We are in need of only ONE library per parish, with the advent of so many other places for reference material and the availability of reading material so vast. Government waste of money is rampant, and the library system is one example. Another glaring example is the college/university system. We have far too many colleges in this state to be efficient. It's akin to having 10 automobiles in a family when you can afford the monthly payments on 3 of them.
I just logged on and read Thur. blog about Adley. Isn't he married to Ned Randolph's ex-wife? That's probable why we got stuck with LMGA so Adley could make a little cash. You've got to be one of the "in" groop. Oh well...
Civil: Your theory would make a great movie but like all good Oliver Stone films, it has a glaring hole. The current director was not a superintendent under Craig. So explain how the "deal" came through for all involved?
Anonymous, I think the full picture of why Sonny Craig is just now being pieced together. That tends to happen when folks in elected positions are not transparent or to use an old fashioned term "honest". If the truth was told in the first place we would all know the whole story and there would be no room for speculation. Since it is not going to happen with any of our local media sources, people here compare notes. I am glad Michele Godard is making the effort to ask hard questions, but she is one of the few.
I just heard about this blog too. I also read Dr. Sams' website. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the Charlene Johnson that gives a testimonial on his website the same teacher that Dr. Sams had fired from Country Day when he was the PTA President? Something about mistreating a child from a VERY prominent Alexandria family.
Connella was a superintendent under Craig. He left the Engineering Department and replaced Chuck Miller who retired from his position as Water Superintendent. Shortly therafter, Craig was fired and Connella was named Acting Director.
I just heard about this blog too. "I also read Dr. Sams' website. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the Charlene Johnson that gives a testimonial on his website the same teacher that Dr. Sams had fired from Country Day when he was the PTA President? Something about mistreating a child from a VERY prominent Alexandria family."
If it is true, why is she allowed to teach her ACT (for profit) class at ACDS after hours? and Sams sure got her the Libraian job at Bolton, I guess Sams can change his opinion when it is convienent for him. (She is said to be his direct information line)
I thought Sonny was involved in some shady deals with some of the neighboorhoods developed by Harold Chambers. I think they got some utility deals that others did not get. Check it out.
You know in my walk through many years of life I have met some ignorant sons of a bitches but I have never ever met one that would try and keep the library system from progressing. I was raised so dayum poor if I wanted to see grass and dirt I had to ride my bicyle through the Garden District. My sister and I would check books out of the Mokingbird Park Library (figure out where that is.) The FAIR Store was still on second street and Kaplans momman was his bill collector.
We would check out books, go home, lay on the concrete floor in the afternoon and enter dream, play like land. Now in this day and land of plenty some ignorant bastard wants to deny the library services to the citizens of Rapides Parish.
The library returns more services per tax dollar to the citizens of this parish then any other office. You ignorant son of a bitch you obviously have a problem with the library system and from the looks of your postings I would think you are at fault.
Check out books, check out tapes, check out DC's, go in and use their computers to go on line, read the paper and on and on and on. The library system in Rapides Parish is the only agency providing real time support to the less fortunate.
"I thought Sonny was involved in some shady deals with some of the neighboorhoods developed by Harold Chambers. I think they got some utility deals that others did not get. Check it out."
You're full of crap -- quit thinking.
Civil, you keep referring to the 98 tax. Could you possibly mean the 96 tax that funded several improvements including the Johnny Downs rec complex?
My perspective as I have pieced together information over a period of time has the Sonny Craig deal looking like this. Year after year, we have had decent pricing on natural gas with no curtailment of delivery and the city has been pretty good at locking or floating on the gas market as it was expeditious to do either. The city council has been able to exert undue influence on the mayor to get their way and when Sonny would not aquiese to the council wishes to a new gas supplier, pressure was exerted for the mayor to do the dirty work and fire Sonny. I doubt any settlement would have been paid if his firing was truly justified as it was connected to competancy. I feel the settlement was more for show to draw the chapter closed and where the council miscalculated was that it smells of bad fish and folks want still want to know what really happened, especially since an obvious decision to change the way the city purchsed natural gas and set the rate structure has been very costly for the average citizen. The only piece of the puzzle that needs to be answered for me is how is any council member connected to anyone in the organization of our recent gas supplier. I may all wet on this but, It was my understanding that Sonny had a deal for 4.00btu and we have been paying almost 12/btu at times plus the city markup. I am going to admit to a lack of accuracy on the previous pricing and would ask anyone with the correct info to supply it. I just have not researched the numbers.
