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Louisiana Legislature 2003 The following are my opinions on the major issues during this Spring 2003 legislative session. If you agree with me, please contact your representatives and let them know how you feel. (The Louisiana Legislative session is now in progress as of April 8, 2003) You can find out who your Louisiana House and Louisiana Senate representatives here. 1) Don't allow industrial use of our valuable drinking water that is located in our underground aquifers. The chemical, manufacturing, and energy industry can instead use surface water found in above ground rivers. River water is easily replenished in Louisiana, but our great drinking water from ancient underground water aquifers are being depleted. 2) Don't give industrial tax exemptions for chemical and oil companies. We needlessly give away millions on the old economy pollution industries that don't employ very many people compared to the cost of having the chemical plants here. I don't even want to think about the terrorists targeting a oil or chemical industrial plant here in Louisiana. Instead of giving the old economy chemical manufacturing industry another multimillion dollar tax break, we should take that money and invest it into education. Education is REAL economic development. Education is the key to high paying technology jobs. We don't need any more chemical manufacturing jobs - we do need high paying new economy technology jobs. We need jobs that employ our university graduates so that they don't move out of state. Sorry folks, but the chemical industry is not our future! Let our politicians know that the chemical plants should not be the focus for Louisiana. Major chemical plants have a lot of influence on our politics. We need to let our Senators and House representatives know that chemical plants are not the future of Louisiana. 3) Say yes to an oil and gas processing tax. Louisiana lets the oil and gas companies destroy billions of dollars worth of our marshes and coastline. California said no to drilling, Florida said no, Alabama said no, Louisiana said YES - we would be the primary domestic source for U.S. energy. It is up to the entire U.S. to pay the full cost of that energy. That means that the oil and gas passing through Louisiana must be taxed to the tune of billions of dollars. That is the true cost of drilling on the Louisiana coastline because of the destruction and loss of our wetlands. Home   Next page