FOUNDATION AND THE ZIEGLER ART MUSEUM.
LOCATED IN JENNINGS CITY HALL, THE MUSEUM FOCUSES ON EMERGING
LOUISIANA ARTISTS AND IS A HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CENTER
FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
THE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING
AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU. ♪♪
♪♪ WE HAVE TO PRESERVE ALL OF
THIS, EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED. AND I'VE GOTTEN HOOKED ON IT AND
I CAN'T LET IT GO. THE LEGACY OF EDUCATOR JOHN
S. DAWSON THAT LIVES ON MORE THAN A CENTURY LATER.
HI, I'M ANDRE MOREAU. MORE ON THAT STORY IN MOMENT,
PLUS THE SECRET TO A LONG AND FULFILLED LIFE FROM A
101-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO WILL AMAZE YOU.
BUT RIGHT NOW ON THE STATE WE'RE IN, THE WEEK'S HEADLINES.
THE REPEAL OF OBAMACARE HAS FAILED.
GOP SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN, JUST BACK FROM A BRAIN CANCER
DIAGNOSIS, CAST THE DECISIVE VOTE DERAILING THE REPUBLICANS'
SEVEN-YEAR PLAN TO DISMANTLE PRESIDENT'S OBAMA'S SIGNATURE
HEALTHCARE PLAN. TOGETHER LOUISIANA CRITICIZED
SENATORS BILL CASSIDY AND JOHN KENNEDY FOR THEIR VOTES ON THE
HEALTHCARE BILL. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S REACTION?
HE TWEETED, LET IT IMPLODE, WITH LEADERS ON BOTH SIDES ARE
CALLING HIS ATTITUDE UN-PRESIDENTIAL.
FINALLY OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. REPRESENTATIVE STEVE SCALISE
OF LOUISIANA DISCHARGED AFTER SPENDING SIX WEEKS RECOVERING
FROM SEVERE WOUNDS AFTER A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE BACK IN JUNE.
GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS AND COUNTLESS OTHERS TWEETED WELL
WISHES. SCALISE NOW BEGINS INTENSIVE
REHAB SO HE CAN EVENTUALLY RETURN TO WORK.
THE BTR PLAN WILL MAKE INVESTMENTS INTO MAJOR CORRIDORS
ACROSS OUR PARISH IN ORDER TO BETTER MOVE TRAFFIC AND IMPROVE
MOBILITY. THAT'S BATON ROUGE MAYOR
SHARON WESTON BROOME ANNOUNCING HER PROPOSED TRANSPORTATION TAX.
SHE SAYS IT WILL EASE SOME OF THE CAPITAL CITY'S DAILY TRAFFIC
HEADACHES. MOST OF THE WORK IS SLATED FOR
SOUTH BATON ROUGE. BTR, THE BETTER TRANSPORTATION
AND ROADS PLAN, WOULD RAISE HALF A BILLION DOLLARS OVER 30 YEARS
WITH THE FIVE MILL PROPERTY TAX. IN PRACTICAL TERMS, SOMEONE WITH
A $200,000 HOUSE WOULD PAY $6,250 EXTRA A YEAR.
VOTERS WILL DECIDE ON IT IN NOVEMBER.
FORMER MAYOR KIP HOLDEN CRITICIZED BROOME'S FORCED
OUSTER OF BRPD CHIEF CARL DABADIE, SAYING IT WILL COME
BACK TO HAUNT HER. BROOME WANTED DABADIE OUT AND
THIS WEEK, HE RETIRED SO TO SPEAK.
DABADIE HAD BEEN CHIEF SINCE 2013 AND WITH THE FORCE 30
YEARS. A STANDING OVATION MET LSU
FOOTBALL COACH ED ORGERON AT THIS WEEK'S ROTARY CLUB IN BATON
ROUGE. COACH O. BEAMED ABOUT DEFENSIVE
COORDINATOR DAVE ARANDA AND NEW OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR MATT
CANADA. CANADA'S OFFENSES ARE KNOWN FOR
SCORING A LOT OF POINTS AND KEEPING OPPOSING DEFENSES
GUESSING. I WAS TALKING TO HIM ABOUT
HIS GOAL LINE OFFENSE AND HE SAID COACH, I HAVE TWO GREAT
PLAYS. SO LET ME SEE.