Spanky, you're figures aren't exactly correct, but you're overall thesis is right on the money. Craig had a fair deal worked out for gas supplies, but, Charles, Myron, Kelvin, Everett, and Lewis were being heavily romanced by those gas "experts" William Barron and Jeff Richardson. It seems they teamed up with former (indicted) State Sup. of Ed. Kelli Nix and former (indicted) Head of Dept of Ag. Gil Dozier and decided they could be gas moguls. Don't know how much money Richardson and Barron passed to the brothers, but it doesn't take much.
So the council voted to reject Craig's deal (5-2: Ranson and Fowler opposed)in order to deal with the Sugar Daddies. That didn't pan out, thanks to efforts by Harold Chambers, and the city was forced to but on the spot market.
Thank the boys in black for screwing the citizens once again. They whine the loudest about soaring utility bills yet they are the primary cause for our problems.
Mockingbird Park was located on Bolton Avenue. It is now the location of the Bolton Avenue Community Center. I am told by the old timers that it was a favorite "parking" spot among the young folks of the time.
Scene of USO dances, Saturday night dances, the Santa Claus toy give away to the less fortunate. Supposedly the donation of the land has a clause that there must be a park there or the land reverts to the original owners. That is why there is always some type of playground equipment (or was) on site.
Now is the time for a new council, why didn't CFS not have to step down from his council presidency and his job with the Sheriff's Department to run for mayor, at least DB did step down as chief of staff.
He did step down from Sheriff's Office position, but the law does not require him to vacate his council seat to run for mayor. Roosevelt has not stepped down from his council seat either.
Interesting letter from John Sams's boy, Lou Howard in today's TT. Lou forgot to mentioned his dying devotion and love for Sams in his letter. There have been and will be numerous "debates" or "forums" for the candidates. Missing one nor attending all, qualifies the candidate for the mayor's office. Even if just one debate/forum was held in a large venue, the public still would not be interested. So far, every debate has been attended by handlers, supporters of candidates, and media professionals. Hopefully in a couple of weeks the public will start paying attention.
The Rapides Parish Library HAS been expanding, but not in ways thay one would expect. Each year that goes by brings another group of new employees and elevates the current crop to some sort of "assistant director" status. The Rapides Parish Library is a texbook example of empire building.
Despite what the spinners on the library's payroll are saying, library use in the outlying portions of the parish is DOWN over the past 5 years. Library support in this parish mainly comes from voters who like the IDEA of a library but seldom USE a library.
Survey says... There is plenty of fat in the Library's budget. Cut staff and close un-used branches. The tax will fail.
In ref to Lou's letter re: Dr. Sams I too am a patient of his and he has kept me alive for at least 8 years and in all my visits to his office I have never had to worry about what He was thinking, He is very honest and straightforward. I really believe that He is running for the best interest of the city, this I believe because He has earned an honest living from his medical practice and is not just running to have a job. Think about it.
I saw the Chief of Police on tv talking about smoking in cars and video cameras in convience stores. I would think that the city should be worried about all the real crime on th e streets(see town talk ) O by the way I still see city employees smoking in city vehicles, Another crime wave.
Lou is a handsomely paid black political "consultant" for Dr. Sams. He got his political start as the black point man in the Richard Starling machine. He works with Leonid and Elda. Sams has the Starling machine in place, but it won't help. We will see how powerful Lou is in the black community based upon Sams percentage of the black vote. I say you will be shocked. I predict Sams will get .0005% of the black vote.
Sams isn't running "to have a job" or to "do good for Alexandria." He's running because he likes to be the M.F.I.C. and stir up the sh*t. Plain and simple.
