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As parents fret about formula shortage, many turn to community for help
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Baton Rouge parents turn to community amidst formula shortage
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BY ALLISON ALLSOP @allisonallsop Parents struggling through the formula shortage have learned to rely on each other. AJ Calhoun, a graduate student studying clinical psychology, is a father to a 7-month-old. Calhoun’s daughter is still receiving the majority of her nutrients from formula. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends introducing new foods to children around 6 months of age; however, this is only an introduction, and breast milk or formula should remain the primary nutrition source until about 12 months. Calhoun, with the approval of his daughter’s pediatrician, has started to introduce his daughter to more foods and purées. Formula has become a stressful item within his household, and the shortage has taken its toll on them. Calhoun said that he and his partner have to often travel as far as Opelousas, an hour drive from Baton Rouge, in order to find their daughter’s formula. Calhoun switched his daughter to Enfamil after the Similac recall. He said that she was experiencing major health issues that subsided once they switched. “She was spitting up in the middle of the night, and she would spit up almost after every bottle. It would start coming out her nose and her mouth. And it would cause her to stop breathing for a couple seconds.” His daughter stopped having these issues after the switch, but they now must deal with the shortage. Several issues have led to the formula shortage that is plaguing the United States. The effects on the supply-chain due to COVID-19, the recall on Similac, factory shutdowns, and up chargers have all contributed to this rising concern. While it may seem distant for many students on campus, this crisis is hitting close to home for many. The shortage started after a recall on Similac was released in February. Abbott, the producer of Similac and other nutrient rich products, shut down one of their factories in Michigan after the recall. Abbott announced on Saturday that they would be restarting production. Supply-chain issues due to the pandemic were affecting the supplies of baby formula before the recall and shutdowns, but it was most noticeable after Similac had a large decrease in production. Several government agencies and individuals have stepped in to try to resolve the crisis. President Biden called on WIC to expand their waivers to make changing formula easier on parents. The Food and Drug Administration has increased international imports of formula from several
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Malcolm Baker and Dave Williams, of the Down South Burners Motorcycle Club, help hand out formula at a recent formula drive. companies. Biden initiated Operation Fly Formula to use Department of Defense aircrafts to transport the international formula. Biden also invoked the Defense Production Act that will allow formula manufacturers dibs on production materials. Although these changes have been rolled out, it takes weeks to see the results on the shelves. Until then, parents will continue to struggle. Calhoun has relied on family and friends during this time, saying that they’ve received formula from Georgia, Pennsylvania and Florida. Some people do not have family to rely on to send them formula or family members may not be able to find it either. Parents have started to rely heavily on their communities, especially their online communities. Facebook groups such as Moms Of Baton Rouge and Formula Spotted 225 have banded together to create a space where parents can rely on each other. Members of these groups will post about any stock they can find so that others know where to go. They will also be on the lookout for specific brands or types if they know someone else needs help. The comment sections within these groups are filled with overwhelming support. Formula Spotted 225 even has a formula pantry put together by one of its members. Local Facebook groups are not the only online support being seen at this time. Raven Lindsey, a 24-year-old from Baton Rouge, said that she once posted on Twitter asking her friends to keep an eye out for a certain formula type. She then received a direct message from a lady in California. The woman overnighted the
formula to Lindsey and did not charge a dime. While there is immense support for mothers online, there are also people attempting to take advantage of them. Lindsey explained that she often encounters people with a surplus of formula trying to sell it and make a profit. Lindsey said that this is not something that people should be trying to make a profit on. She said that these resellers are creating an inconvenience for mothers trying to find the products they need for their children. Buying formula from another person would not be covered under WIC, which many mothers use to afford the formula. Lindsey said that the current process for WIC is very frustrating. She said that to buy a new or different formula under WIC funds, you have to first go into the office to change it on your account. This is stressful even without a shortage because parents often have to try multiple types of formula before they find out which one is suitable for their child. The shortage heightens this issue. Parents sometimes must stray away from their normal formula due to limitations on stock; however, by the time they are able to receive an allowance through WIC, the store may be sold out completely. Lindsey also said she is having issues getting her WIC accepted. Thankfully, she has been able to afford formula and has had community support when needed. One community resource that recently helped her was a formula distribution event put on by Councilwoman Chauna Banks. Banks hosted the event on Saturday at the Jewel J. Newman Community Center. They had 375 cans of formula ready for distribution.
