BATON ROUGE - Governor John Bel Edwards' administration is seeking the advice of a different kind of expert in how to deal with the state's looming budget crisis.

Monday, the state posted a special web page soliciting comments from Louisiana citizens. The site provides information on the governor's plan to deal with the budget gap and gives people a place to provide feedback. Feedback does not appear to be automatically listed in a public setting where others can comment like a Facebook or Twitter thread, though.

Check out our FAQs on the #LABudget crisis, and use the link at the bottom to give us your feedback → https://t.co/ag1MyGjbK9 #lagov #lalege

— Gov John Bel Edwards (@LouisianaGov) February 8, 2016

For this current fiscal year, there is an estimated $750 million shortfall that must be addressed by June 30th. For the next fiscal year, beginning July 1, there is already an estimated $1.9 billion shortfall.

Lawmakers have been summoned to the capitol for a special legislative session to deal with the budget crisis. Tax increases for people and business have been proposed. The session is set to begin this weekend.

Click HERE to visit the website. 

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