Collection:LPB

Genre: Panel

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 1992-10-23

Duration: 00:27:43

Subjects: Politics | Louisiana. Legislature | Louisiana. Constitutional Convention (1992) | STATE BUDGET

Contributors:

• Collins, Robert Host
• Jetson, Raymond Panelist
• Suire, Harold Panelist
• Dardenne, Jay Panelist
• Skelton, Fred Panelist
• Deshotels, Mike Panelist

This program from October 23, 1992, features Robert Collins leading a panel discussion on the constitutional amendment proposals put forth by the 1992 Constitutional Convention. The panelists are: State Representative Raymond Jetson; Harold Suire, the president of the Council for a Better Louisiana (CABL); State Senator Jay Dardenne; Fred Skelton of the Louisiana Federation of Teachers (LFT); and Mike Deshotels of the Louisiana Association of Educators (LAE). They discuss: the package of twelve constitutional amendments on the statewide ballot; the controversial clause allowing the Legislature to cut 10% from dedicated funds in order to balance the state budget; and LFT and LAE’s concerns about possible cuts to K-12 funding. This program was preserved through the American Archive of Public Broadcasting’s Transcribe to Digitize Challenge, a partnership with George Blood LP.