The formula was donated shortly before the shortage began. “All of a sudden we start hearing about the baby formula shortage,” Banks said. “So that’s when we decided to schedule the drive. It was just a coincidence that we had all this baby formula.” Banks was assisted on the day by the Down South Burners Motorcycle Club. They also handed out distilled water and baby wipes with every can of formula. With the help of Facebook groups, community events, and help from friends and family, many parents have not found themselves in dire circumstances. However, Dr. Pamela Woods, a pediatrician with Children’s International, warns against certain actions if parents do find themselves in these situations. “We really don’t recommend making your own formula,” Woods said. “Some parents may have tried to stretch the formula by adding more water to the bottle when making bottles, that’s something else we don’t recommend.” Woods said these actions could lead to dehydration, electrolyte imbalances, hospitalization, and seizures. She said that it is usually OK to switch formulas if necessary, but speak with a pediatrician first. Woods said that pediatrician offices sometimes have samples they can provide to parents, but they are also being affected by the shortage. Anyea Coleman-Vargas, with the Louisiana Primary Care Association, said that community health care workers can help mothers in need. They have a network of resources and connections to help people who are struggling and do not know where to go next. “This is the time to lean on your community,” Woods said.
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BY PIPER HUTCHINSON Piper Hutchinson | LSU Manship School News Service Editor’s note: This story was updated on Sunday to include the latest action on Senate Bills 342 and 388 BATON ROUGE–The Senate gave final passage Sunday to a bill that would enhance criminal penalties for abortion providers. Senate Bill 342, sponsored by Sen. Katrina Jackson, D-Monroe, would increase criminal penalties for abortion providers under Louisiana’s trigger laws. The bill passed the House Thursday on a 72-25 vote, with Democratic Reps. Robby Carter of Amite, Chad Brown of Plaquemine, Mack Cormier of Belle Chasse, Travis Johnson of Vidalia, Jeremy LaCombe of Livonia and Francis Thompson of Delhi supporting the bill. Rep. Mary DuBuisson of Slidell was the only Republican to vote against the bill.
The Senate voted to concur 29-4, with Democratic Sens. Regina Barrow of New Orleans, Gary Smith of Norco and Jackson
joining Republicans in supporting the bill. Louisiana is one of thirteen states with trigger laws that go
into effect if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. Under a law signed by former Gov. Kathleen Blanco, a Democrat,
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A House committee advanced a bill sponsored by Sen. Katrina Jackson that would increase criminal penalties for abortion providers.
most abortions would become illegal almost immediately upon the overturning of Roe. Existing statute allows for prison terms of one to five years and fines of $5,000 to $50,000 for abortion providers. Jackson’s bill increases the penalties to one to 10 years of prison time and fines of $10,000 to $100,000. Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, said at a press conference Thursday that he supports exceptions for rape and incest. He has not yet said whether he would veto Jackson’s bill. He has previously supported bills that do not include the exceptions. The bill was amended significantly on the House floor. Rep. Julie Emerson, R-Carencro, who carried the bill on the floor, sponsored 15 pages of amendments to the five-page bill. Included in the amendments
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CAMPUS LIFE
LSU nears its recycling goal with help of campus initiatives BY BETHANY BISSELL @BissellBethany Savannah Porter spent three hours picking up plastic on Nicholson Drive last month. “Even if it didn’t appear that it had been outside for that long, it was breaking down,” Porter, a veterinary medicine student, said. “If you found a plastic fork and you went to pick it up, it disintegrated into a bunch of microplastics.” The cleanup was one of a
handful of programs Porter participates in aimed at minimizing waste on campus. These projects contribute to a broader goal of the university: to recycle 75% of its waste by 2030. Tammy Millican, executive director of facility and property oversight, presides over Campus Sustainability, the organization on campus spearheading its recycling program. “It’s the right thing to do for our campus community,” Millican said. “When we teach our stu-
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Garbage and recyclables overflow from two dumpsters on Nov. 1, 2021, by the Pentagon Community in Baton Rouge, La.
