office to line his pockets and the pockets of his friends," says the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter. "I like to say that Louisiana was settled by pirates and there's been a pirate mentality ever since." Bridges spent three years covering former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards for the Times-Picayune, an assignment that resulted in Bad Bet on the Bayou: The Rise of Gambling in Louisiana and the Fall of Governor Edwin Edwards, Bridges' exhaustive account of the bribes and payoffs that ultimately landed Edwards behind bars. www2.tulane.edu Louisiana’s history of political corruption is often attributed as one of the main reasons why the state fails to attract new manufacturers and industry. Parent, who is currently working on a book about the uniqueness of Louisiana politics, offered the following comment regarding past and present Louisiana political corruption. “If we’re not the most politically corrupt state in the union, we’re still definitely in the big leagues.” politicsla.com