louisiana ranks 50th in crime. we have record breaking homicide, car thefts and things of that nature. the way we solve that is by allowing our police officers to address the real problems of crime, the problems that we re reading about in the newspaper. i don t think the american people are concerned about who smokes a joint or not. and that s no matter whether you live in baton rouge, new orleans, or whether you re in nashville, tennessee. there are people who are still dealing with this in a way that they shouldn t be. this is the first issue you re tackling, obviously. how else will you be speaking to voters down there? louisiana ranks 50th in the nation overall, 47th in infrastructure. the environment, 49th in the economy, 50th in environmental quality. there s a whole host of things we can talk about about. we have senator foghorn leghorn