HE'S GOT A LITTLE TACKLE SCREEN, WHERE THE TACKLE GOES BEHIND THE
QUARTERBACK AND HE THROWS TO THE TACKLE, AND THE TACKLE SCORES A
TOUCHDOWN. THEN HE'S GOT A TACKLE END
AROUND. I SAY, YEAH THAT'S PRETTY NICE
MATT, BUT WE GOT A RUNNING BACK HERE NAMED DERRIUS GUICE.
I SAID HOW 'BOUT WE GIVE HIM THE BALL ON THE GOAL LINE CAUSE IF
WE DON'T, THEY'RE GOING TO RUN ME AND YOU OUT OF BATON ROUGE.
THE TIGERS OPEN SEPTEMBER 2nd AGAINST BRIGHAM YOUNG AT
NRG STADIUM IN HOUSTON. CAJUN MUSICIAN D.L. MENARD
PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 85. NICKNAMED THE CAJUN HANK
WILLIAMS, MENARD FIRST PICKED UP A GUITAR AS A TEENAGER.
THE ERATH NATIVE IS BEST KNOWN FOR THE CLASSIC CAJUN HIT "LA
PORTE EN ARRIERE." ♪♪
♪♪ FOR DECADES, WEST FELICIANA
PARISH HAS EARNED TOP FIVE RANKINGS, PUTTING IT AMONG THE
BEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.
THAT'S IN CONTRAST TO A NUMBER OF STUDIES, INCLUDING ONE FROM
THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTE, SHOWING THAT MINORITIES AND THE
DISADVANTAGED PULL DOWN TEST SCORES.
TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE PARISH HAS BUCKED THAT TREND AND
HISTORICALLY GOTTEN THE BEST OUT OF ITS STUDENTS, WHO ARE MOSTLY
BLACK, YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO ONE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR
INSTILLING A LEGACY THAT LIVES ON TODAY.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS OUTPERFORMED THEIR PEERS ACROSS
THE STATE AND INDEED, ACROSS THE NATION IN MANY CATEGORIES.
AND MUCH OF THAT IS DUE TO THE PRIORITY OF EDUCATION AND THE
CULTURE OF THE PARISH THAT CROSSES ALL RACIAL LINES, IT
CROSSES ALL ECONOMIC LINES. MANY ATTRIBUTE THE LONG LINE
OF SUCCESS IN EDUCATING BLACKS IN THE AREA TO JOHN STERLING.
HE WAS A 19-YEAR-OLD BLACK TEACHER, ESCORTED INTO THE
PARISH BY TWO MITE MEN IN 1890. ONLY 25 YEARS AFTER THE END OF
SLAVERY. AT THAT TIME, MOST NEGROES
DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING OTHER THAN FARMING AND HOUSEWORK.
DAWSON STARTED TEACHING AT A SMALL BLACK CHURCH OVERFLOWING
WITH STUDENTS BEFORE THIS TWO ROOM SCHOOL WAS BUILT.
THEY HAD ABOUT 125 KIDS AND ONLY ABOUT 20 COULD READ.
NOW, HE HAD A TREMENDOUS TASK, BUT HE HAD TO DEVELOP WHAT HE
CALLED A GRADE A. CLASS, STUDENTS WHO COULD LEARN A
LITTLE FASTER AND HE GOT THEM TO HELP HIM TEACH THE OTHER KIDS.
MULTIPLYING, DIVIDING AND ADDING.
FORMER DAWSON STUDENT AND CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY JOHNNY
JONES SAYS BY THE TIME HE GRADUATED FROM THE LITTLE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HE WAS ABLE TO RUN A SAW MILL IN WOODVILLE,
MISSISSIPPI. [INAUDIBLE]
HE WOULD MAKE ME RUN THE COMPANY SO MY DADDY CAME UP
THERE AND SAW THAT I WAS SHIPPING ALL THE LUMBAR AND THE
PEOPLE WENT OUT INTO TOWN AND EVERYBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT THE
LITTLE BLACK BOY, THEY DIDN'T CALL ME BY THAT NAME THEN,
SHIPPING LUMBER AND SAYS HE KEEPS A SHARP PENCIL, I WAS
FIGURING OUT EXACTLY WHAT THEY ORDERED.
THAT'S WHEN JONES'S FATHER DECIDED TO SEND HIM TO BATON
ROUGE FOR HIGH SCHOOL. DAWSON EMPHASIZED HISTORY AND
GEOGRAPHY. I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING TOO
MUCH ABOUT IT THEN. I LEARNED A LOT FROM HIM.
