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The mission of Tammany Together, a nonpartisan organization, is to identify issues of importance to the citizens of St. Tammany Parish, to educate its members and others on these issues, and to exert a positive influence on their outcome by speaking out with a unified voice.

How to report suspected public corruption

At our recent General Membership Meeting, Metropolitan Crime Commission (MCC) president Rafael Goyeneche documented a number of cases where input from ordinary citizens started processes by which public officials were eventually indicted and convicted on public corruption charges. He also provided the following useful information.

What Can You Do To Help?


  • Report all credible instances of corruption* to Law Enforcement or MCC.
  • Discreetly encourage business associates to report corruption.
  • If approached with an illegal offer, do not immediately refuse. Stall for time and immediately report the matter to one of the following:

* "Corruption" includes both unethical and criminal behavior on the part of elected or appointed public officials or those trying to influence them. Anything that appears to fit this description should be reported, even if seems like a minor incident. Small pieces of information often serve to fill in an evolving pattern and help build a prosecutable case. You have the ability to keep your identity secret when you make contact through any of the above means.

We encourage all Tammany Together members and friends to do their part in stamping out public corruption. Please keep the above contact information handy, and don't hesitate to use it if the situation warrants.

For more information, visit www.metropolitancrimecommission.org.

Your Tammany Together Board of Directors

Submitted by Tammany Together on Fri, 2009-11-20 14:15.

About Us

Tammany Together, Inc. is a non-profit, non-partisan, coalition of St. Tammany individuals, non-profit organizations, and homeowner and civic associations. We have come together without regard to east or west, city or parish, suburban or rural, rich or poor, life-long or newly arrived resident. For too long now, these labels have divided the citizens of our parish.

And our quality of life has suffered because of our divisions. No more! We now have a forum to speak with a unified voice rather than standing alone. This parish is everyone’s backyard!

Tammany Together, Inc. is a grass-roots organization. Members may attend the monthly meetings of the fifteen-member Board of Directors. There will be quarterly General Membership Meetings.

Member committees will study the issues and present their reports to the Board. The Board may ask for more information, take action, or ask the membership to vote on the matter. Tammany Together is committed to listening to the diverse voices in St. Tammany.

As a non-partisan organization, Tammany Together does not endorse or oppose specific candidates for public office.

Tammany Together, Inc. is organized under the laws of the State of Louisiana as a Domestic Non-Profit Corporation and has been granted tax-exempt status as a 501(c)(4) organization by the Internal Revenue Service.