He is also not a "change." He is a huge proprietor of the "good ole boy" system. It's just a different group of "boys"...the ones he chooses.
Greetings, I heard it on the wind that high elected officials are being investigated for their roles in subdivision development. Specifics not disclosable at this moment but the results should dissapoint and galvanize our community to take politics very, very seriously.
i know i have said it before, but i will say it again. we need a total and complete regime change to put alexandria on the right track. i will vote for slatkin, but i think myron will win. i will vote for lampert, and he will kick harry's ass. i can't vote for hobbs, but something tells me he is not a bad guy, and from the televised forum, there was something about the other fella that reminded me of myron. that aside, the reality remains that lampert and fowler will be on the losing side of a lot of council votes. so who needs to be mayor with that council? i can tell you who doesn't need to be mayor if you want a true change. the last person you want is mr. rogers holding hands and singing kumbaya with the city council. the sams bashers on this blog basically say "oh, he's crazy. he's gonna put catfish back in the pools. (i have personally talked to sams about this and he denies it. he says the fish of the future is tilapia and that is what will be stocked.) i mention to the blog that he has 8 years experience on the school board, which by the way has more employees than the city and a bigger budget. the sams bashers come back and say, "WELL, nobody ran against him the second time." duh, you idiots, that actually means any potential candidate knew he/she didn't have a chance against sams. and if you don't understand the significance of that statement, it means for eight years his consituents were happy with him. so why sams for mayor? answer: for the very things you accuse him of. pushy, not afraid of a fight, intimidation, and a bull dog mentality. because that is what it is going to take to curb the city council we are about to get. so let's talk about roy. he is bright, articulate and honest. he has zero experience in holding an elective office, and certainly no experience in running an entity with a bigger budget and more employees than the city as sams has. most importantly, what is his motivation? i personally think he has heeded some bad advice from people with an agenda. i think we all can agree that roy had no intention or desire to be mayor. if that were the case, he would not have decided roughly two weeks before qualifying to run. that leaves two other alternatives. one, he is an opportunist. "hey, you want to be mayor? we can make you mayor." i don't think that is his motivation. he is just not that kind of guy. the second alternative get's a bit stickier. "jacques, we need you to save alexandria." well, the question is, save who and from what? the answer is obvious. they annointed delores and her boat shoaled on a major reef in weeks. the regime was worried. again, the one person most likely to bring change is sams. so they persuaded roy to save the city, while delores was sinking. unfortunately, roy missed the real reason. defeat sams at all costs, because he will kick our butt, and our happy asss sucking down 60 million a year from the city, while blacks are getting a laughable 400 grand, will have to really work for a living. it's sad, but that is the only reason roy is running, though he doesn't realize it: defeat sams at all costs. protect our income. save us from the one person that will bring about true change. believe me. the two tommy's of terror, david and antoon, dropped delores like a hot potato because they knew what we know. she is finished. if you truly want change in alexandria, there is only one candidate, sams.
Biff, I am going to wait until the election settles to see the outcome and file suit for the removal of certain councilmen that remain. It is called tilting the balance of power.
Spanky, let me get this straight, you can't cut off the head of the snake at the ballot box, so your going to get a judge to do it. You sound like a spoiled child. Your name becomes you.
the part time thing certainly is an issue. my understanding is that sams will take on no new patients and basically wind his practice down. that aside, sams has never undertaken any project that failed for lack of time and effort. i personally am convinced he can handle it.
Biff, you certainly have a right to your opinion, but a few things you have said are wrong, wrong, wrong.
"duh, you idiots, that actually means any potential candidate knew he/she didn't have a chance against sams." Not necessarily. Maybe no one that lived in that district (and I mean REALLY lived there, not just rented an apartment to pretend like they lived there) didn't want to subject themselves to the negativity and mud slinging that Sams is famous for.
"and if you don't understand the significance of that statement, it means for eight years his consituents were happy with him." HA! Not even close, bud.
I might be unhappy with the president, but I don't necissarily want to run against him. Just because no one ran against him neither means they knew they didn't have a chance nor does it mean they were happy with him.
