Thursday, September 2, 2010

Speaker Tucker Announces New Wind Turbine Plant In Michew

Speaker Jim Tucker spoke to the Monroe Chamber of Commerce Wednesday. He reviewed the Tucker Commission on Higher Education, the LaGrad Act of 2010, the Louisiana state budget, and redistricting at the federal and state level. Tucker took credit for killing the BP contingency fee legislation proposed by Senate President Joel T.Chaisson and other trial lawyers.


Absent from the meeting were Senator Francis Thompson and Senator Bob Kostelka; house members Rick Gallot. Noble Ellington and "Rozz" Jones.


There was no mention of the v-vehicle.


The loudest applause line was when Tucker announced that he would try to keep two congressional districts in the north part of the state.


Just in passing, Tucker mentioned a new wind turbine construction company was opening Michoud. To be built by a British Company called Blade Dynamics, it promises to create 600 jobs by the year 2015 (http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2010/08/wind_firm_to_plant_600_jobs_in.html


Accompanying Tucker to the north Louisiana meeting was District 105 Representative Ernest D. Wooten who announced he will probably be running for the senate soon, presumably against Chaisson.