Opponent of Bobby Jindal education proposals draws political fire
Published: Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 10:15 PM Updated: Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 6:31 AM
House Minority Leader John Bel Edwards, who along with teacher unions has emerged as the top foil in Gov. Bobby Jindal's push to restructure primary and secondary education in Louisiana, is drawing political fire. Edwards, D-Amite, told his colleagues in a House floor speech Tuesday that he has received a public records request from a Baton Rouge attorney, Bryan Jeansonne, to produce all email correspondence between the Democratic Caucus leader and the Louisiana Federation of Teachers or any of its employees.
Louisiana House Minority Leader John Bel EdwardsJeansonne is the law partner of Jason Dore, executive director of the Louisiana Republican Party. The party and the law firm are located in the same office building.
Edwards also brandished a letter from Jeansonne to the Tangipahoa Parish School Board in which the attorney requested a list of all the system's teachers and their home addresses. Edwards said that his wife is a Tangipahoa teacher and a member of the LFT.
"That is beneath the dignity of this body. It is unworthy of the