dents those great habits, they go with them when they leave.” The city and LSU both recycle through a private company called Republic Services. Baton Rouge is the only city in the state that utilizes single stream recycling, where all recyclables are placed in one bin and picked up curbside. “Then they are brought to the Materials Recovery Facility where the materials are sorted, and processed as recyclables,” said Mark Armstrong, chief communications officer for the City of Baton Rouge. “Last year, 2021, the City of Baton Rouge recycled 11,800 tons of recyclable materials.” The university’s recycling efforts don’t end there. Millican said the school partners with several other companies, so that as much waste as possible can be reused. Student workers collect batteries, printer ink cartridges and other electronic waste to be recycled, and Campus Sustainability provides options to recycle construction waste when new buildings go up. Food waste in kitchens on campus is sent to be converted to animal food. “The amount of recycling that takes place is increasing,” Millican said. “And it’s happening in more creative ways.” When Campus Sustainability was founded in 2008, the campus was recycling around 20% of its waste. In 2021, it was up to 40%. Millican said part of their success has been keeping their recycling
initiatives responsive. When the pandemic happened, they created provisions for personal protective equipment. “We noticed that there was a lot of PPE and masks and stuff on the ground,” Millican said. “So we found a company that could recycle the PPE.” Millican said that in order to get to their 75% goal, the campus also has to embrace zero waste options as much as she can. Campus Sustainability talks with organizations on campus about ways to host zero waste events. “You can use glasses and not a lot of plastic utensils,” Millican said. “You could also use a PowerPoint presentation instead of printing signage and information.” Millican said that these kinds of changes are more about the campus’ mindset and require the entire LSU community to buy into avoiding waste from the start. At the veterinary school, Porter and some other students started an initiative with a recycling program called NexTrex. They placed 10 specialized recycling bins around the school. “They could collect all the plastics that were otherwise non recyclable,” Porter said. “So if it’s stretchy and quiet versus loud and crinkly, it can go in our recycling bins.” Plastics bottles for things like drinks and lotion can be rinsed and recycled in typical recycling bins. The NexTrex bins provide a space for plastic shopping bags
and cling wrap to be recycled. When the bins collect 500 pounds of plastic, NexTrex gives a park bench to the campus. The veterinary school earned its first bench in six months. Porter said they’re a month into their second round, and they’ve collected 100 pounds of plastic so far. She hopes to expand the program to the whole campus. “It could really be a much bigger program,” Porter said. “The school as a whole could get behind it, and the school could actually end up making money from it.” Porter also participated in a program that collects grocery bags and plastic bottles. The bags are used to pack the water bottles, turning them into ecobricks, which can be used to build houses and other structures. “You can fit about 50 plastic grocery bags into one plastic water bottle,” Porter said. “If you do it correctly, you fill up this water bottle, and then put the lid back on it and it’s become a brick because it’s so packed with other plastics.” Porter said that she wishes there was more overlap between the work she does at the veterinary school and the efforts of Campus Sustainability. “There’s a lot of sustainability initiatives on campus that aren’t brought over to the vet school,” Porter said. “My goal is by the time I’m gone to have
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ABORTION, from page 3 that passed, were exceptions to the criminal penalties for abortion providers in circumstances involving the life or health of the mother, or if the fetus had a condition that is not compatible with life. Several amendments to the bill were killed on the floor. Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, proposed an amendment that would make it explicit that the criminal penalties could not be applied to women who end their own pregnancies. Landry’s amendment was shot down. Emerson argued that the bill’s language would already prevent that from happening. While Jackson’s bill would not criminalize those who undergo abortions, abortion rights advocates point out that women who end their pregnancies could potentially be penalized under other existing abortion statutes.
RECYCLING, from page 3 gotten some of those (programs) brought over.” Porter would like to see some of Campus Sustainability’s dining initiatives carried over to the veterinary school. The office established a composting program for
Louisiana’s criminal code defines “person” as “a human being from the moment of fertilization and implantation.” This definition could potentially allow for prosecution of anybody who ends a pregnancy, not just abortion providers. Landry introduced a bill to prevent such prosecutions, but the bill was rejected in April by the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. Other amendments killed include another by Landry that would have expanded the exception for the life and health of the mother to include mental health conditions; one by Rep. Cedric Glover, D-Shreveport, that would have created an exemption for rape and incest; and one from Rep. Aimee Freeman, D-New Orleans, that would have allowed for just one doctor, rather than two, to certify that the fetus had a condition that is not compatible with life. In opposing the amendments
that would exclude rape or incest, Emerson read comments from Rep. Patricia Moore of Monroe, who has been out on leave for much of the session. Moore, a pro-life Democrat, shared her mother’s experience as a teenager pregnant from a rape in the 1950s. Glover argued that women should have a choice, pointing out that safe and legal abortions were not an option for a poor teenager in the 1950s, two decades before Roe v. Wade. Landry took to the floor to oppose the bill, speaking on her Catholic faith. “This has made political pawns of women’s bodies,” Landry said. “I’m as Catholic as all of you,” Landry said. “You don’t have to follow all the dogma of our respective religions.” The Legislature also gave final passage Friday to a bill that would criminalize providing abortioninducing medication by mail.
