Political Illusions of the Cajun Mafia

On February 20, 2015, a public record request was submitted that requesting, “Accounting
summary report for 2014 that details marketing, advertising and public service announcements cost by
vendor with monthly totals or according to any fiscal calendar. If no accounting summary report is
available, provide cost reports showing the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's office marketing,
advertising and public service announcements for dates Jan 1, 2014 to Dec 31, 2014.”
No response was received to the February 20, 2015 request. A second attempt was submitted to
the CPDA on March 3, 2015. Sigler responded to the second attempt on March 3, 2015 requesting a
$75.00 money order for the records. Sigler further noted that the request seemed duplicative from a
previous request. It is just “trickery” for Sigler to respond with copies of invoices for marketing cost.
The request was made for a summary report. Accounting cost are “coded” to applicable categories. The
request is made for a total of cost and Sigler responds with partial information by provides “some” of the
invoices.
The $75.00 payment and further explanation was submitted to Sigler on March 11, 2015. The
previous response only included a partial response for 2014. It was extremely clear that there was missing
information such as the Lamar billboard. To further clarify the public records request, a list of 51 questions
was submitted that only would require short answers with the intension of being clear questions that Sigler
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