Copyright Baton Rouge Advocate
Since when does your department permit a politician to sneak a no-cost campaign ad into the Opinion section? That’s exactly what you did on Oct. 8. Sen. Bill Cassidy‘s “opinion letter” was nothing but a campaign ad. It was quite obvious. Firstly, Hurricane Katrina did damage to the southeast coast of Louisiana, but did not devastate New Orleans. How many times do I have to remind people that the devastation in New Orleans in 2005 was due to the fact that the levees were built cheaply by the Army Corps of Engineers to save the federal government millions of dollars? In case you don’t remember, the cheaply built levees broke. Cassidy should acknowledge that as well. Second of all, his allying with President Donald Trump throughout the whole piece was nothing but “preaching to the choir” since his opponents are also Trump supporters, and he needs to make sure that everyone in the state still votes for him instead of his Trump-supporting opponents. Cassidy has done some good things but no one must forget that he opened the doors wide open for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take a job about which he knows nothing and is a threat to the health of United States citizens. Surely this space on your page could have been better utilized with the opinion of one of our readers, as it should be. I know you all have better judgment than this. SUSAN C. LEVIN Metairie
