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 stands in a doorway and appears shocked and dismayed at what he sees. A man labeled "Pre-legislature sing song" sits at an upright piano, playing...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards drives a convertible toward two oil wells spurting out oil labeled, "Sales tax...Oil." On the back of his car is a sign reading, "La. pay raise...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Dave Treen is dressed as a railroad conductor, and he is holding a large stopwatch labeled, "Capital outlay timetable." He is thinking about a train engine...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Dave Treen and a man labeled, "Legislature," appear as Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. They stand at the top of a knoll (levee, wall?) with stairsteps down to...
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. 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...
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 dog with the words "Tax bite" for teeth sits in the grass in front of a door labeled, "Overlapping and duplication in state government." A note on the stoop reads, "Need for a...
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. 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. 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 John McKeithen is pulling a covering off a huge dollar bill sculpture which is mounted on a base labeled "Governor's program." The covering is labeled, "New...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor John McKeithen, dressed as a Roman, drives a chariot labeled, "Gov.'s additional 1 cent state sales tax hopes." Three horses pull the chariot, and they are...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor John McKeithen is dressed as an artist (smock and tam). He stands before a large canvas on an artist's easel with a small cabinet with painting supplies...
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 dressed in colonial clothing and labeled, "La." stands beside a table (wheel, platform) that is spinning around. It is labeled "Legislative budget committee" and has a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A small boy is looking at two very large containers on a shelf. One is a liquor bottle labeled, "Lower cost of liquor...Price-fixing off." The other is a carton of milk labeled,...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men labeled "Sales tax" and "Income tax" shout at each other on a street car in New Orleans. The streetcar is on a street under a night sky. An ornate street light has a sign that...
