Need help from expert Researchers, ASAP.....thanks!!!

[AnnInLa]

Fellow DUers, Cheney is coming to our town Friday (tomorrow) to endorse one of our local candidates for state legislature with a high-priced plate dinner. Our local Dems for Kerry group has called a press conference (among other planned activities), and I had this email in my mail early this morning. I know that most of the info needed is local to Louisiana, but you guys are such experts that I thought maybe if you do not work during the day, you could help out????? We are a small group, and this seems a BIG task. Please send any info uncovered to me as DU mail, and I will get it to Stephen (don't want to give Stephen's email addy here because of freepers.) (As an aside, our Kerry headquarters in Lafayette, LA has been broken into twice, and thoroughly trashed, and all of our signs, and materials stolen. Police are doing what they can (?)) Thank you very much if you can help our little group! Scroll down:







Greetings All,

I AM IN URGENT need of some RESEARCH - FACTS AND FIGURES on the following
topics...

SUGAR CANE (Feel free to use this week's TIMES - front page article) -
How much is CAFTA hurting Louisiana's Sugar Farmers?
How much Sugar is projected to be imported from South America?

Assault Weapons Ban
What did BUSH do about this - was he quoted saying ANYTHING about
this ban expiring?
What are POLICE officers saying about this?
Are there any CRIME STATISTICS that prove this should have been
Extended?

No Child Left Behind
How has this UNFUNDED MANDATE hurt LOUISIANA SCHOOLS?
Could lack of FEDERAL FUNDING contributed to OUR CHILDREN BEING left
behind with NO BUS SERVICE?

LA Charity Hospital System
What FEDERAL Dollars does this program receive and has it been cut
in the past 4 years?
What FEDERAL CUTS have we had to endure as a state RE: Medical
Coverage/Assistance (Claude??)

Halliburton
How much RICE did Halliburton Purchase and from whom for their
CONTRACT in IRAQ (Monisha?)
What Percentage of Halliburton's revenue comes from the USA?
How much as the USA paid HALIBURTON in the form of it's NO BID
CONTRACTS?
List some examples of OVER PRICED items with Halliburton

ANY OTHER suggestions you have that will show how BUSH/CHENEY is NOT good
for LOUISIANA and that they are COSTING us more and we are getting little
back.

We are putting together a PRESS CONFRENCE for CHENEY's visit, that will counter the repub press conference... And I really need the help on the above items... If
you could let me know when you are working on a certain title/topic that
will help... I REALLY need all of this by NOON TOMORROW if at all possible
and if we are to be successful. PLEASE help in any way you can... And let
me know...

WITH ALL THE INFORMATION - I need it to be footnoted - attach the hyperlink
to the NEWSPAPER or the PENTAGON or whatever site you find with the
information on it for us to foot note this for the reporters... Last thing
we want to do is quote something wrong...

PLEASE HELP anyway you can... This is SO VERY IMPORTANT - the REPUBLICANS
ARE ATTACKING US HARD in the coming weeks... We must stand up and say we are
NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE and we have the FACTS on our side...

Let me know... And thanks...

Sites that will help...
www.centerforamericanprogress.com
Any and all BIG NEWSPAPERS - GOOGLE YOUR BUTTS OFF!

THANKS!

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Stephen G.
District 5 Rep / Webmaster
Lafayette Parish DEC
www.LafayetteDemocrats.org

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