BY THE TIME DAWSON DIED IN 1950, PLANS WERE UNDER WAY TO
BEBUILD THE FIRST HIGH SCHOOL LARGE ENOUGH FOR ALL OF THE
BLACKS IN THE PARISH. THE NEW SCHOOL WAS COMPLETED IN
1951 AND WAS NAMED AFTER DAWSON. DAWSON AND HIS WIFE HAD FOUR
GROWN CHILDREN. THE TWO SONS WOULD GO ON TO RUN
THE SCHOOL. BIG JOHN AS WE CALLED HIM, I
GRADUATED IN A CLASS OF 1958. BIG JOHN WAS THE FIRST PRINCIPAL
FROM 1951 THROUGH 61. AND THOMAS WAS THE PRINCIPAL
FROM 62 TO 69. THE DAWSON BOYS KEPT THE LEGACY
OF THEIR FATHER GOING UNTIL THE SCHOOL CLOSED IN 1969.
RETIRED ARMY GENERAL ISAAC SMITH STUDIED UNDER THE DAWSONS.
HE SAYS THERE'S NO WAY HE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AN EDUCATION WITHOUT
THE COMMITMENT OF THE DAWSON FAMILY.
THEY HAD TO PICK HIM UP AND TAKE HIM TO SCHOOL.
HENRY HARDY WOULD GO ON TO BECOME A COLLEGE PROFESSOR.
ONE DAY I WOULD BE PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AT HARVARD, THINK
ABOUT IT, THIS IS 1957. I DIDN'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT
HARVARD, DIDN'T KNOW WHERE HARVARD WAS, MASSACHUSETTS, I
DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING. THAT'S WHAT THEY DID, THEY
INSTILLED THOSE THINGS INTO US. I DID NOT BECOME A PROFESSOR OF
CHEMISTRY AT HARVARD, BUT I DID BECOME A PROFESSOR OF
MATHEMATICS AT SEVERAL UNIVERSITIES.
HE WENT ON TO GET HIS PH.D. AT LSU AND WORKED FOR BOTH
SOUTHERN AND LSU BEFORE BECOMING THE CHANCELLOR OF THE SOUTHERN
UNIVERSITY AG CENTER. HE CREDITS THE DAWSONS WITH
TEACHING LIFE LESSONS THAT WENT FAR BEYOND THE CLASSROOM.
THE SCHOOL ALSO STRESSED DISCIPLINE, WHICH BACK THEN
MEANT WHIPPING. THE TEACHERS WOULD WHIP YOU
IF YOU DIDN'T DO CERTAIN THINGS AND YOU DID SOMETHING WRONG,
THEY WERE AUTHORIZED TO WHIP YOU.
DAWSON TEACHERS GAVE STUDENTS A WIDE ARRAY OF EXPERIENCES FROM
CROWNING SCHOOL QUEENS TO SOCIAL ENGAGEMENTS IN OTHER PARISHES.
THE TEACHERS DID TAKE US DIFFERENT PLACES FOR CONCERTS
AND PLAYS AND DIFFERENT THINGS. SO WE WERE EXPOSED TO A LOT OF
STUFF WHEN WE WERE AT DAWSON. DAWSON HIGH WAS CLOSED IN
1969 WHEN THE PARISH WAS FORCED TO INT -- INTEGRATE ITS SCHOOLS,
BUT BY THEN EVERY BLACK FAMILY IN THE PARISH HAD BEEN INFLUENCE
BY THE DAWSON FAMILY AND THE TEACHERS THEY BROUGHT TO THE
PARISH. GENERATIONS LATER, THE
DESCENDANTS OF THOSE DAWSON GRADUATES ARE DOCTORS, LAWYERS
AND ENGINEERS WORKING FROM COAST TO COAST.
AMONG THEM, AN AEROSPACE ENGINEER FOR IF BOEING AND HIS
SISTER, A PEDIATRIC PSYCHIATRIST WHO TEACHES AT BAILOR IN HOUSTON
AND ALSO DOCTORS WORKING IN LOUISIANA.
FUNDRAISING EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY FOR MONEY TO RENOVATE
THE OLD DAWSON HIGH SCHOOL AND TURN IT INTO A COMMUNITY CENTER,
WITH SPACE TO ALSO HOUSE SOME HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES.
