Jindal recall won't give petition names
by Marsha Shuler - Advocate (excerpt)

While signatures are being collected on recalls against Gov. Bobby Jindal and others, the petitions are not public record and won’t be released, an attorney for recall organizers said Tuesday.

The response came in a letter to Louisiana Republican Party Executive Director Jason Doré, who filed public records requests on chairmen of recalls targeting Jindal and House Speaker Chuck Kleckley, R-Lake Charles.

“We’re reviewing and considering our next move,” Doré wrote in an email response. He added that Filo is relying on out-of-date attorney general’s opinions and ignoring current law. “Rather than enlisting lawyers to shield their records from the public, these recall organizers should come clean with the people of Louisiana and disclose their supporters as required by law,” Doré wrote. Doré filed the public records request on Calcasieu Parish teachers Angie Bonvillain and Brenda Romero, seeking the name, address and signature of each person who has signed the Jindal recall petition.