By: Jackie Lansdale • Contributing Columnist
Take the race for House Rep District 4. If you are in that district, one of the candidates is pounding you with mailouts, calls, and texts. All of this is financed by a South Louisiana group. They are pro-charter and pro-voucher. I don't have to tell you about that. But you really need to pay attention to one of the board members, Rispone. He is gunning for our pension. That is why they are spending the big bucks on this candidate. You call that a shill.
Let's elect a known public education supporter, Jasmine Green. She is in her third term on the Caddo Board and while her opponent is promising a pay raise (in exchange for the above) Jasmine has delivered pay increases and salary schedule changes on more than one occasion. She knows us and we know her. Her opponent will not answer to you, but to those from out of town. She owes them, not us. Yes, you call that a shill.