From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor John McKeithen, holding a briefcase labeled, "125.3 million revenue raising program," is looking at the fraction "2/3" made of huge numbers. A sign nearby...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards is standing at the front of his broken down car. The car's hood is up, and steam is rising from the engine. The driver's side front quarter is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards is holding two books; the covers are labeled "State budget" and "Voting records." A man labeled "Legislature" bites down on a very large bullet....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards, dressed as a magician, performs a trick by pulling a rabbit labeled "Tax package" out of a hat. Two men on the front row are labeled,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; Edwards and the Legislature are dressed as schoolboys and playing marbles. Edwards says, "I'll trade you four cents on the gasoline tax for one real estate tax, a soft drink...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled, "Legislature," is shown as if in shadow, running away from the Louisiana capitol building. A rolled up paper labeled, "Sex ed." sticks out of his pocket, and he...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A woman rummages through her purse and is placing the contents on a desk. Her purse is labeled, "The case for ERA." A man labeled "La. Senate" watches her. She says, "I just...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans Mayor Ernest Morial and two men stand by the edge of a stream in a woodland setting, and they are watching the stream flow by. A sign nearby is labeled, "Cutback...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans mayor Ernest Morial is dressed as a magician, and he is trying to pull a rabbit from an upturned top hat that is on a table. Concealed beneath the table is a man...
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. New Orleans Mayor Ernest Morial stands near a desk. The floor in front of his feet is labeled, “N.O.'s home rule powers." A saw labeled, "Legislature" is sawing a large circle...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Bob Beckett. An elephant wearing a straw hat labeled "Smith" and a donkey labeled "Yates" stand arm-in-arm (front legs). The donkey's other arm is on the shoulder of a man labeled "Burlington...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An artist wearing a smock and beret and with a paint brush behind his ear is labeled "'81 Legislagure." He is holding a painter's palette in one hand and a small frame labeled...
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 sits at a desk in a doctor's office. On the desk in front of him is a stethoscope. Across from Treen is a man labeled "Legislature" sitting in a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen is talking to a man at the man's doorway at his home. The man is labeled "Legislature," and he is holding a newspaper. Treen is holding a satchel...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen stands on the edge of an unfinished bridge labeled, "La.'s capital improvement needs." The bridge extends no further than the river's edge. Treen...
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 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...