You use the words "pushy, not afraid of a fight, intimidation, and a bull dog mentality" to describe Sams. I think those would be good qualities in a mayor as well, if I didn't know the real person behind that "go-getter" facade. It's not how he does things that I have a problem with. It's WHY. He wields his authority and title like they were a protective shield against all the unethical and illegal things he has done. They're not. Just because he's a school board member and a doctor DOES NOT make him better than the rest of us.
He says his intellect is his biggest handicap. I think his biggest handicap is that he's an asshole. And if he were an asshole that got things done for the right reasons rather than to further his vindictive political agenda, I'd be OK with that. I'd probably vote for him. But I know the truth.
I will not vote for John Sams, not because of my strong positive feelings for another candidate, but because of my strong, unwavering negative feelings about HIM. I'm not, by far, the only one around that feels this way. I can only hope that enough of us elect another person as our mayor.
If not, anyone know of any nice houses for sale in Pineville?
Dear Anonamouse, sounding like a spoiled child bothers me not. Successfully defeating the assholes that want to lie and sell out our city is what I want to acheive. Besides, it is the avenue that is afforded me as a citizen under the charter and I intend to play by the rules - and win.
I have not heard much comment in reply so I want to throw this out in regard to Fast Track. Of a $155-166 m budget that the council is so proud to manage, $100m is on the capital outlay or wish budget. To date we have accumulated $37 m (which took about 10 years) to apply against the 100M and the figures for some of the projects are 10+ years old. The folks trying to sell Fast Track are trying to make it sound like the projects will snow ball after the 36 month estimated completion time. My observations are these:
1. without federal or state funding participation, it will take another 17 years to accrue the funds, if past performance is any indication, to complete the capital outlay budget.
2. Price increases and changing needs will alter the outlay budget upward.
3. Fast Track proponents will condemn the largest part of Alexandria to further decay as the funds that could be used to leverage funding will be gone, therefore, no leverage.
4. Please note that the $37M is referred to as money in the bank, which it is, and it is OK to spend it all, every bit of it to go as far as it will until it runs out. After the 36 month construction period, they give the illusion that money will roll into the coffers at a faster rate. Even if revenues doubled, that would still put completion of the outlay budget, as it stands now, at 8.5 years plus the three it will take to fast trackmaking the total 11.5 years.
5.When the money is spent, it is spent and there will be no turning back. The wheels are already turning and it will take action by the newly comprised council to stop the folly.
You folks need to think about the consequences and decide if you are going to let a select few raid your treasury for their personal gain. Any thoughts?
No is saying it but everyone knows it is true that it is the white people against the black people in this election. In the words of alexandria's next lawyer Bridget Brown " It is "OUR" turn now" I am not a racist just a a concern citizen. I think Mayor Fields is doing a great job in pineville. He is doing so much more for pineville then Fred Baden who was very racist and kept the city down. I do not see any Mayor Fields qualities in the african american candiates running in Alex. We have so much going for this town i hate see it kill by some black power agenda OR a good ole boy redneck agenda.So remember these words by Ms. Brown "it's OUR turn now" when go to vote
If Sams wins and doesn't get his way with the city council he will sue them like he did with the school board. See Article below
OR get his ACLU son to attack them
. Sams sues School Board October 3, 2001 •• 739 words •• ID: alx2001100311000493 Claims club policy violates Equal Access Act Correction 10/4/2001 A2 : Rapides Parish School Board member Steve Furr said he did not vote against a change to the district's student club policy Tuesday. The final vote on the change was 8-1, with John Sams being the lone vote against it. By Melissa Gregory The Town Talk Rapides Parish School Board member John Sams has sued his fellow members over the district's school club policy. Sams' lawsuit
Monday, September 11, 2006 at 6PM · Rapides Foundation Building, Hearn Stage - Kress Theatre · 1101 Fourth Street (entrance at Third & Johnston Streets) · Reception immediately following in Kress Theatre Lobby · FREE for YPG Members / $5 for non-members · Please RSVP via email: rsvp@ypgcenla.org
Please review the facts of Fast Track and I think you will see that a complete retraction of your post is in order.
