Political Illusions of the Cajun Mafia

It is extremely lucrative by issuing excessive bail bonds obtained using a fixed judge allotment
system to issue over $40 million of bonds alone in “Operation 27”. More staggering is that in Calcasieu
arresting people is very profitable and 2% of the funds are collected in cash and distributed 1% to CPSO,
0.5% to CPDA and 0.5% to District Court. Arrest incentives are in place from bonds despite a 9.75%
sales tax. The most recent sales tax proposition extension election was on March 28, 2015. It was done
as a single tax proposition special election which should be reviewed by authorities. The tax election was
suspiciously not announced in the press until 1 day before early voting on March 13, 2015. A document
obtained by public records request shows that the tax proposition was submitted on October 17, 2014 just
weeks before the very competitive election on November 4, 2014. Approximately $30 million per year in
sales tax proceeds was used to manipulate almost 8,000 votes by suggesting DeRosier’s re-election was
required in order to provide Calcasieu Parish Sherriff Office staff payroll raises in the single issue tax
special election (payroll raises were promised but not specified in the proposition). The proposition
advertised salary increases for all sheriff department staff however statistics dispute the truth of the
advertised claims and the proposition language did not detail the claims. The election was treated as top
secret among approximately 1,000 employees and their families.
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