My name is Ron and I'm a recovering legislator

The unreported and unrecorded experiences of a Louisiana state legislator. A reader will get an unfiltered look behind the scenes.</p>This book plows rich new ground. The Legislature is a great stage and seldom has anyone reported so adeptly on the histrionics and humor of it. We see it through the perceptive eyes of Ron Gomez a skilled journalist who later served honorably and effectively in the Louisiana House of Representatives. If offers a unique double-barreled perspective.</br><I>Bob Hamm</br>Author humorist and</br>editorial writer for the</br>Lafayette Advertiser</I></p>All your suspicions or concepts of the back rooms of politics may be validated.then again they may be shattered.</br><I>Chapter I</I></p>This book is a welcome insight to Louisiana politics.a superb account by an ex-legislator with a schooled eye for the successes and failures of Louisiana's unique system of government.</br><I>William Conway Ph.d.</br>former Secretary Wisconsin Dept.</br>of Regulation and Licensing</br>former aide to Louisiana</br>Governor Buddy Roemer</I></p>Tell someone you're considering running for public office and you will usually get encouragement and praise for your courage and selflessness. Tell a stranger you are an elected official and you'll most likely suddenly read mistrust derision or worse in his eyes.</br><I>Chapter XX</I>