Billy Nungesser

They play an, uh, very in- um, big role out at the port, you know, on so many different fronts.

Um, and we will shortly here in the next few minutes visit with Billy Nungesser, the lieutenant governor of Louisiana, and we'll talk about National Gumbo Day.

We'll talk about the festival season that's in full swing right now.

Sonic's new Blue Pelican Slush, uh, we'll talk about that.

Come by, tell us hello, would love to meet you.

And, uh, right here on WWL.

We are joined now by the lieutenant governor of the great state of Louisiana, Billy Nungesser.

Billy, welcome to the show.

I live in Ascension Parish, and there are so many non-disclosure agreements that were signed with public officials that we voted for that cannot even discuss it with us.

So Billy Nungesser said it best.

He went into a meeting, he signed a non-disclosure, and he's walking out, and they said, "This non-disclosure is perpetual," meaning it's forever.

And he turned around and said, "No, it's not.

Well, we have a couple minutes, it looks like, Chris, here before, uh, Austin joins us this morning.

But I wanted to pick up on some things that came to mind while, uh, Rocky was talking.

We were talking about those non-disclosure agreements and his recounting of what Billy Nungesser said.

Is this an opportunity for some kind of civil disobedience from the, the politicians who are regretful of these non-disclosure agreements? Just don't follow the non-disclosure agreements.

So appeal to self-interest.

Second, we should support champions who are supportive of this policy as a movement, whether that's a Republican lieutenant governor like Billy Nungesser in Louisiana, who's been an outspoken champion of an open primary or Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand, who's running for governor, who's made this a core policy.

point of his platform to open the primaries if he's elected.

It will take us backing leaders in both parties who support this idea.

So appeal to self-interest.

Second, we should support champions who are supportive of this policy as a movement, whether that's a Republican lieutenant governor like Billy Nungesser in Louisiana, who's been an outspoken champion of an open primary, or Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand, who's running for governor, who's made this a core policy.

point of his platform to open the primaries if he's elected it will take us backing leaders in both parties who support this idea and then lastly it's going to take grassroots power and movement i mean that's the way that massachusetts got its initiative on the ballot this november citizens signing petitions to change the laws themselves and it's the way that Alaska continues to defend its system from the parties trying to repeal it, citizens organizing to exercise their power.

So those are multiple ways where I think we have some leverage to not only fix the system, but protect the reforms that we've been successful in passing.

But to break through and win would be pretty remarkable and, you know, a sign [chuckles] that this blue wave is, is a tsunami.

Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser made a comment saying that, uh, he wouldn't be surprised if there was, if not a closer race, an upset in the Letlow-Davis race because of-

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