LOUISIANA SPOTLIGHT
There was a time when anyone, even a reporter, could stroll up to the Louisiana Governor’s Mansion and knock on the front door. There were no guarantees of getting in, or seeing anyone important. But sometimes it was worth a try.
That was before a tall iron fence was erected in 1998, during then-Gov. Mike Foster’s first term.
Not that Foster felt unsafe. After two U.S. Capitol g…