The $37M is your tax money. Would you prefer to see it collecting dust in a vault somewhere?
The feds where cut out because their match takes a decade or longer to come through.
Fast Track will complete projects throught the entire corporate limits. The vast majority of Alexandria will not "condemn the largest part of Alexandria to further decay as the funds that could be used to leverage funding will be gone, therefore, no leverage."
While I normally find your posts peppered with whitty banter enjoyable. Statements which are baseless are dangerous and inflamatory at a time like this.
Free speech is your right; incition to riot is not.
No one ever said all the money was there. I believe that the projection was a bond sale after 30 months of work.
The utility infrastructure doomsday projections you make cannot be funded from the same coffer that is funding Fast Track. Those funds come from the Utility Fund.
spanky, thanks for the explanation. i'm not strong on municipal financing. i nevertheless thought that something smelled rotten, when the council and administration decided to do the fast trackin the waning moments of their tenure. if i understand you, the 37 million is a rainy day nest egg accumulated over several years. by spending that money now as planned by the fast track, one, it's not enough to actually do all those projects, and two, if we need to say as an example, replace a major portion of water lines in alexandria, we won't have the money to do it. is that the deal?
I would like to know how the fast track priorities are set. There are people in district 3 that get knee deep water in their homes when Chatelain Lake canal backfills and their project has been on the books for about 15 years. Explain to them that the money is in the bank but, there are more important projects that will make more tax money so they will have to wait until that tree bears fruit to pay for their drainage project.
Biff, the 37M actually has been collected for the purpose of funding the capital outlay budget, in other words paying for projects on the list. By using federal and state funds, which we are not eligible for now due to our population drop, we would use a percentage of the 37M up front to "make a down payment on a project and recieve the remainder in federal and state funding, thereby leveraging what money we have in the account. depending on the participation for each project, the city could be responsible for as little as 10% with the other funding paying the balance. Many times it is 50/50. If you don't have the money up front though, you cannot play. That is why I say the Fast Trackers are willing to sell us all out for their pet projects, because when the 37M is spent, there is no leverage or ante money.
In response, I would like to see our tax money collecting dust in a vault while our city officials do their job to coordinate with the feds and the state to get projects funded. It does not take ten years to get funding from the feds although, if your statement is true, then that beats the 17 or 20 that it is going to take to get the money to complete the current capital outlay budget. I would also observe that figures lie and liars figure and if you torture numbers sufficiently, they will tell you anything you want to hear.
A question has come to mind and it is, " who is responsible in the city administration for managing the federal and state funding portions of the capital outlay budget and would this lightning bolt strike anywhere near the capital works director's office?" Just curious.
It has also occurred to me that with federal and state funding comes a level of oversight. Fast Track = No Oversight. Today's TT Readers Write contained an interesting warm & fuzzy - from an out of towner no less. Local spin in action.
Gentlemen: it is my understanding that the only assets she actually managed were the ones she was sitting on. Her governmental function was rubber stamping the engineer and landscape architecture invoices. Hard to blame someone who was so far removed from actual decision making. I suggest you blame the "shadow government". THE SHADOW KNOWS!
The race component cannot be overlooked in the Alex Mayor's contest. The formula is simple, elect any candidate who has had any involvement in Alexandria City Government or any candidate who supports the Kelvin/Bridgett version of "our turn" government, and the corruption will continue.
Which leaves us with only two candidates, Sams and Roy.
In a matchup between Sams and Brewer, the status quo will mobilize for Brewer because she lets them keep the money train rolling. Sams' does not have the machine to compete. In a heads up match between Brewer and Roy, Roy's chances are slightly better, however, look for a joining of forces between the democrats who control Alexandria and the "good government" Republicians who wrongly believe that Delores will save them. The Republicians will be disappointed, Brewer will sell them out.
