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I wouldn't say this article has POV issues, but it really could benefit from source info. I know some of the Perez family, and they're nothing like what this article portrays. -- SwissCelt 12:13, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Does this article portray anything about the "Perez family"? It seems to me that it says nothing about anyone except Leander Perez.Acsenray 16:46, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Yes, and it does so anecdotally... which is my point. I can match anecdote with anecdote, but neither will give us any true sense of whom Leander Perez was. Sources will. It's not just a good idea, it's Wikipedia policy. -- SwissCelt 17:08, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

That's much better. Thanks, Acsenray! -- SwissCelt 20:05, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

You're welcomeAcsenray 14:22, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Edit War? 2 Can you guys advise on propriety of rumor? 3 Louisiana's "missing" oil revenue 4 Leadership of what? 5 Pronunciation 6 Tomb

[edit] Edit War?

What exactly is going on here? Why are there repeated attempts to remove the quotations?Acsenray 16:46, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

I'm rather wondering that myself. I have no problem with the quotations, so long as someone can provide source info. If he said it, we can't deny it. -- SwissCelt 17:08, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Can you guys advise on propriety of rumor?

Is it proper to have a rumor (see Hurricane Katrina section of this article) on a wikipedia page? I thought that the whole idea was that everything must be verified by source.

I just marked the section as needing a source. I also cleaned up the section so that it's a complete paragraph. -- SwissCelt 06:03, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Louisiana's "missing" oil revenue

Hello. I've read a few articles/blogs that somehow lay the blame of Lauisana not getting a cut to offshore oil revnue with Mr. Perez. Anyone have any more information?

• "In 1953, President Eisenhower promised Louisiana 50% of the tax revenue earned from its oil and gas production. One person, Leander Perez, who controlled Plaquemines Parish, didn't think half of the revenues was good enough, and demanded 100%. No one could get him to back off, and as a punishment, Louisiana got nothing at all." [2]
• "The Truman administration initially offered Louisiana control of the first three miles off its shores and a share of royalties beyond that. But, according to Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., Plaquemines Parish boss Leander Perez demanded all of the royalties or nothing -- and the state got nothing." [3]
• "Leander Perez, the powerful boss of Plaquemines Parish who not only controlled people but also a wealth of mineral rights, refused to take the deal. Perez was a greedy man by all accounts –– he redrew entire city boundaries to move along personal business deals –– so it was no surprise when he held out for 100 percent of all royalties off Louisiana’s shoreline." [4]

Thanks! Ewlyahoocom 20:34, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Leadership of what?

In the 1950s and 1960s, Perez became a nationally prominent opponent of desegregation, taking a leadership role along with William M. Rainach, Shelby M. Jackson, Strom Thurmond, George C. Wallace, Sr., and Ross Barnett.

Leadership role in what? What common organization connected those above except maybe the Democrat Party? 68.50.107.169 01:58, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pronunciation

I'm inclined to remove the text saying "(pronounced PE REZZ)". Does this make anything clear that otherwise would have been confusing? If we need a pronunciation, perhaps IPA would be better? Wondering, -- Infrogmation 06:28, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tomb

Rather belatedly related to material since removed from the article a few months ago, I was in Metairie Cemetery yesterday and snapped this photo of Judge Leander Perez's tomb. He is apparently buried within the city of New Orleans. -- Infrogmation 17:27, 6 January 2007 (UTC)