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THE TIMES 4 A MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1996 Foster's first appointments fill nine of 12 Cabinet posts A )' yiifO f- former Rhodes scholar, health management consultant based in Washington, D.C.; named by USA TODAY to its All-USA First Academic Team in 1992. Department of Revenue and Taxation: John Kennedy of Metairie. Background: former Buddy Roemer campaign manager; Yale University graduate; attorney. Department of Transportation and Development: Frank Denton of New Orleans. Background: manager for T.L James Co.

construction company. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries: James H. Jenkins 63, of Baton Rouge. Background: construction company owner; graduate of LSU in civil engineering; member of state Wildlife and Fisheries Commission since 1988; chairman of the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission in 1992 and 1993. Department of Natural Re- From Staff Reports Mike Foster will eventually appoint 12 people to Cabinet-level posts to lead his administration.

By Sunday, he had appointed nine and come under fire because most were male and the only blacks were in sub-Cabinet positions. "The top of the order is getting the best people we can," Foster has said when questioned about the issue. He defused some of that criticism Sunday when he appointed a black woman, Madlyn Bagneris of New Orleans, to head the Department of Social Services. His appointments so fan Commissioner of Administration: Mark Drennen, 46, of Baton Rouge. Background: most recently the president of Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana a public watchdog group.

Department of Health and Hospitals: Piysh "Bobby" Jindal, 24, of Baton Rouge. Background: AP Mike Foster announced the appointments of Dale Givens (left), James Jenkins, Jack Caldwell and Bobby Jindal on Friday. sources: Jack C. Caldwell of Department of Environ- quality office of Department of ton, superintendent of state police. Lafayette.

Background: Oil and gas mental Quality: John Dale Wildlife and Fisheries; 1966 gradu- Background: most recently the lawyer, litigator, LSU Law School Givens, 53, of Baton Rouge. Back- ate of LSU. commander for state police region graduate; St Mary Parish native, ground: career state employee, be- Department of Public Safe- 3, which covers 29 parishes in childhood friend of Foster's. gan working in 1969 with water ty. Maj.

William "Rut" Whining- North Louisiana. 11 fisi! Of HW V33S Lgisiify re 17 Inauguration to be 'low-key' Gus Weill. "Much of the old power structure has gone by the boards." Most political observers say the Senate is where the critical changes have been made. For years, the upper chamber has been blamed for killing so-called good government legislation once it passed the House. With a number of senators from the old guard out of the way, many predict that the Legislature is poised to change the face of state government.

"I expect there to be a big change and a big difference, but thaf a very optimistic expectation," Shreveport po McCormack, who was appointed by Foster to the transition team studying possible changes in the state's university system, said he hoped to be in the new governor's life as a friend once his official role ends. "I feel we have a spiritual kinship," he said. Monday's ceremony, will include a fly-by of Air Force fighter jets on a routine training mission out of the Naval Air Station at Belle Chase. St Mary Parish District Attorney Bernie Boudreaux of Franklin, a close family friend and one of the closest members in Foster's kitchen cabinet will administer the oath to the new governor at around 11:50 a.m. The state constitution says power is instantly transferred from outgoing Gov.

Edwin Edwards to Mike Foster. The outgoing governor traditionally sits on the podium where the new governor is sworn in. Also taking their oaths of office today: Secretary of State Fox McKeithen; state Treasurer Ken Duncan; Attorney General Richard Ieyoub; Insurance Commissioner Jim Brown; Agriculture Commissioner Bob Odom; Elections Commissioner Jerry Fowler, and Lt Gov. Kathleen Blanco. Continued from Page 1 A be wearing a tuxedo for tonight's Inaugural Ball, something he's donned only on special occasions like his daughter's wedding.

The inauguration will be less elaborate than in recent years, without a big parade or morning church services. The Foster family will meet with ministers in the Governor's Mansion before leaving for the inaugural ceremonies. "It will be very low-key. Both Mike and I are low-key," Alice Foster said. "We don't like a lot of pomp and circumstance." Two Shreveport pastors will lead prayers during the inauguration.

The Rev. Jimmy Tharpe, a friend before Foster decided to run for governor, will give the opening prayer. He's pastor of Baptist Tabernacle. The Rev. Billy McCormack of University Baptist Church will read the 100-year-old prayer somewhere near the middle of the ceremony, he said.

"I became friends with him before it was kosher to be friends with him politically," said McCormack, who is on the national board of the Christian Coalition. "He was still a Democrat when I began to support him." Key difference will be mood newcomers bring to Capitol. By BRAD COOPER The Times There will be 31 new members in the House and 13 new senators, which generally is considered to be a typical election-year turnover. But the fall elections wiped out the leadership in the Senate, including President Sammy Nunez, D-Chalmette and Sen. B.B.

"Sixty" Rayburn, D-Bogalusa. Rayburn had been in the Legislature for 45 years and represented the last vestige of the Huey Long era in Louisiana. Filling their shoes will be state Sen. Randy Ewing, a Quitman Democrat who will become the next Senate president, and Sen. Jay Dardenne, R-Baton Rouge, who will shepherd the governor's ethics reform package through the Senate.

