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|name=James Carroll "Jim" Beam<br>

|name=James Carroll "Jim" Beam<br>

(''Lake Charles American Press'' columnist)

(''Lake Charles American Press'' retired editor and columnist)

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|birth_date=October 1933

|birth_date=October 7, 1933

|birth_place=Place of birth missing<br>

|birth_place=Cameron, [[Louisiana]]<br>

Long-term resident of [[Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]]

Long-term resident of<br> [[Lake Charles]]

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|spouse=Joann M. Beam<br>

|spouse=Joann M. Beam<br>

Children:<br>

Children:<br>

Including:<br>

Including:<br>

Joann D. Beam

Joann D. Beam<br>

Bryan Carroll Beam

Bryan Carroll Beam

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]

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'''James Carroll Beam''', known as '''Jim Bean''' (born October 1933), is long-time [[newspaper]]man from [[Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]], who is a staunch advocate of [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/james-beam/e41299923150|title=James Beam|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=February 20, 2018}}</ref> Beam has been affiliated with the ''Lake Charles American Press.''

'''James Carroll Beam''', known as '''Jim Beam''' (born October 7, 1933), is a long-time [[newspaper]]man from [[Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]], who was a staunch advocate for [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/james-beam/e41299923150|title=James Beam|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=February 20, 2018}}</ref> Though retired since 1999 as editor of ''The Lake Charles American Press,'' he has long continued to write columns and editorials for the publication.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://ereserves.mcneese.edu/depts/archive/pdfs/beam250.pdf|title=Jim Beam Biographical Sketch|publisher=Ereserves.mcneese.edu|accessdate=February 20, 2018}}</ref>

Beam's columns and news releases supporting Edwards has aroused the repeated ire of the [[conservative]] [[radio]] talk show host [[Moon Griffon]], who broadcasts statewide from a station in [[Lafayette]]. Though Beam has been called a [[RINO]], "Republican in Name Only," he is in fact a registered Democrat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=95125|title=James Beam, 70607, October 1933|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=February 20, 2018}}</ref> He supported Edwards over the [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate, [[David Vitter]], a former [[U.S. Senator]] in the general election held in November 2015.

==Background==

Most beyond Lake Charles have learned of Beam through the Griffon program or the website The Hayride: Southern Politics and Culture. In 2012, ''The Hayride'' dubbed Beam "a wolf in sheep's clothing," a columnist who "hides behind the so-called mainstream mantra, when clearly [his] opinions are [[liberal]]. Bean has proposed means testing of the state Taylor Opportunity Scholarship Program, which has been a particular to the benefit of the middle class. ''The Hayride'' claimed that Beam is trying to foment [[class warfare]].

 

 

 

 

Most beyond Lake Charles have learned of Beam through the [[Moon Griffon]] [[radio]] talk show; now a sharp Beam critic, Griffon earlier had expressed admiration for the editor's independence. The website The Hayride: Southern Politics and Culture in 2012 dubbed Beam "a wolf in sheep's clothing," a columnist who "hides behind the so-called mainstream mantra, when clearly [his] opinions are [[liberal]]." Bean has proposed means testing of the state Taylor Opportunity Scholarship Program, named for the [[New Orleans]] businessman Patrick F. Taylor (1937-2004). TOPS has been a particular benefit of the middle class. ''The Hayride'' claimed that Beam is trying to foment [[class warfare]].

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The real problem is the failure to hold our higher educational administrators accountable. The biggest flaw in the TOPS program is that it allows higher education a pot of cash each time the Legislature trims the.budget because with each budget cut from the Legislature comes with a tuition increase from the universities. When tuition increases, TOPS must increase the benefit – allowing the higher education leaders to pillage the taxpayers rather than becoming more efficient. And that is the problem with government.<br>

The real problem is the failure to hold our higher educational administrators accountable. The biggest flaw in the TOPS program is that it allows higher education a pot of cash each time the Legislature trims the.budget because with each budget cut from the Legislature comes with a tuition increase from the universities. When tuition increases, TOPS must increase the benefit – allowing the higher education leaders to pillage the taxpayers rather than becoming more efficient. And that is the problem with government.<br>

Until the government becomes more efficient and Louisiana’s journalists like Beam write the truth, we will only see a further expansion of liberal ideas and failed policies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehayride.com/2012/12/liberal-jim-beam-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing/|title=Liberal Jim Bean: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing - The Hayride|publisher'=Thehayride.com|date=December 31, 2012|accessdate=February 20, 2018}}</ref></blockquote>

Until the government becomes more efficient and Louisiana’s journalists like Beam write the truth, we will only see a further expansion of liberal ideas and failed policies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehayride.com/2012/12/liberal-jim-beam-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing/|title=Liberal Jim Bean: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing - The Hayride|publisher=Thehayride.com|date=December 31, 2012|accessdate=February 20, 2018}}</ref></blockquote>

Beam is the son of Charlie C. Beam (1905-1982) and the former Carrie Welch (1906-1979). His parents and a brother, David W. Beam (1939-1992are interred at Orange Grove Cemetery in Lake Charles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23192598|title=Charlie C. Beam|publisher=Oldfindagrave.com||accessdate=February 20, 2018}}</ref>. Beam and his wife, Joann M. Beam (born November 1934) have at least two children, Joann D. Bean and Bryan Carroll Beam (born September 24, 1962), a Democratic former member of the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/Bryan-C-Beam/Lake%20charles-LA|title=Bryan C. Beam|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=February 20, 2018}}</ref>

==See also==

*Beam's column challenging the claim by LSU journalism professor [[Bob Mann|Robert Townley "Bob" Mann]] that Louisiana is "a sick and dying state."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanpress.com/opinion/jim-beam/is-louisiana-sick-and-dying/article_4a1af3a0-9943-11e7-a22e-775bf9b57699.html|title=Is Louisiana 'sick and dying'?|author=Jim Beam|date=September 14, 2017|accessdate=February 20, 2018}}</ref>

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