he and mr. gravelle every afternoon would get their daily exercise by walking from mr. gravelle's apartment on st. charles of a new down to audubon park. my friend would walk with him. one day, a friend asked him if he could really recite the louisiana constitution. before they had reached audubon park, mr. gravelle had recited it word for word including the 15 amendments that it had at that time. i will never forget that story because i think about it every time we talk about reforming the constitution. today mr. gravelle would have to walk from here to lafayette to recite it. every year, the people of louisiana lose valuable time and money when they are asked to yet vote on another amendment to our state constitution. we ask them to act like lawmakers. we ask them to study and then to vote on ridiculously long and complicated ballots. we ask our people to act like the legal scholars and analyze complicated and arcane legal propositions. i for one do not believe this is a fair request of our citizens. and our voters. these are decisions that they elect you to handle. i