State Democrats announce formation of "truth team" to counter GOP statements

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/02/post_423.html

Published: Monday, February 13, 2012, 3:09 PM Updated: Monday, February 13, 2012, 4:29 PM
Ed Anderson, The Times-Picayune By Ed Anderson, The Times-Picayune

BATON ROUGE -- State Democratic Party Chairman Buddy Leach said Monday the party will launch an effort leading up to the fall elections to counter statements made by Republicans about President Barack Obama's record and those of other Democratic candidates.

In a statewide conference call with reporters, Leach said the "Louisiana Truth Team" will involve members of the state party, officials of the AFL-CIO and the Young Democrats who will "set the record straight" on Democrats' accomplishments and attacks on them by the GOP.

Leach said that the first signs of the operation should come in "the next three to five days" when the party will give Louisiana residents the Democratic view of the impact that Gov. Bobby Jindal's proposed new budget will have on the state and public services.

Jindal proposed budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 calls for cutting 6,400 positions in state government, privatizing some services, revising the state's teacher tenure laws, expanding the state's charter school and voucher programs and reworking the state's pension programs.

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