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BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE) - Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry’s tax reform proposal, which introduces a 3% flat income tax, was presented to state lawmakers on Tuesday (Oct. 8), giving them their first opportunity to ask questions about the comprehensive plan.
While State Representative Mandie Landry, a Democrat, wasn't so impressed. "It feels like we are playing tax whack-a-mole."
“We like to say that we have a very ‘modern family,’” she shares. “This started in 2020 when we offered to watch Max and his brother Beau while Mandie was away at legislative session. (Mandie is a State Representative for District 91 in New Orleans.) Very quickly we fell in love with both dogs and realized Max thrived in a home where he was the only dog. I hesitated at first to bring Max to the gallery, because he has a lot of energy, but he took to it like a fish to water. Max is truly a ‘people person,’ so he thrives in an environment where he can visit with people, and the gallery is a perfect place for that.”
“I don’t really know what the problem is. There are a lot of billboards in this state that are anti-choice that I find disgusting when I drive past them. But they have the ability to do that, so I’ve kind of been wondering almost, ‘What’s the issue?’” said Rep. Mandie Landry (D-New Orleans).
Doctors across Louisiana have confirmed that our vague laws on this “life of the mother” have made them afraid of providing care for a woman having a miscarriage.
“Are you really calling Kaitlyn a liar? And all the women like her who have publicly testified to the same treatment when they were suffering? Despicable,” Landry replied to Murrill’s post.
State Rep. Mandie Landry, of New Orleans, with Louisiana delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Tuesday, August 21. (Photo provided by Landry)
New Orleans Representative Mandie Landry is in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention. She was locked in to go with the Louisiana Delegation while President Joe Biden was the nominee, but says she’s more hopeful about current nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.
State Representative Mandie Landry gives an assessment of the Legislature and also speaks on other political topics including the upcoming presidential election.
"The Judge’s List” by John Grisham
“(It’s an) easy read, and he will forever be one of my favorites. I started reading Grisham and Anne Rice at the end of eighth grade: books about lawyers, vampires and powerful female witches.”
“Yes I am supporting [the] VP as a delegate to the DNC. She was chosen as the VP for a reason: because she might need to assume the role of President. I’ve been a fan since she ran in 2019.”
"She was actually my first choice in 2019; I like her spirit and energy," said Landry, who said she had supported Biden "100%" until his decision Sunday. "I really thought the president was going to stay in the race."
“I would hope that we would stick together, but I know Louisiana and I know my South. I know there will be people that will want to strike their own path.” She continued with “I also don’t think a big battle at the convention helps anyone but Trump,” said State Representative Mandie Landry who’s also a delegate.
“The fact remains that we have delegates and we have this process because things can go wrong,” Landry said. “I mean, President Biden or several years ago, Sen. Clinton, could have passed away or something else dramatic event could happen. So that’s kind of why we do have this, in my opinion, fail-safe there.”
“I think it was the right decision for him and for the country. This goes beyond a political decision, and it was the right decision for our country,” said Landry.
“I mean Joe Biden is the only person who has beaten Donald Trump, and we have a lot on the line in this election, I mean to me it’s the future of the country. And look, what I’m hearing on the ground from my constituents and in New Orleans is everyone wants us to stick with Biden,” said delegate State Rep. Mandie Landry (D-New Orleans).
State Rep. Mandie Landry (D-New Orleans) pushed for more than $1 million in state funding as well, which will be used to process samples collected between now and next summer.
She expressed that while she would, overall, like to see a Democratic nominee “who can be as aggressive as we'd like them to be,” she still supports President Biden, and believes he is fully capable of serving a second term. “He knew all the policy details like the back of his hand, he's just not ever going to compete with someone as energetic as Trump,” she said.
House Bill 154, sponsored by Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, was one among 31 bills the governor vetoed from the 2024 regular session. The two Landrys are not related.
“This will be a complete disaster. Our last constitutional convention was two years, they met five days a week. To say we’re going to redo our constitution in two weeks is a terrible idea for everyone,” said Rep. Mandie Landry, D- New Orleans.
Other local officials have stepped up, thankfully. City Council President Helena Moreno and state Reps. Jason Hughes and Aimee Adatto Freeman have pushed for state funding to feed poor kids, while Rep. Mandie Landry and Sen. Royce Duplessis — all New Orleans Democrats — are fighting for homeowners amid Louisiana’s property insurance crisis.
“I know there are a lot of you in this room who smoke weed, who ingest weed,” Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, said in opposition to Schegel’s amendments. “If you don’t vote against this, I think you’re being a huge hypocrite.”
“So we have in little kids classrooms words like adultery and coveting your neighbors wife. How is that appropriate when its not appropriate to teach a child about how they get pregnant when you’re going to talk about what adultery means in the bible.”
Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, offered an amendment to place criminal penalties on anyone who commits a sex offense while trying to determine an individual’s sex. House Speaker Phillip DeVillier, R-Eunice, ruled the amendment was not germane to Wilder’s bill, which relates to civil law.
"We all know that one of the main reasons it was drawn the way it was, was because Gov. Jeff Landry wants to get rid of Congressman Graves," state Rep. Mandie Landry, a New Orleans Democrat who testified at the hearing, said in a social media post. Landry is no relation to the governor.
“Mardi Gras has hundreds of thousands if not millions of people. There’s a ton of alcohol. There’s kids everywhere. And to think that people could be roaming around with a gun and no one can stop them scared all of us,” State Rep. Mandie Landry said.