Politicality II

I am violently anti-political. I have for a long time described my political views as "small l" libertarian. I am anti-government.

I believe government usually operates for the apparent benefit of the bureaucrats and the politically connected, not including the governmentally dependent, who are generally exploited by the governmental structure to perpetuate power. Public employees are more equal the other citizens and pressure groups of all kinds are monomanically evil.

I have political theories but I believe that every citizen should be involved. I even believe that corporate executives have a right to express a opinion. I believe in cacophony. I believe in the Internet as the democratization of information.

New Orleans and Louisiana have long nurtured a culture uniquely political and a whole popular culture has grown that filters everything through politics. We have too many elected officials. Some of them are jobs which should be filled by public employees.

Orleans Parish Elected Officials

1. U. S. Representative, 1st Congressional District "Bobby" Jindal, Republican
2. U. S. Representative, 2nd Congressional District William J. Jefferson, Democrat
3. Associate Justice, 1st Supreme Court District of Louisiana Pascal F. Calogero, Jr., Democrat
4. Associate Justice, 7th Supreme Court District of Louisiana Bernette Joshua Johnson, Democrat
5. Judge, Court of Appeal, 4th Circuit at Large James F. McKay, III, Democrat,
6. Judge, Court of Appeal, 4th Circuit at Large Roland L. Belsome, Democrat
7. Judge, Court of Appeal, 4th Circuit, 1st District, Division A Edwin A. Lombard, Democrat
8. Judge, Court of Appeal, 4th Circuit, 1st District, Division B Leon A. Cannizzaro, Jr.
9. Judge, Court of Appeal, 4th Circuit, 1st District, Division C Dennis R. Bagneris, Sr., Democrat
10. Judge, Court of Appeal, 4th Circuit, 1st District, Division D Max N. Tobias, Jr., Democrat
11. Judge, Court of Appeal, 4th Circuit, 1st District, Division E Terri Love, Democrat
12. Judge, Court of Appeal, 4th Circuit, 1st District, Division F "Pattie" Murray, Democrat
13. Judge, Court of Appeal, 4th Circuit, 1st District, Division G Joan Bernard Armstrong
14. Judge, Court of Appeal, 4th Circuit, 1st District, Division H Charles R. Jones, Democrat
15. Public Service Commission, District 1 Jack "Jay" Blossman, Jr., Republican
16. Public Service Commission, District 3 Lambert C. Boissiere, III, Democrat
17. Member, BESE, District 1 Penny Dastugue, Republican
18. Member, BESE, District 2 Louella P. Givens, Democrat
19. State Senator, 1st Senatorial District Walter J. Boasso, Republican
20. State Senator, 2nd Senatorial District Ann Duplessis, Democrat
21. State Senator, 3rd Senatorial District Derrick Shepherd, Democrat
22. State Senator, 4th Senatorial District Edwin R. "Ed" Murray, Democrat
23. State Senator, 5th Senatorial District Diana E. Bajoie, Democrat
24. State Senator, 6th Senatorial District Julie Quinn, Republican
25. State Senator, 7th Senatorial District Francis C. Heitmeier, Democrat
26. State Representative, 82nd Representative District Stephen J. "Steve" Scalise, Republican
27. State Representative, 86th Representative District James W. "Jim" Tucker, Republican
28. State Representative, 91st Representative District Jalila Jefferson, Democrat
29. State Representative, 93rd Representative District Karen Carter, Democrat
30. State Representative, 94th Representative District Emile "Peppi" Bruneau, Republican
31. State Representative, 95th Representative District Alexander "Alex" Heaton, Democrat
32. State Representative, 96th Representative District Juan LaFonta, Democrat
33. State Representative, 97th Representative District
34. State Representative, 98th Representative District Cheryl Gray, Democrat
35. State Representative, 99th Representative District Charmaine Marchand, Democrat
36. State Representative, 100th Representative District Austin J. Badon, Jr., Democrat
37. State Representative, 101st Representative District Cedric Richmond, Democrat
38. State Representative, 102nd Representative District Jeffery "Jeff" Arnold, Democrat
39. State Representative, 103rd Representative District Kenneth L. Odinet, Sr., Democrat
40. Judge, Civil District Court, Division A Carolyn W. Gill-Jefferson, Democrat
41. Judge, Civil District Court, Division B Rose Ledet, Democrat
42. Judge, Civil District Court, Division C Sidney H. Cates, IV, Democrat
43. Judge, Civil District Court, Division D Lloyd J. Medley, Jr., Democrat
44. Judge, Civil District Court, Division E Madeleine Landrieu, Democrat
45. Judge, Civil District Court, Division F Yada T. Magee, Democrat
46. Judge, Civil District Court, Division G Robin Giarrusso, Democrat
47. Judge, Civil District Court, Division H Michael G. Bagneris, Democrat
48. Judge, Civil District Court, Division I Piper Griffin, Democrat
49. Judge, Civil District Court, Division J Nadine Michele Ramsey, Democrat
50. Judge, Civil District Court, Division K Herbert Cade, Democrat
51. Judge, Civil District Court, Division L Kern Reese, Democrat
52. Judge, Civil District Court, Division M Paulette Irons, Democrat
53. Judge, Civil District Court, Division N Ethel Julien, Democrat
