Embattled Sen. Brown sends mailer, lawmakers consider expulsion

BATON ROUGE - State Sen. Dan Claitor of Baton Rouge is one of two state lawmakers working to have State Sen. Troy Brown removed from office after he pleaded no contest twice to domestic abuse charges over the last year.Claitor, a Republican, and Sen. Sharon Hewitt, also a Republican, of Slidell will file a resolution seeking to kick Brown out of the Senate. Brown, a Democrat from Geismar, has refused to resign from the Senate.The move to try and expel Brown could come Monday when the special ses