In a matchup between Fuller and either Sams or Roy, Fuller wins. His political machine will draw ALL the black vote, and a good portion of the white, "silk stocking" vote who wrongly believe that, if they are buddies with Fuller, they will have a seat at the table. Wrong...Fuller won't even let them in the house, much less at the table. They're the wrong color.
Look for Alexandria to decend further into the abyss, and the exodus from Alexandria to Pineville to continue.
I just want to know who is responsible. From casual observation it looks like the answer would be "not me!". I can see what Soothsayer sees in the bones. It is a likely scenario and I know that I do not know what is going to happen and that the electorate is fickle. We will find out when the bones roll on election day.
For the Fuller lover. It was interesting to see Michele ask him why the Mayor of Pineville hates him. He lied when he said he did not know why. To find out why look at the Ethics commission rulings and you will find a charge against Rosa Fields which was paid by Fields. That was turned in by Fuller. WHy doesnt someone ask him about it and HOW he thinks he would be able to heal that feud.
For the Fuller lover. It was interesting to see Michele ask him why the Mayor of Pineville hates him. He lied when he said he did not know why. To find out why look at the Ethics commission rulings web page and you will find a charge against Rosa Fields which was paid by Fields. That was turned in by Fuller. WHy doesnt someone ask him about it and HOW he thinks he would be able to heal that feud.
For the Fuller lover. It was interesting to see Michele ask him why the Mayor of Pineville hates him. He lied when he said he did not know why. To find out why look at the Ethics commission rulings web page and you will find a charge against Rosa Fields which was paid by Fields. That was turned in by Fuller. WHy doesnt someone ask him about it and HOW he thinks he would be able to heal that feud.
actually kalb had something up before the town talk kalb's was up at least as early as 5pm
Bentley Announcement By: By Babs Zimmerman KALB - NewsChannel 5 Online Aug 28, 2006
Brace Godfrey, a Baton Rouge businessman, has called a news conference for 10:30 a.m. tomorrow to make an announcment about the historic Hotel Bentley. He is expected to announce there is a group of buyers for the hotel, which has been for sale by owner Bob Dean of Baton Rouge for some time.
ah thanks. looks like the purchasers will be CYNTRENIKS LLC according to this story in b.r. business report godfrey and dean have worked together before. interesting that buddy leach is involved. brace godfrey google
adams and reese is a very prestigious firm out of new orleans. godfrey was appointed managing partner of the baton rouge office in 2000. he subsequently left to go out on his own, but he looks like the real deal. he has previously purchased dean properties. he has promised fuller the head janitor position at the bentley if fuller does not get elected. (calm down, idiots. just kidding.)
lol anon. we see in that same article that they were considering turning the hotel king into office space. wouldnt it be great if they would convert the bentley into apartments. of coz leaving the lobby and facade alone.
Does any bloggers remember, after the hurricanes, Mrs. Brewer was trying her best to get the city to find a place for the poor people outside city hall....inside their cars with no place to go.
What about CFS saying no more evacuees...because of emails to law enforcement stating rampant crime. And this turned out to be a hoax by a sheriff deputy.....Did anyone ever say who that deputy was?
Fact... Roy danced around a statement saying he has not spoken to Cicardo since at the airport. When he was questioned by a friend in regard to the statement made in the TT about Cicardo loosing documents for Chief Coutee's suit against the city. This should raise more than an eye brow. He knew he was spoken to on tc's behalf. Seems to me a lawyer such as Roy would ask Cicardo directly regarding these documents and not blatantly say he lost them. Again I will say for my husband he turned them over to accounting Mrs. Washington.
I will state again while this was being quoted and misquoted in the TT Cicardo was giving a deposition in regard to a lawsuit against the city along with other fine officers.
The Molette Lawsuit
I would like to also add the racist CFS in a council meeting wanted to commend what a fine job Chief Coutee did in some incident.... he also added snidely NOT LIKE THAT OTHER TIME
Jeezz he's nuts...excuse me CFS lawsuit against city you represent! DUUhhh
Scarlett, you hit the nail on the head. Brewer was so self consumed she refused knowlegable advice from Ned and others suggesting that she change party affiliation. With one foolish, no, lets call it stupid, decision to ignore even her mentor, she lost any chance she ever had to win the mayors seat. Republicans CANNOT win in a majority black city. Will that ever sink in?
