Navy veteran Patrick “Livewire” Landry is the third Republican to enter the governor’s race alongside Eddie Rispone and Congressman Ralph Abraham.
Landry says the 300-million-dollar state surplus from the last budget year is evidence that the state is collecting too much in taxes, and that money needs to be returned.
“If there is a surplus then the people of the state should have received a rebate on that surplus, but I don’t believe there is a surplus, I believe it is all a bunch of nonsense.”
Landry previously ran for Governor as an independent in 2003.
The candidate had a specific pitch for voters who cross the nation’s largest bridge during their commute, saying he plans to “Take over the Lake Ponchartrain Causeway and remove the rolls from that bridge, along with ending all tolls on all roadways in Louisiana.” The Causeway has a five-dollar toll charge.
The New Orleans native is an artist, who brought a few of his politically themed, interpretive drawings with him, most of which were geared towards attacking the state’s more left-leaning residents. Landry called the Governor a liberal and had these words for other like-minded Louisianans.
“Liberalism is a really bad thing; most liberals are atheists and they want to do their own thing and not do what the bible says.”
Photos courtesy of The Bayou Brief’s Sue Lincoln.
