| | Along with State Representative [[Shady Wall]], who was married to the former Lallage Feazel, Hatten was a member of the first board of advisors of the Twin City Ballet Company, a regional dance entity that fosters community enrichment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20090929/DELTASTYLE/90803008/Celebrating-40-Years|title=Celebrating 40 Years: Twin City Ballet Company: A Gathering of Dancers, August 3, 2009|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=May 22, 2014}}</ref> | | Along with State Representative [[Shady Wall]], who was married to the former Lallage Feazel, Hatten was a member of the first board of advisors of the Twin City Ballet Company, a regional dance entity that fosters community enrichment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20090929/DELTASTYLE/90803008/Celebrating-40-Years|title=Celebrating 40 Years: Twin City Ballet Company: A Gathering of Dancers, August 3, 2009|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=May 22, 2014}}</ref> |
| − | At some point after leaving the mayor's office, Hatten changed his registration from Democrat to [[Independent voter|Independent]].<ref name=voterportal/>In 2002, he was a donor to the unsuccessful campaign of Republican John Cooksey of Monroe, then the [[U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 5th congressional district, who failed in a bid that year to unseat Democrat [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mary Landrieu]] and lost his House seat in the process.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/elec2/02/elec-WEST-MONROE-LA-02.html|title=WEST-MONROE, Louisiana (LA) Political Contributions by Individuals|publisher=city-data.com|accessdate=May 22, 2014}}</ref>Hatten was later the secretary-treasurer of Health In Government, Inc., in West Monroe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizapedia.com/people/LOUISIANA/WEST-MONROE/W-BERT-HATTEN.html|title=W. Bert Hatten In West Monroe|publisher=bizapedia.com|accessdate=May 22, 2014}}</ref> | + | At some point after leaving the mayor's office, Hatten changed his registration from Democrat to [[Independent voter|Independent]].<ref name=voterportal/>In 2002, he was a donor to the unsuccessful campaign of Republican [[John Cooksey]] of Monroe, then the [[U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 5th congressional district, who failed in a bid that year to unseat Democrat [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mary Landrieu]] and lost his House seat in the process.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/elec2/02/elec-WEST-MONROE-LA-02.html|title=WEST-MONROE, Louisiana (LA) Political Contributions by Individuals|publisher=city-data.com|accessdate=May 22, 2014}}</ref>Hatten was later the secretary-treasurer of Health In Government, Inc., in West Monroe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizapedia.com/people/LOUISIANA/WEST-MONROE/W-BERT-HATTEN.html|title=W. Bert Hatten In West Monroe|publisher=bizapedia.com|accessdate=May 22, 2014}}</ref> |