Isn't it amazing that people still make decisions based on the PARTY and not on the PERSON? If Delores was a democrat she would get certain votes. Since shje is a Republican she will get different voters. She's still the same person. Doesn't this speak to the ignorance of the majority of the voters? Maybe that's why we ended up with the city councl we currently have.
Excuse me whether the vote was executed by an ignorant (in your opinion) blue gum or a super intelligent liberal mninded, wine sipping blue blood it is their right to vote as they desire.
I regret that some (possibly a large majmority) of the citizens of Alexandria do not meet your educational level or intelligence level but it seems the Constitution of the Newnited States of Merica guarantees the right to vote to all. Property ownership requirements, race requirements, sex requirements, educational requirements and poll taxes have all been eleiminated as impediment to being able to vote.
I know this is disheartening to the intelligent elite of Alexandria who are the only ones that know what is best for Joe and Joan Sixpack however that is life.
One person, one vote for the candidate of your choice. I know the elitist, carpet bagging liberals have been pissed about this but as my favorite bumper sticker says: "Shit Happens."
Would not one think that John Sams can identify with and is more acceptable to the "ignorant majority of voters" in Alexandria than the other white candidates? Is this what he meant when he mentioned his intellect? I would think a Doctor would have difficulty speaking one on one to the "ignorant majority of voters" and can well see how this would be a detriment to his administration.
It speaks well of Dr. Sams that he recognizes this situation and plans on taking action to do something about it.
If Sams is as big an asshole as he is being made out to be why does he have a customer base? It would seem that if his bedside manner sucks as bad as being made out he would not have to conern himself with his practice for he would have none.
There are two professions that would never ever be happy even if provided with a free lunch - teachers and nurses and most especially teachers.
One needs only examine the total education career to realize the hourly compensation teachers receive over their career. For some reason teachers seem to feel they should enter the field making top dollar. When one analizes the entire career, including DROP, and the years of service one needs for full retirement and the life expectancy offering a possibility of employment for educational employment at full compensation plus the retired teachers salary in ain't bad.
Teachers just want their union (IWM) to provide immediate top dollar and are not willing to advance through longevity, additional education, etc.
Nurses - just a conflict between their superior intelligence and personality conflicting with the Doctor. Mixed in with this is jealousy that they are not doctors.
Sams may be an SOB but Alexandria needs an SOB. The smooth mouthes have had their day and need their playhouse torn down.
anon, well said. people gravitate to roy for the same reasons they gravitate to ned. nice looking, articulate, always a kind word. all wonderful qualities. but do we really need a ned, jr. at this juncture? i say no. with a couple of exceptions, the make up of the city council is already known before the election. over the past few years they have run ripshod over ned. and i see nothing to distiguish roy from ned, other than no experience at all. a lot of the very same prominent names that supported ned are supporting roy. i agree with anon. if you really want a change, it's gonna take an SOB to get the council in line. if you really want a housing cleaning, sams is the only real possibility.
Breaking news: Myron Lawson's name all in the middle of the article about the sale of the Hotel Bentley. Does anyone else remember his comments about holding Bob Dean's feet to the fire about the bill for the city housing Dean's nursing home residents? Wonder if part of the deal will have the city forget about Myron's comments.
Scarlett, I have no wish to quibble with you about this. Your loyalty to Brewer is commendable, however, you discount the influence and control the good old boys have over her. You also ignore her reputation with Myron and Crew. They consider her a nothing more than yapping Chihuahua.
I do know Delores, very well in fact. I know you as well. On a social level, I like Delores. On a political or administrative level, she just does not have the tools to do the job. Ask anyone who has had a chance to engage her in conversation about the nuts and bolts of running a city and you'll get a never ending stream of lofty platitudes about working together, getting back on track, regaining dignity, moving forward, etc, etc, etc....
