It's Baton Rouge: Out To Lunch

Just five years ago, Louisiana led the nation as the number one site to make movies, outpacing even California and New York. We attained this lofty position as a result of a generous program of state tax incentives , which cost the state treasury real dollars. But what did we gain in the process? By any measure, a lot of economic ripple activity and brand recognition, until the legislature put a stop to it all in 2016, with strict caps to the program that sent the movie producers packing for more generous locales like Georgia, which quickly overtook Louisiana as Hollywood South. In the years since, the Legislature has tried to undo some of the damage it in an attempt to lure some of the business back. And it's working. Sort of. Patrick Mulhearn,is a veteran guest of this show and of the film business, After wisely getting out of the local news business, where he got his start, Patrick joined Louisiana Eocnomic Development's Office of Entertainment Industries Development, and was snatched up not long after by