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(5-12-21) Check Out Jeff Talk on State Budget, Tell Legislators to Fund Early Childhood Education!

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              Two Louisiana budget experts said Wednesday on Jeff Talk that state legislators need to put partisan politics aside and move to fix what’s broken in Louisiana – including unequal pay for women, a revenue system over-reliant on sales taxes that bear heavily on low- and middle-income folks, and shameful neglect of children’s pre-K and kindergarten education.

              Former State Rep. Julie Stokes (R-Kenner) and Jan Moller, executive director of the non-partisan Louisiana Budget Project, made their frustrations known on the latest Facebook Live edition of Jeff Talk, sponsored and hosted by the Jefferson Parish Democratic Executive Committee.

              Among the deepest concerns shared by Stokes and Moller: That early childhood education will again be denied the funding needed to get all Louisiana children off to a good start. Funding could come from a sports betting bill now in the Louisiana Senate, but the bill’s current version does not allow for that. Stokes and Moller urged voters to make their feelings known to:

              ++ Gov. John Bel Edwards, 225-342-7015. To email the governor, search Office of the Governor for a submission form.

              ++ State Senators Rick Ward (R-Port Allen), 225-246-8838; and Page Cortez (R-Lafayette), 337-993-7430. Email them at: cortezp@legis.la.gov, wardr@legis.la.gov.

              ++ Jefferson Parish State Senators Patrick Connick (R-Marrero), 504-347-4535; Cameron Henry (R-Metairie), 504-838-5433; Karen Carter Peterson (D-New Orleans), 504-568-8346; Gary Smith Jr. (D-Norco), 985-764-9122; Kirk Talbot (R-River Ridge), 504-736-7299. Email them at: connickp@legis.la.gov; henryc@legis.la.gov; petersonk@legis.la.gov; smithgl@legis.la.gov; talbotk@legis.la.gov.

              To see the full budget discussion on Jeff Talk, use this link: https://www.facebook.com/JPDemocrats/videos/1386616448376725

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