From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governors Dave Treen and Edwin Edwards carry between them a large plate of glass labeled, "Handle with care...$136 million income tax increase...Fragile."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Dave Treen, dressed as a farmer, is standing in his plowed rows. Behind him is a sign in a row labeled "State needs $." Treen is holding a large book labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A fortune teller named Madame Clarity looks into a crystal ball and sees, "La. fiscal crisis." She appears dismayed. A man sits in a chair opposite, and he is labeled, "Special...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A golfer is in the foreground and behind him is the rolling terrain of a golf course. He is wearing a shirt labeled, "Public Affairs Research Council" and is standing next to a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Dave Treen sits under a large tree labeled, "The money tree" with empty branches. Around him on the ground are many fallen leaves. The last leaf on the tree...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Dave Treen is driving a van labeled, "La. Dept. of Revenue." All around him are signs reading, "OPEC...Oil cut $5...Mexicoil...Price cut." He says, "Down,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Pletcher's Everyman character, labeled, "La. taxpayer," sits in a chair in front of a desk across from a man dressed as a doctor (smock, head lamp). The desk has a nameplate...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man in a car labeled "Economic development" has stopped at the drive through teller window of a bank. A large sign above the bank reads, "Multiparish banking," and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A high sided truck is stopped at the entrance of a much shorter tunnel. The tunnel entrance is labeled "Revenues." The truck box is labeled "Costs...State govt. line." The truck...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled, "A special tax raising legislative session" watches the pressure gauge on a boiler rise. The boiler is labeled, "Pressures for new revenues...$." Louisiana...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. At the bottom of the cartoon is a map of Louisiana, labeled "La. launch pad." In the background, the horizon shows the curve of the earth, and planets are shown in the sky. On...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A cow with an udder labeled "La. [Louisiana] milk prices" jumps over the moon. The earth is seen in the background, along with other planets and stars. The cartoon caption...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Outside of a building labeled "La. Dept. of Revenue" are two men, one short and one tall. The short man is labeled "Short collections," and the tall man is labeled, "Long...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards is dressed as Santa Claus and is driving his sleigh through the night sky. In his sleigh is a large bag labeled, "Teachers-state employes [sic:...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans mayor Ernest Morial stirs a large pot (cauldron) over a fire. Inside the cauldron is a book titled "Legislative wish book." Morial looks back over his shoulder at...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen is standing in a wooden stall or kiosk labeled, "Public workers' aid center...Outgrowth of fed. budget cuts." A first aid kit hangs from a nail at...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled, "Senate committee" looks down at a book on a table, with "La. fiscal crisis" on the cover. He yells, "Quick!...Fix!!" A man in a plaid suit, bowler hat, and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A naked man labeled "Fiscal facts" across his back shivers as he stands in water only up to his ankles. The water [Gulf of Mexico?] is labeled "State revenues down," and in the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The Louisiana state capitol building is labeled, "Special tax session" and has two signs hanging from the top. One reads, "The test: what's best for Louisiana," and the other,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two small fish swim in one direction while a larger fish swims in the opposite direction. One small fish is labeled, "Social Security cuts," and the other "Welfare cuts." The...
