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While I have great respect for Democratic State Legislators, of which State Rep. Michael Jackson, (D-61st), is one; I am disturbed by some information that I've uncovered about his State House campaign.
In doing some research on a project I am looking to start, I have been going through the websites of Democratic legislators and researching their finance people. This past election season, Michael Jackson's Finance Chairperson was a Christy Casteel.
If you click on her name, you'll see that she is listed as Richard Baker's Chief of Staff. Don't believe it yet? Then click here, and you'll see Richard Baker's Chief of Staff listed as none other than Christy Casteel.
It gets better, or worse, depending on how you look at it. Who did Richard Baker endorse for the 61st District in last year's legislative races? None other than State Rep. Michael Jackson.
And what was Christy Casteel's comment for Richard Baker on that endorsement?
"All of these people we are helping are friends."
I have a hard time believing that Ms. Casteel's, and by extension, Richard Baker's motives are pure in this case. After all, Ms. Casteel served as then Vice-President George H.W. Bush's Louisiana Campaign Director back in 1988. And Congressman Baker, as we all know, is a dyed-in-the-wool Republican.
Could they be pushing Rep. Jackson to run in the Democratic primary, only so the GOP can easily defeat him in a general election?
And remember that it was Richard Baker who said, of New Orleans and Katrina:
"We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. We couldn't do it, but God did."
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