Senate Bill 388, sponsored by Sen. Sharon Hewitt, R-Slidell, prohibits the sale of abortion-inducing medication by prescribers outside of the state. The bill passed the House Friday on a 72-24 vote, with Democratic Reps. Robby Carter of Amite, Chad Brown of Plaquemine, Mack Cormier of Belle Chasse, Travis Johnson of Vidalia, Jeremy LaCombe of Livonia, and Francis Thompson of Delhi joining House Republicans in supporting the bill. The bill was carried on the floor by Rep. Laurie Schlegel, RJefferson. The bill expands the definition of criminal abortion to include delivering, dispensing, distributing, or providing abortifacients when the person administering the medication is not a doctor licensed in Louisiana, effectively banning abortion by mail. The law provides for five to 10 years of prison time or a $10,000 to $75,000 fine, or both. If the
post-consumer waste, and they partnered with businesses on campus like CC’s Coffee to offer discounts to students who bring reusable containers for their drinks. “We want to find ways to make it part of everybody’s day,” Millican said. Porter said she talks about the
convenience of certain sustainable options when she encourages others to reduce waste and recycle. She said that can be more compelling than overwhelming or lecturing them. “I don’t think it’s OK to shame anybody,” Porter said. “The biggest thing is education, and showing people how easy it can be.”
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pregnant person is a minor, the penalty for the medication provider could range from 15 to 50 years of imprisonment or a $15,000 to $100,00 fine, or both. Opponents of the bill argued that it is unconstitutional, as it potentially violates the federal Commerce Clause. Freeman sponsored an amendment to the bill that also would prohibit the sale of erectile dysfunction drugs by mail. “If we are going to legislate what women are trying to order through the mail, we should also legislate what men are trying to get through the mail,” Freeman argued. House Speaker Clay Schexnayder, R-Gonzales, ruled that the amendment was not germane to the bill. The amendments were concurred on by the Senate Friday on a 31-1 vote. Several Democrats were out for the vote. Both bills now go to the governor for action.
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Life’s calamities may propel you to be more secluded and less likely to take on the problems of others. Tend to feelings of burnout as needed and don’t feel obligated to be everyone’s everything. You may also restructure your habits in subtle ways — such as spending more responsibly and reducing your daily media consumption.
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You’re entering a new era, and could be feeling inspired to live more and worry less. Hit the town with friends, try that new restaurant or do something out of the box — like taking a pottery class. Conflict may arise at this time, but it’s nothing worth getting out of character over. Live your life and pick your battles.
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Looking for a cool treat? Check out the best snowballs in BR BY EMMA DUHE @3mmaduh3_ It’s finally summer in South Louisiana, which can only mean one thing: snowball season is upon us. For those not native to Louisiana, the word “snowball” (colloquially “snoball” or “sno-ball”)
may not mean anything to you. You may think “Oh, it’s shaved ice!” or, “Oh, like a snow cone?” But snowballs are so much more than that. Snowballs were invented (or, at the very least, perfected) in New Orleans in 1933 when Ernest Hansen invented the first shaved ice machine. New Orlea-
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nians combined finely shaved ice and sugary flavored syrups to create a treat to beat the southern heat. Today, snowballs are a standard across Louisiana. Classic flavors like strawberry and grape remain, but nowadays there are a much wider range of options. Most stands now boast clear
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versions of classic flavors, the perfect choice for anyone who doesn’t want to stain their mouth blue, as well as, a broader range of nontraditional flavors like king cake, for those who have ever thought to themselves, “What if the flavor ‘cinnamon’ could be cold?” Toppings such as caramel,
Sweet Society
For the classic snowball connoisseur
For the adventurous snowball connoisseur
For the international snowball connoisseur
If you’re seeking a snowball experience that is unbelievably classic, look no further than The Sno Shop, located at 3655A Perkins Rd. This stand has a wide variety of flavors to choose from, such as clear bubble gum, piña colada and ice cream, as well as, the typical fruity standards. You can also opt to stuff your snowball with gummy bears, ice cream or even dill pickles, if you’re into that sort of thing. The stand serves a variety of chips, candy, soft drinks, nachos and hot dogs, making The Sno Shop a one-stop shop for summertime treats. The blacktop parking lot where the stand is located didn’t do much to help the heat, but the refreshing snowballs sure did.