♪♪ ♪♪
NOW, YOU'LL MEET A WOMAN I'VE HAPPENED TO KNOW SINCE I
WAS NINE OR 10 YEARS OLD. OUR FAMILIES LIVED IN UNIVERSITY
ACRES IN BATON ROUGE AND I SOLD THE SURPLUS TOMATOES MY FATHER
GREW IN HIS GARDEN TO NEIGHBORS. SHE WAS ONE OF MY MANY
CUSTOMERS. EVEN THEN, I KNEW SHE WAS
UNIQUE. FOR EXAMPLE, THEY HAD A PET
MONKEY. NO ONE ELSE HAD THAT.
THIS WEEK, I GOT REACQUAINTED TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE SHE'S
DONE THAT NOBODY ELSE HAS. AND I LEARNED MORE ABOUT WHY, AT
101 YEARS OLD, MRS. JULIA HAWKINS IS ONE OF A KIND.
♪♪ ♪♪
I'VE WRITTEN MY LIFE STORY SAYING IT'S BEEN WONDROUS.
WHAT FIRST STRIKES YOU ABOUT JULIA HAWKINS, BORN FEBRUARY 10,
1916, IS THAT AT 101 YEARS OLD, SHE LIVES AND MOVES UNLIKE
ALMOST ANYONE HER AGE, MAYBE EVEN HALF HER AGE.
SHE DESCRIBES HER LIFE AS WONDROUS AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS IT
HAS BEEN. MOST OTHERS SIMPLY SAY SHE'S
AMAZING. AND HER LATEST CHAPTER HAS
CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.
A 101-YEAR-OLD WOMAN. MAKING HISTORY FOR HER AGE
GROUP. LET'S HEAR IT AS LOUD AS WE
CAN. IN JUST THE PAST FEW MONTHS,
THE MEDIA HAS MARVELED AT THE GREAT-GRANDMOTHER AND RETIRED
SCHOOL TEACHER AND NATURAL ATHLETE.
SHE'S ETCHED HER NAME IN THE WORLD RECORD BOOKS IN THE
100-YARD DASH AT THE USA TRACK AND FIELD MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS
AND THE NATIONAL SENIOR GAMES. DRAWING PRAISE FROM TV NETWORKS
AND MAGAZINES, LIKE SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, RUNNERS WORLD AND
PEOPLE. WHEN DID SHE START RUNNING?
LAST YEAR, AFTER SHE TURNED 100. BUT SHE WAS NEVER ONE TO SIT
STILL, SAYING HER LIFELONG SWIMMING AND CYCLING HELPED HER
MAINTAIN GREAT HEALTH. UNTIL RECENTLY, SHE RODE HER
BIKE THREE MILES A DAY. I ALWAYS DID SOMETHING, I WAS
BUSY, BUSY, BUSY. WITH FOUR CHILDREN YOU STAY
BUSY, I LOVE THE YARD, I WAS IN THE YARD.
A LOT. SHE WAS IN HER 80s WHEN THE
SENIOR OLYMPICS LURED HER INTO COMPETITIVE CYCLING, BUT GAVE IT
UP AFTER THE 2001 NATIONALS BECAUSE OF A LACK OF
COMPETITION. HER CHILDREN ENCOURAGED HER TO
COMPETE AGAIN. LAST YEAR, THE KIDS SIGNED ME
UP FOR BIKING AND FOR 50 YARD DASH FOR SENIOR OLYMPICS.
THEIR PERSUASION IS WHAT ULTIMATELY LED TO THOSE
RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCES. NAME ONE AND SEE IF I DON'T
HAVE IT. WHEN SHE'S NOT TURNING HEADS
WITH HER ATHLETIC FEATS, SHE'S LIKELY TENDING TO HER LUSH
BACKYARD WITH MORE THAN 50 TYPES OF TREES.
I SEE PECAN, I SEE CYPRESS, MAPLE YOU HAVE.
AND YOU HAVE JAPANESE MAPLE OVER THERE, RIGHT?
THE WHITE ONE UP THERE, SYCAMORE, BIRCH AND BEECH.
WHEN DID YOU START WEARING FLOWERS IN HER HAIR?
IN COLLEGE. I PICK 'EM AND I SMELL 'EM AND
WONDER WHAT TO DO WITH THEM AND PUT IT BEHIND MY EAR WORKS.
