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Vincent Joseph Bella, known as V. J. Bella (born July 29, 1927), is a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 50 in Iberia and St. Mary parishes, whose service extended from 1972 to 1990.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2008 )〕 Thereafter, Bella served in Baton Rouge as the appointed state fire marshal from 1990 to 1992 and again from 1996 to 2004. As a representative, Bella was a pioneer in fire sprinkler legislation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Regular Session, 2005, House Concurrent Resolution No. 14 by Representative Bruneau )〕 ==Legislator== In 1942, Bella as a teenager joined the fire department in Berwick in St. Mary Parish. Soon called into World War II, Bella served in the United States Marine Corps from 1945 to 1946. Thereafter, he was long-term member of the American Legion. Bella returned in 1947 to the Berwick Fire Department, at which he was elevated in 1951 to the position of chief. He also served as an alderman in Berwick and attended barber college though it is unclear if he ever worked as a barber.〔"Louisiana: Bella, V. J.", ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2007-2008'' (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, New Jersey, 2007), p. 650〕 In 1972, he was elected as a Democrat to the Louisiana House. A dozen years later, he switched to Republican designation. In 1987, Bella only narrowly won his final term in House District 50 as the GOP candidate because his district was still heavily and traditionally Democrat. Bella defeated Jack D. Smith, 7,348 votes (51 percent) to 7,053 (49 percent).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Louisiana election returns, October 24, 1987 ) 〕 In the House, Bella was chairman of the House Retirement Committee, a position previously held by Shady Wall of Ouachita Parish. He served on these committees: (1) Transportation, Highways, and Public Works, (2) Ways and Means, (3) the Administration of Criminal Justice, (4) Appropriations, and (5) Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.〔 C.B. Forgotston, a government watchdog attorney in Hammond in Tangipahoa Parish, describes Bella as a critic of excessive government spending and waste, along with colleagues Ed Scogin of Slidell and Raymond Laborde of Marksville. In 1988, Bella co-authored legislation to bar the placing of obscenities on automobile bumper stickers. The legislation forbids "patently obscene words, photographs or depictions displayed to members of the public not occupying such vehicles."〔"Lawmaker Stirs 'Obscene' Debate," ''Minden Press-Herald'', June 2, 1988, p. 1〕 Jack Smith won the House seat which Bella vacated over another Democrat in a special election held on March 23, 1991. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「V.J. Bella」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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