Friday, September 14, 2007...The story that U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-LA) hoped would go away refuses to die. This week Hustler publisher Larry Flynt announced that former New Orleans prostitute Wendy Ellis, also known as Wendy Cortez, passed a polygraph test administered by an international lie detector expert, Edward Gelb, former President of the American Polygraph Association. Cortez claims that she had a four month paid relationship at a French Quarter hotel with Vitter in 1999 while he was a State Representative. The polygraph test showed she was telling the truth. According to Mr. Gelb, the chances that Cortez is being untruthful are less than .01 percent.
September 7, 2007...In so many areas, Louisiana lags way behind other states: education,
healthcare, economic development, to name a few. However, in one category, Louisiana stands head and shoulders above any other state, colorful and strange politics.
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