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re: How did Huey control the media in LousianaPosted by 11Tiger 
on 10/20/08 at 7:16 pm to prplhze2000
on 10/20/08 at 7:16 pm to prplhze2000quote:
By 1934 Long began a reorganization of the state government that all but abolished local governments in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Alexandria. It further gave the governor the power to appoint all state employees. Long passed what he called “a tax on lying” and a 2% tax on newspaper advertising revenue. He created the Bureau of Criminal Identification, a special force of plainclothes police answerable only to the governor.
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It seems like he had eveyone on his payrole. I have always wondered what the state of Louisiana would be like today if Huey Long had never been elected.
This post was edited on 10/20 at 8:58 pm
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