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. Two men sit at desks in front of a large graph depicting an upward trend labeled, "La. 1980 census." One man says, "600 of our citizens are in Paris."
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men dressed as railroad engineers are sitting on top of a railway car that is part of a longer train. The car, labeled "85-day regular session," is the next to last, followed by the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen and two other men are running toward the double doors in a large building. Above the doors is a large sign that reads, "Big Charity emergency...
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. Ronald Reagan is sitting at a desk looking worried. On his desk is a huge book with several bookmarks, the largest labeled "Deficit." Behind Reagan on the wall, the portrait of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen is dressed as a Boy Scout troop leader. He is walking along a path carrying a compass, and he is looking intently at the compass. The path he is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards, dressed as Superman, saves a woman labeled "World's Fair" just before the canoe in which she is riding goes over a waterfall. The woman carries...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Dave Treen, holding a gas can, is walking along a road in a deserted area. He is walking away from his car, labeled "State jobless benefits," which is parked on the side of the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Dave Treen stands in the window of a book shop that is displaying a large book labeled, "First-use tax, revised edition." A man outside who is looking at the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man and a donkey are engaged in a tug of war. The man labeled, "Demo. State Central Committee" is pulling on the reins and the donkey, labeled, "Demos for Treen," is pulling...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen and a second man had been holding a large model labeled "'84 N.O. World's Fair." The second man has put down his end of the model and is walking...
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 in an armchair has been reading a book, his feet on the footstool. The book is being tossed to the floor, and the man has put his hands on the chair arms and is lifting...
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. A man with a bomb for a head, labeled "Bombings" holds a pipe wrench in one hand. Around him are the words, "Law violations...Racketeering." Behind him is a tourism sign that...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In Audubon Park, two men prepare to duel with pistols. One man is labeled "State" and the other is "City." An arrow on a nearby tree points to the zoo.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A lion sits inside an enclosure next to a wall on which are written "City...State." The lion is yawning as it records hash marks, four for City and three for State. Outside the...
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...