54. Judge, Criminal District Court, Section A Charles Elloie, Democrat
55. Judge, Criminal District Court, Section B Lynda Van Davis, Democrat
56. Judge, Criminal District Court, Section C Benedict "Ben" Willard, Democrat
57. Judge, Criminal District Court, Section D Frank A. Marullo, Democrat
58. Judge, Criminal District Court, Section E Calvin Johnson, Democrat
59. Judge, Criminal District Court, Section F Dennis J. Waldron, Democrat
60. Judge, Criminal District Court, Section G Julian Parker, Democrat
61. Judge, Criminal District Court, Section H Camille Buras, Democrat
62. Judge, Criminal District Court, Section I Raymond Bigelow, Democrat
63. Judge, Criminal District Court, Section J Darryl Derbigny, Democrat
64. Judge, Criminal District Court, Section K Arthur L. Hunter, Jr., Democrat
65. Judge, Criminal District Court, Section L Terry Q. Alarcon, Democrat
66. Magistrate, Magistrate Section, Criminal District Court Gerard J. Hansen, Democrat
67. District Attorney, Criminal District Court Eddie Jordan, Democrat
68. Judge, Juvenile Court, Section A Ernestine S. Gray, Democrat
69. Judge, Juvenile Court, Section B C. Hearn Taylor, Democrat
70. Judge, Juvenile Court, Section C David L. Bell, Democrat
71. Judge, Juvenile Court, Section D Lawrence L. "Larry" Lagarde, Jr., Democrat
72. Judge, Juvenile Court, Section E Louis F. Douglas, Other
73. Judge, Juvenile Court, Section F Mark Doherty, Democrat
74. Civil Sheriff Paul R. Valteau, Jr., Democrat
75. Criminal Sheriff Marlin N. Gusman, Democrat
76. Clerk, Civil District Court Dale N. Atkins, Democrat
77. Clerk, Criminal District Court Arthur A. Morrell, Democrat
78. Assessor, 1st Municipal District Darren Mire, Democrat
79. Assessor, 2nd Municipal District Claude Mauberret, Democrat
80. Assessor, 3rd Municipal District Erroll Williams, Democrat
81. Assessor, 4th Municipal District Betty Jefferson, Democrat
82. Assessor, 5th Municipal District "Tom" Arnold, Republican
83. Assessor, 6th Municipal District Nancy Marshall, Democrat
84. Assessor, 7th Municipal District Henry F. Heaton, Democrat
85. Coroner Frank Minyard, Democrat
86. Recorder of Mortgages Desiree M. Charbonnet, Democrat
87. Register of Conveyances Gasper J. Schiro, Democrat
88. Mayor, City of New Orleans C. Ray Nagin, Democrat
89. Councilmember at Large Arnie Fielkow, Democrat
90. Councilmember at Large Oliver M. Thomas, Democrat
91. Councilmember, District A Shelley Stephenson Midura, Democrat
92. Councilmember, District B Stacy Head, Democrat
93. Councilmember, District C James Carter, Democrat
94. Councilmember, District D Cynthia Hedge-Morrell, Democrat
95. Councilmember, District E Cynthia Willard-Lewis, Democrat
96. Judge, Traffic Court, Div. A, City of New Orleans Dennis J. Dannel, Democrat
97. Judge, Traffic Court, Div. B, City of New Orleans Robert E."Bobby" Jones,III, Democrat
98. Judge, Traffic Court, Div. C, City of New Orleans Paul A. Bonin, Democrat
99. Judge, Traffic Court, Div. D, City of New Orleans Ronald J. "Ron" Sholes, Democrat
100. Judge, 1st City Court, Sect. A, City of New Orleans Charles A. Imbornone, Democrat
101. Judge, 1st City Court, Sect. B, City of New Orleans Angelique A. Reed, Democrat
102. Judge, 1st City Court, Sect. C, City of New Orleans Sonja Spears, Democrat
103. Judge, 2nd City Court, City of New Orleans Mary "KK" Norman, Democrat
104. Judge, Municipal Court, City of New Orleans Paul N. Sens, Democrat
105. Judge, Municipal Court, City of New Orleans John A. Shea
106. Judge, Municipal Court, City of New Orleans Bruce J. McConduit, Democrat
107. Judge, Municipal Court, City of New Orleans Sean Early, Democrat
108. Clerk, 1st City Court, City of New Orleans Ellen M. Hazeur, Democrat
109. Clerk, 2nd City Court, City of New Orleans "Marty" Broussard, Democrat
110. Constable, 1st City Court, City of New Orleans Lambert C. Boissiere, Jr., Democrat
111. Constable, 2nd City Court, City of New Orleans Ennis Grundmeyer, Democrat
112. Member of School Board, District 1 Heidi Lovett Daniels, Democrat
113. Member of School Board, District 2 Cynthia Cade, Democrat
114. Member of School Board, District 3 James "Jimmy" Fahrenholtz, Democrat
115. Member of School Board, District 4 Lourdes F. Moran, Democrat
116. Member of School Board, District 5 Phyllis Landrieu, Democrat
117. Member of School Board, District 6 Una Anderson, Democrat
118. Member of School Board, District 7 Torin T. Sanders, Democrat

The above list of 118 elected officials includes;

7 Assessors. 1 should be enough.
4 Clerks of Court, 2 Recorders/Registrars. 1 Parish Clerk should be enough.
2 Sheriffs and 2 Constables. 1 Sheriff should be enough, and we might not even need 1.

That works out to more 1 elected official for every 3,000 pre-K registered voters.

Soon enough the Legislature will reduce the number of State Senators and Representatives.

I also noticed the the number of registered voters is reported to be 308,871. The population over 18 was reported to be 355,266 (2000 census). That's almost 87% of the people old enough vote. That seems kind of high, especially since some of the people over 18 aren't really eligible to vote.