Rainbow Delites (10770 N Harrells Ferry Rd) offers something its competitors can’t match: a drive thru. While Rainbow Delites offers many of the standard fruit flavors, they also bring to the table many fun flavor combinations, such as the Spiderman, a mix of red tropical punch and blue polar punch, and the Ninja Turtle, a mix of different citrus flavors. They also have more far-out flavors like coffee, wine cooler and praline. Another perk of this shop is the widest range of sizes I’ve seen, ranging from kiddie (6 oz.) to jumbo (32 oz.) This stand also serves lots of concession-style snacks and foods, including hot dogs, nachos and Frito pies.
If you’re looking for a fresh take on the classic frozen treat, head to Sweet Society for their bingsu. Bingsu is a Korean interpretation of shaved ice, made from frozen milk or cream and topped with fresh fruit, cookie pieces or whipped cream. The texture of the ice is uniquely soft and melt-in-your-mouth, and the natural flavoring is a welcome break from synthetic syrups found at the classic snowball stand. The shaved ice acting as its own sweetner also makes for a distinct experience. If that’s not enough to convince you, Sweet Society is located smack dab in the middle of Red Stick Social, a favorite gathering spot located on Government Street that is full of businesses.
sweetened condensed milk, gummy bears, and Oreos are also offered at snowball stands. At some select stands, you can stuff your snowball with ice cream or even cheesecake if you so choose. Now that I have you craving a cool treat, come with me as I take you through four snowball options in the Baton Rouge area.
Snoman Snoballs For the Baton Rouge native Last, but certainly not least, is Snoman Snoballs. As a Baton Rouge native who has spent my entire life frequenting Snoman Snoballs, it’s a personal staple. The texture of these snowballs is absolutely perfect. The ice is shaved to soft perfection with little to no clumps, and the syrup is always consistent and present without being overpowering. Toppings include caramel, gummy bears and cherries, as well as, the option to stuff your snowball with ice cream. If you don’t want a snowball, you can also get soft serve ice cream, a milkshake or a sundae, as well as, classic concession food, such as nachos and hot dogs.
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Editorial Board: Legislature and administration failed LSU BY THE REVEILLE EDITORIAL BOARD Despite some small budgetary wins, LSU comes away from this legislative session worse than it entered. The legislature and the administration share the blame. By attacking tenure, wrangling against full pay raises for faculty and passing a bill to ban trans athletes in collegiate sports, legislators put Louisiana on the higher education map for all the wrong reasons—and our LSU leaders did nothing to stop them. Take Sen. Stewart Cathey, RMonroe, who passed his resolution to establish a task force to recommend tenure changes without so much as a peep of opposition from LSU officials. Cathey, who has publicly tweeted that it’s time to end tenure, included tired language in his resolution about “indoctrination” on university campuses. Tenure is foundational to intellectual freedom in higher educa-
tion, allowing faculty to explore projects and research without fear of reprisal from corporations, special interests or the government. Opening it up to review from a Legislature that has repeatedly beaten back progress for the university over the years is a plan doomed to fail. And it’s not hard to imagine that these looming threats to academic freedom could steer talented faculty away from the university, if they haven’t already. Threats to tenure don’t exactly fit into LSU President William Tate’s “scholarship first” mission. Still, Cathey’s proposal apparently isn’t enough for him or other university officials to take a stand, despite Tate’s claim that tenure is the hill he’d die on. “President Tate has publicly stated that he is supportive of tenure,” LSU spokesperson Ernie Ballard told the Reveille in April. “But the university doesn’t take a position on any piece of legisla-
tion.” First, the university certainly takes positions on some legislation. Why else would LSU employ lobbyists? Second, the university has an imperative to use those lobbyists to fight legislation that threatens its future. The university could be a powerful special interest that offers an end to the goal lawmakers claim to hold: to move Louisiana up endless lists of poor rankings in education, health and quality of life. But instead of wielding this power to its full potential, the president and the Board of Supervisors stand idly by while lawmakers steamroll principles that are integral to the university’s mission. And tenure wasn’t the only issue that raised concerns for higher education this session. A bill that would ban transgender girls and women from competing in sports, in K-12 and college athletics, authored by Sen.