IF YOU HAVE A SECRET TO LIFE, WHAT WOULD THAT BE?
MARRY A GOOD MAN, BECAUSE I THINK LIFE WAS SO PLEASANT
MARRIED TO MY HUSBAND FOR 70 YEARS, THAT EVERYTHING WAS
IDEAL. SHE MET BUDDY MURRAY HAWKINS
HER FIRST DAY AT LSU AND THEY WENT OUT FOR EIGHT YEARS.
THEN SHE SAYS, PEARL HARBOR HAPPENED AND HE WAS THERE, IN
THE MIDDLE OF IT, WORKING FOR THE NAVY.
I WAS FISHING THAT DAY WITH HIS FATHER IN THE RIVER.
AND THEY CALLED OUT PEARL HARBOR'S BEEN BOMBED AND IT WAS
SO TERRIBLE AND IT WAS EIGHT DAYS BEFORE WE KNEW HE WAS ALL
RIGHT. HE WAS ALL RIGHT, BUT ANXIOUS
TO TIE THE KNOT. WE WERE MARRIED BY TELEPHONE.
AFTER THE BOMBING, THEY WANTED TO SEND HIM OUT WITH THE FLEET.
SO HE WAS AFRAID I WOULD MARRY SOMEBODY ELSE OR SOMETHING,
WHICH I WOULDN'T HAVE, BUT HE GOT IN TOUCH WITH ME AND SAID
LET'S GET MARRIED. HERE'S HER WEDDING DAY PHOTO,
OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE IN PONCHATOULA, MINUS THE GROOM.
I GOT A BAPTIST MINISTER WHO USED TO BE IN THE NAVY, A NAVAL
OFFICER GETTING MARRIED. HE SAID I WOULD BE BLAD GLAD TO
DO IT AND MY HUSBAND HAD A JEWISH RABBI WHO HAD THE DUTY
THAT DAY. AFTER SETTLING IN BATON
ROUGE, SHE AND BUDDY, WHO BECAME AN ACCLAIMED EDUCATOR AND
PETROLEUM ENGINEER, BUILT THEIR HOUSE, WHICH SHE STILL LIVES IN
TODAY. AND HE HAD A BOOK AT FIRST,
HOW TO DO IT AND WITH TWO LITTLE CHILDREN 1 AND 3 WHEN WE FIRST
STARTED AND WHEN WE MOVED IN THEY WERE ALMOST 2 AND 4.
THAT WAS 1949. IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED,
THEIR LIFE FLOURISHED. THEY RAISED THEIR FAMILY AND
BEGAN READING BOOKS ALOUD TO EACH OTHER.
WE READ HUNDREDS OF BOOKS. IT UNITED US IN A WAY I CAN'T
EXPLAIN, EXCEPT IT WAS GREAT. IN MARCH OF 2013, HER HUSBAND
QUIETLY PASSED AWAY IN HIS SLEEP.
HE LIVED TO BE 95 AND AS I SAID TO YOU, HE SANG LOVE SONGS
TO ME THAT NIGHT. BUOYED BY HER LIFETIME OF
SWEET MEMORIES AND READY TO MAKE NEW ONES, WILL JULIA HAWKINS
COMPETE AGAIN? RIGHT NOW, SHE HAS NO PLANS FOR
THAT, UNLESS OF COURSE HER CHILDREN SIGN HER UP FOR ANOTHER
RACE AND IF SHE WANTS TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE.
ON YOUR MARK, GET SET... MRS. HAWKINS TOLD ME THE ONLY
TIME SHE EVER STOPPED MOVING WAS WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD AND SHE GOT
PAID TO BE STILL. HER FAMILY OWNED A HOTEL.
IT WAS A BUSY, AND SHE'D GET IN THE WAY OF ALL THE PEOPLE.
TO SIT STILL, HER PARENTS PAID HER A NICKEL.
♪♪ ♪♪
LAST YEAR GOVERNOR EDWARDS MADE CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM THAT
LOOKS TO ENTICE BUSINESSES THAT NEED BIG INVESTMENT MONEY TO THE
STATE. IT GIVES THE INDUSTRY AN
EXEMPTION ON THEIR LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES.
MANY CALL IT THE MOST GENEROUS PROGRAM OF ITS KIND IN THE
COUNTRY. HAVE THE CHANGES MADE A
DIFFERENCE? ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, LPB'S PUBLIC
SQUARE EXAMINED THE CHANGES FROM EVERY ANGLE, AND KELLY SPIRES IS
HERE TO SUMMARIZE. A STATE BOARD ADMINISTERS THE
INDUSTRIAL TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM, OR ITEP.
