Interviewer(s): T. McGuire. Boothville, LA

Affiliation: University of Arizona

Bud Latham suggested I talk with Mr. Sam Pizzolato, long-time resident of the Boothville/Venice area, and currently in his last few months of his second term as councilman for District 9. As a second-termer, he can't run again, but he plans to run for justice of the peace. He, like others, complained that insurance is putting boat people out of business. He had some interesting observations on contract work - it gives you more of an interest in the job you are doing, gives you more authority, you tend to be more efficient, and you make more money.

Sam Pizzolato moved to Boothville in 1957 as an "isolated switcher" from the Bayou Choctaw area near the town of Plaquemine. After graduating from college and working as a roustabout, he worked himself up to a field foreman and then to consultant. He bought a few boats - Breaux boats from outside of New Iberia.