Beth Mizell, R-Franklinton, was sent to the governor’s desk at the end of May. Apparently the state’s reverence for college athletics stops where the bigotry starts. The legislation could ruin the state’s chance to host major college sports tournaments like March Madness. It also marks Louisiana as a state moving backward, pushing young residents and potential talent away from the university and other hubs of development. Legislators also refused to grant 5% raises for university faculty–though, the governor moved money around with a line-item veto to restore the full raises. Whether that veto will stand remains to be seen. Offering competitive pay to faculty across disciplines is essential to retaining and recruiting university talent. The hesitancy to invest in faculty is representative of an atmosphere at the Capitol
that is openly hostile to higher education. The university has the potential to vault Louisiana into a better future. It trains the next generation of leaders and offers solutions to everything from the state’s cancer rates to its disappearing coastal land. It’s the place that shows us all what Louisiana has the potential to be. It deserves champions at the Capitol, but this session, legislators foreshadowed the uphill battle that lies ahead. The cut to the state sales tax in 2025 will slash state revenue by hundreds of millions of dollars; higher education, one of three major budget items that are not statutorily protected, will likely be among the first targets of budget cuts. It’s going to take fearless, loud advocacy to protect and advance the future of higher education in Louisiana. Are our leaders up to the task?
Opinion: Raymond Crews and colleagues holding state back CHARLIE’S ANGLES CHARLIE STEPHENS @charliestephns Rep. Raymond Crews identifies as a conservative Christian. Or as I call him, a conservative extremist. He doesn’t waste a moment trying to prove it by any means necessary. How might you ask? By making sure that Louisiana children are exposed to a deadly virus during school, signing a petition to remove the mask mandate and quarantining rules. Standing pat in his campaign of COVID misinformation despite numerous medical experts patiently explaining the obvious to him. (Yes, the Pfizer vaccine is FDA approved. Yes, the Pfizer vaccine is available in Louisiana. No, nobody in Louisiana has died from the vaccine.) Ensuring that businesses that “discriminate” against the gun industry don’t receive state contracts. Being instrumental in the death of bills to raise the minimum wage, arguing that raising the minimum wage (by as little as $2) would “make Louisiana worse
off.” Further arguing that women deserve to make less money than men because they don’t work as hard. Crews’ dedication to his “conservative” values even called for him to revive Louisiana’s Don’t Say Gay bill after it failed to garner enough votes in the House Education Committee. Because the state clearly has nothing more important to worry about than making sure teenagers don’t know that their teacher is gay. He was also a leading voice in advocating against legislation that would have banned the barbaric practice of conversation therapy saying that it was a “restriction of free speech.” Crews wanted to know why the bill didn’t include provisions to protect straight people from being forced to become queer. These are just a few of the various tirades that Crews has engaged in during his years in the legislature and there are plenty more that I don’t have time to enumerate. The unifying factor between these bills is not their conservative intent but their lack thereof. Crews and his peers in the legislature continue to use the Bible and their supposed conservative values as an excuse to push their
mean-spirited ideologies on the people of Louisiana. Members of the Legislature are charged with improving the lives of the people of this state, but Crews and too many of his colleagues are far more interested in pushing national culture war legislation that does nothing but embarrass those of us yearning for a future for Louisiana. People like Crews are the reason that Louisiana has a brain drain, the reason why young people refuse to stay in the state. It’s as simple as that. My generation is on track to be most diverse, most educated generation yet and extremist political antics are not something that we take well considering we are also an increasingly progressive generation that hasn’t clung onto the hateful tactics of Crews and company. If we want a future for Louisiana, we need less people like Raymond Crews in power and the longer we wait the more other states will pass us up using talent generated at universities like LSU. Crews is an ever-increasing embarrassment to Louisiana’s people and especially its promising youth. Despite Crews’ antics, clearly a desperate bid for media attention, his Republican colleagues
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Rep. Raymond Crews, R-Bossier City. are no less despicable in their actions. Raymond is simply the ringleader of the increasingly powerful and horrifically vocal fringe, and he must go.
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Only then can Louisiana begin the path to prosperity. Charlie Stephens is a 21-year-old political communication senior from Baton Rouge.
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