IT ALLOWS NEW OR EXPANDING BUSINESSES AN EXEMPTION ON LOCAL
PROPERTY TAXES FOR UP TO EIGHT YEARS.
JOINING US FOR OUR DISCUSSION WERE OUR PANELISTS, LOUISIANA
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY DON PIERSON, GRASSROOTS ADVOCATE
BRODERICK BAGERT, LOUISIANA CHEMICAL ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT
GREG BOWSER, AND CALCASIEU PARISH ASSESSOR WENDY CURPHY
AGUILLARD. BARRY ERWIN, PRESIDENT OF THE
COUNCIL FOR A BETTER LOUISIANA, HOSTED OUR SHOW, LOUISIANA
PUBLIC SQUARE: INDUSTRIAL TAX MATTERS.
THE PROPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM SAY IT STIMULATES INVESTMENT AND
CREATES JOBS. CRITICS SAY ITEP REDUCES LOCAL
TAXES AND BY EXTENSION LOCAL SERVICES.
WHILE THE PROGRAM WAS CHAMPIONED BY FORMER GOVERNOR JINDAL,
GOVERNOR EDWARDS MADE CHANGES TO IT LAST JUNE, INCLUDING BRINGING
LOCAL GOVERNMENT INTO THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
STEVE IS THE MAYOR OF THE TOWN IN SAINT JAMES PARISH.
OUR SINGLE BIGGEST ADVANTAGE IS INFRASTRUCTURE, THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS LIKE NONE OTHER.
ROB LANDRY IS WITH THE LOUISIANA CHEMICAL ASSOCIATION.
THE ADVANTAGES LOUISIANA SEES IN HAVING LUSH NATURAL RESOURCES
AND AVAILABILITY TO MASSIVE WATERWAYS IS NEGATED BY OUR
UNBALANCED TAX STRUCTURE. DIANE ANLEY IS A VOLUNTEER
WITH AN INTERFAITH GROUP THAT'S ACTIVE IN STATE AND LOCAL
POLITICS. IT'S CALLED TOGETHER BATON
ROUGE. TOGETHER BATON ROUGE ARGUES THAT
ITEP HASN'T LIVED UP TO ITS PROMISE TO CREATE JOBS.
SHOULD WE BE INCENTIVIZING FOR THEIR TO BE LESS JOBS
CREATED? WELL, THAT'S NOT CALLED AN
INCENTIVE, THAT'S CALLED A GIFT. JOINING US TO EXPLORE
INDUSTRIAL TAX MATTERS IS OUR STUDIO AUDIENCE.
IT INCLUDES MEMBERS OF THE LOUISIANA MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION
AND THE LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY.
THE COMPETING TAX ADMINISTRATORS WITHIN A PARISH,
THEIR PRIORITIES, THE DYNAMICS BETWEEN THEM, THEIR NEEDS, THERE
IS NO BRIGHT LINE FORMULA THAT WORKS SO REALLY TAKES A VERY
LABOR INTENSIVE COOPERATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN MUNICIPAL
GOVERNMENT, PARISH GOVERNMENTS, ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS, SCHOOL
BOARDS AND, OF COURSE, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY.
CATHERINE, FROM TOGETHER BATON ROUGE.
WE'RE NUMBER ONE IN THE AMOUNT WE GIVE IN THE INDUSTRIAL
TAX EXEMPTION. WE'RE NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE STATES CLOSE TO US GIVE, THEY
DON'T GIVE A FRACTION OF IT. WE HAVE THE FALSE CHOICE OF
WHETHER IT'S SCHOOLS OR A GIVEAWAY TO CORPORATIONS.
THAT'S NOT REALLY THE CHOICE BECAUSE IN MANY OF THOSE $88
BILLION OF PROJECTS WOULD NOT BE HERE TO DAY MONEY INTO THE
SCHOOLS WHEN THEY COME OFF THE EXEMPTION.
300 COMPANIES HAVE RECEIVED THIS EXEMPTION EVERY YEAR OR
ALMOST EVERY YEAR SINCE THE YEAR 2000.