The House didn't undergo as much change in terms of the old leadership, but new members like state Reps. Hunt Downer, D-Houma, and Rep. Chuck Mc-Mains, R-Baton Rouge, will assume the leadership mantle. Overall, the Legislature is shaping up to be one of the most reform-minded in years. "You have a brand new Legislature," says Baton Rouge political consultant think if the freshman class sticks together with 31 votes it would be a major power.

Rep. B.L. Shaw, R-Shreveport With the new governor, I think they can." Local school Principal Dan Rushing said he was not optimistic. "I can agree with governmental reform, but not at the expense of senior citizens, veterans, the handicapped and education," said Rushing, who blames the federal shutdown on the new class of federal legislators. The new state Legislature will be marked by a 31-member freshman class intent on reform.

In an effort to show their political might, several are circulating a contract committing themselves to reform measures. If the freshmen band together, they could wield some political muscle, some lawmakers and political observers predict "We are trying to subtly get across to all of them that if we vote 31 folks, we'll have a major stake in the program," freshmen Republican Rep. B.L Shaw of Shreveport said. "I think if the freshman class sticks together with 31 votes it would be a major power." Stonecipher litical consultant Elliott Stonecipher said. "We have nothing yet that is a good test of that optimism." Shreveporter Mark Bauer said he was optimistic the new legislators would make a difference.

"I think the people who have been elected know it can't be business as usual like it has been in the past," said Bauer, who works as an IBM consultant. "I think it's going to be, hopefully, like the U.S. congressmen who feel like they've been elected to make a difference. the Senate at (504) 342-7393. Or you can contact them at the numbers or addresses below.

Northwest Louisiana will have seven new faces get in touch with your representative, call the representing it in Baton Rouge as of Monday. To House of Representatives at (504) 342-2040 or TTiTWiTPITfl 01? fljjjfl iLjd Klii dlUS) 1 1 MaxT. Malone (R) District 37 610 Marshall Shreveport, La. 71101 (318) 425-3464 Jimmy D. Long (D) District 23 1220 Texas St.

Natchitoches, La. 71457 (318) 352-8424 Fax (318) Joe R. Salter (D) District 24 P.O. Box 250 Florien, La. 71429 (318) 256-4135 (800) 259-4135 Fax (31 8) Rodney Alexander (D) District 13 P.O.

Box 665 Jonesboro, La. 71251 (318) 259-8694 Fax (318) i 41 Roy Brun (R) District 5 725 Lane Building, 610 Marshall St. Shreveport, La. 71101 (318) 424-1441 Fax (31 8) Ron Bean (R) District 38 2520 Burt Kouns Industrial Loop Suite 201 Shreveport, La. 71118 (318) 688-9865 3 if tmiiMM nut B.L.

Shaw (R) District 6 3825 Gilbert, Suite 131 Shreveport, La. 71104 (318) 221-3918 Robert E. Barton (R) District 8 434 Mayfair Drive Bossier City, La. 71111 (318)742-4062 James i 1 David Cain (D) District 30 i P.O. Box 427 Dry Creek, La.

70637 i (318)328-7266 VX Jay McCallum (D) District 12 205 E. Jackson Farmerville, La. 71241 (318) 368-3348 Fax (318) Everett G. Doerge (D) District 10 732 Main St. Minden, La.

71055 (318) 371-3092 Fax (318) Mike Smith (D) District 31 P.O. Box 1381 Winnfield, La. 71483 (318) 628-3075 (318) 628-4631 Fax (318) 'I 3 Li I m3k, -mm Gregory Tarver (D) District 39 1104 Pierre Ave. Shreveport, La. 71103 (318) 676-7874 Ernest Baylor Jr.

(D) District 3 356 E. 68th St Shreveport, La. 71106 (318) 861-6993 Pinkie Carolyn Wilkerson (D) District 11 P.O. Box 893 Grambling, La. 71245 (318) 247-3186 Fax (318) Danny Mitchell (D) District 2 2332Jewella Ave.

Shreveport, La. 71109 (318) 631-8070 Fax (318) Foster L. Campbell (D) District 36 1800 Jimmie Davis Highway Bossier City, La. 71112 (318)746-2078 Cedric Bradford Glover (D) District 4 1818 Joe Louis Boulevard Shreveport, La. 71107 (318) 221-2378 teal, Roy Hopkins (D) District 1 P.O.

Box 63 Oil City, La. 71061 (318) 227-2003 Fax (318) Beverly G. Bruce (D) District 7 1516Starks Drive La. 71052 (318) 872-4320 Billy Montgomery (D) District 9 4326 Parkway Drive, Bossier City, La. 71112 (318)741-7387 Fax 1 I i i 'J Randy Ewing (D) District 35 Chautauqua Square, 206 E.

Reynolds Drive, Suite H1 Ruston, La. 71270 (318)251-1431 'V- -mm.