THOSE 300 COMPANIES WERE NOT BROUGHT HERE BY THIS EXEMPTION,
AT LEAST NOT IN THE 15 YEARS, THEY KEEP GETTING IT, THEY'VE
GOTTEN $11.6 BILLION IN SUBSIDIES, THESE 300 THAT HAVE
CONTINUALLY GOT IT, THOSE 300 COMPANIES HAD 86,000 FULL-TIME
EMPLOYEES IN THE YEAR 2000 AND THEY HAVE 44,000 FULL-TIME
EMPLOYEES NOW. THE MODEL THAT SPEAKS TO ALL
THIS LOST REVENUE MAKES SOME VERY, VERY WRONG ASSUMPTIONS.
FIRST OF ALL, THAT THE WORLD WOULD BE THE SAME WITH OR
WITHOUT THAT ITEP EXEMPTION. THAT'S NOT TRUE.
WHAT IT HAS MORPHED INTO IS NOT NEW INVESTMENT.
IT'S REPLACEMENTS OF MACHINERY THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN ANYWAY.
THERE'S AN OPINION IN THE ROOM THAT BUSINESS IS GOING TO
COME BECAUSE WE HAVE THE MISSISSIPPI AND THE GULF OF GUL.
THE MAJORITY OF THE STATE, INCLUDING THE EIGHT REGIONS THAT
I USED TO WORK IN, WE DON'T TOUCH THE MISSISSIPPI.
WE DON'T HAVE THE GULF COAST. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
STATE. IT'S THE PROFIT MOTIVE.
WHEN THE PROFIT MOVEMENT IS THERE AND THEY'RE MAKING MONEY,
THEY DON'T NEED TO BE SEPARATELY INCENTIVIZED.
THE CASE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHERE WITHOUT THIS THEY GO ONE
PLACE AND WITH THIS, THEY COME HERE, IS ABOUT 3% TOPS.
IN 97%, THERE'S NO LOCATION ELEMENT BEING DECIDED, RIGHT?
THE QUESTION IS SHOULD WE BE ASKING OUR SCHOOL BOARDS TO PUT
UP HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO SUBSIDIZE THAT WHEN
THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT ANYWAY, WHEN THEY'RE IN A LOCATION
BECAUSE IT'S BRINGING THEM PROFIT TO --
THERE'S A LOT OF HEADS SHAKING --
[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS] THEY'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH
MONEY. AND IT'S BACK TO THIS PROGRAM
DOESN'T COST A DOLLAR. THAT'S FACTUALLY INCORRECT.
IT'S FACTUALLY INCORRECT. IT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
HOW DO YOU TAKE THE -- IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE COMPANY THERE,
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GAIN REVENUE FROM IT?
YOU DON'T GET ANY REVENUE UNTIL THAT COMPANY MAKES AN INVESTMENT
AND PUTS PEOPLE TO WORK. BUT IF THEY'RE ALREADY HERE
MAKING ROUTINE INVESTMENTS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE MADE --
[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS] WE WANT TO SEE THEM EXPAND.
HERE'S WHERE WE'RE HAPPY TO AGREE WITH YOU.
WE WANT EVERY DEAL TO HAVE AN ANALYSIS AND A RETURN ON
INVESTMENT FOR THE STATE THAT'S GOOD FOR THE CITIZENS.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE OPERATE AT LOUISIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
TO YOUR QUESTION, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK IS VERY
IMPORTANT, IT'S NOT ABOUT CAR DEALERSHIPS OR HOSPITALS.
THIS PROGRAM, THIS INDUSTRIAL TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM IS ONLY
FOR MANUFACTURERS. WHEN YOU THROW THAT ROCK IN THE
WATER, THE RIPPLES GO EVERYWHERE.
FOR THE FULL CONVERSATION, YOU CAN CATCH LOUISIANA PUBLIC
SQUARE: INDUSTRIAL TAX MATTERS SUNDAY AT 11:00 A.M.
BACK TO YOU, ANDRE. QUITE THE INTERESTING
CONVERSATION, THE OPINIONS WERE FLYING.
THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. "ANTIQUES ROADSHOW" IS ONE
OF LPB'S MOST WATCHED PROGRAMS. PART AUCTION, PART HISTORY
LESSON, A BIT OF SUSPENSE AS THE ROADSHOW SIZES UP HEIRLOOMS TO
SEE IF THEY'RE WORTH BIG MONEY. GARY ALLEN REPORTS THIS ROADSHOW
FROM NEW ORLEANS DIDN'T DISAPPOINT.
♪♪ ♪♪
"THE ANTIQUES ROADSHOW" MADE IT WAY TO NEW ORLEANS THIS PAST
WEEKEND. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM ALL
OVER THE SOUTH CAME TO FIND OUT IF THEY HAVE A VALUABLE PIECE OF
HISTORY OR JUST AN INTERESTING LAMP FROM AUNT BRENDA.
THE ROADSHOW HAS BEEN ON THE AIR FOR 21 SEASONS AND IS ONE OF THE
MOST POPULAR PBS SHOWS. 8.5 MILLION VIEWERS WATCH EACH
WEEK. NEW ORLEANS IS THE HALFWAY STOP
FOR THE ROADSHOW, WHICH WILL VISIT SIX CITIES THIS SUMMER.
OTHER CITIES INCLUDE: HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA;
PORTLAND, OREGON; AND NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND.
EACH CITY WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH STORIES FOR THREE SHOWS.
THE 22nd SEASON OF "ROADSHOW" BEGINS AIRING IN JANUARY OF
2018. THIS WEEKEND'S EVENT WAS HELD AT
THE NEW ORLEANS CONVENTION CENTER.
EACH VENUE HAS TO BE LARGE ENOUGH TO HOLD 3,000 PEOPLE,
VOLUNTEERS, STAFF AND THE ROADSHOW SET.
ABOUT 7,000 APPRAISALS WILL BE DONE.
MARSHA BEMKO IS "ROADSHOW'S" EXECUTIVE PRODUCER.
I THINK ROAD SHOW'S SUCH A BIG HIT BECAUSE WE APPEAL TO
DIFFERENT PEOPLE FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.
YOU HAVE THE ANTIQUES ENTHUSIASTS WHO KNOW WHAT I KNOW
NOW AFTER DOING THIS SHOW AND THAT IS GREAT OBJECTS ARE ONE OF
A KIND. MANY OF US WHO JUST WANT TO
WATCH A SMART REALITY TELEVISION SHOW.
YOU WILL LEARN WHEN THE CIVIL WAR HAPPENED.
YOU WILL LEARN A LOT ABOUT OUR COUNTRY AND THE WORLD AND YOU'RE
NOT EVEN GOING TO NOTICE YOU'RE LEARNING.
OF THE THOUSANDS OF ANTIQUES APPRAISED AT EACH SHOW, ABOUT
150 ARE RECORDED WITH ONLY 30 STORIES MAKING IT TO BROADCAST
FROM EACH CITY. IT TAKES AN ARMY OF APPRAISERS
TO EVALUATE THESE PRICELESS OBJECTS, AND NONE OF THEM GET
PAID. IT'S TRUE.
WE DO VOLUNTEER OUR TIME. WE ARE NOT PAID.
THEY GIVE US A LOVELY BREAKFAST AND LUNCH, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU DO
IT -- IT'S LIKE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, I'M SURE WHY A LOT
OF PEOPLE DO IT, TO MEET DIFFERENT PEOPLE, TO SEE
DIFFERENT JEWELRY, IT'S JUST EXPOSURE.
THE MORE YOU'RE EXPOSED, THE BETTER YOU ARE AT YOUR JOB.
LEA, WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE ROADSHOW FOR 18 YEARS, ENJOYS
MEETING THE PEOPLE AND CATCHING UP WITH HER FELLOW APPRAISERS.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE.
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AND IT'S LIKE A TREASURE HUNT EVERY TIME.
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APPRAISAL. PEOPLE COME TO THE ROADSHOW
FROM DIFFERENT REASONS. FOR ME, ONE OF MY FAVORITE
THINGS FROM LAST SEASON IS AN OBJECT THAT WAS WORTH $600, BUT
I LOVED THE STORY. DURING WORLD WAR II, NEW
ORLEANS WAS HOME TO HIGGINS BOAT BUILDERS WHO BUILT THE FAMOUS
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GENERAL DWIGHT EISENHOWER CREDITED THE HIGGINS BOATS WITH
WINNING THE WAR. DAVID, A "ROADSHOW" ENTHUSIAST,
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SO WE HAVE SOME LANDING CRAFT POSTERS FROM WORLD WAR II AND
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SOLDIERS SO WHEN THEY LOADED THE VEHICLE, THEY KNEW WHERE TO GO,
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