She cannot recite any DETAILED step by step plan to cure Alexandria's ills. Worse, she will flat out tell you that she does not wish to engage in open warfare with the council. She says that such conflict does the city no good.
I contend that warfare is precisely what is needed to educate the council as to their position in the city structure. The Mayor sets the agenda, and proposes the direction the city will go. The council must either approve or disapprove. The council NEVER is to take the lead in ANY negotiations with anyone. That authority is reserved exclusively for the Mayor. Of course, it takes a strong Mayor to keep the council in line.
Survey says……Delores just does not possess the tools to do this job. She might fold her arms and stomp her foot and demand that everyone fall in line, however, in the end she will be ignored and overwhelmed by Myron, Kelvin, Bridgett, CFS, Johnson, and the rest of the crew who believe that it's their turn to gorge themselves at the public money trough. Delores does not have stomach for this fight...it will be bloody. Bottom line is, should Brewer win, everything will continue as is.
I've known Delores for quit some time also. I am fairly sure I know who Scarlett is also- and we are usually on the opposite end of the spectrum when it comes to politics. I am a very proud that I am a liberal Democrat. However, in my opinion, party affiliation does not have much to do with a local mayors race, other than perhaps providing funding. I do not support people just because I know them or are friends with them, but I totally support Delores because I know she has the skills and ability to do the job. I would have been disappointed in her if she had done a reverse Rodney Alexander and changed parties. I also know she is honest and has the guts to stand up to the council. Thank God she does not want to have an open “war” waged. Diplomacy goes a long way in getting things done. Delores has proved through events in her life that she is a strong person. She will make a good mayor for the City of Alexandria.
BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK SAID... "However, in my opinion, party affiliation does not have much to do with a local mayors race, other than perhaps providing funding."
I agree with you... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK SAID... "I totally support Delores because I know she has the skills and ability to do the job."
How do you know this? Be specific in your examples please...... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK SAID... "I also know she is honest and has the guts to stand up to the council. "
Judging from the fiasco with the meeting with the lawyers in BR and her business involvment with insurance for the Alex Housing Authority, her honesty is suspect.
Again, name one time, just one, when she stood up to the council...be specific in your example. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK SAID... "Diplomacy goes a long way in getting things done. Delores has proved through events in her life that she is a strong person."
Name one issue, just one, where diplomacy has ccarried the day when dealing with the council. Just one. Tell us what trials Delores has gone through that is so tough? Haven't others faces adversity as well, and survived? Does that make them "special" too? Does that qualify them to be competent administrators of a 165 million dollar budget?
If you are going to make these whitewash statements about any candidate, be prepared to back them up!
Don't come to a gunfight armed with a pocket knife.
To the political operatives from each candidates camp. You are too transparent, we see through you. To the brainwashed Breweristias, we hope that there is no long term damage done...
If Alexandria is not to become - in Nagin's words - a chocalite city - catering to the whores (black lawyers (specially ones driving them cute little white wannabe an expense foreign car), preachers, etc) of the City Council pimps Sams must go in.
Sanders and Brown remind me of the trite old joke - it is lawyers like these that make the 2% good lawyers look bad.
Asking curiously - anyone poll the legal community (not the ones dining at the public trough) as to whom they are backing? Wonder if Roy's peers are supporting him?
This blog is a joke. Sams? Sams? Wake up people. You bash the Brewer supporters? Why? Because they don't support a whacked out overweight doctor whose only experience is pissing people off on the school board? Operatives huh. There are plenty of operatives on this board and they are all for that "too intelligent I have to talk down to people goofy bastard" known as John "I have less than 1% chance" Sams. He may have all the intelligence in the world, but he sure does act like the dumbest person ever born. If he wants to really make a difference he needs to go away or run for city council against the real problem in the city. With the money he is wasting on his campaign he could have done a lot of other things. If he is that dumb to see he has no shot at this he really does not need to be leading a city. Damn, if all candidates were like him, there would be a lot more consultants out there gettin paid. Laughable at best. I am glad he is in just for the entertaing comments.
I think the lawyers pretty well stick together. I know that all the lawyers I talk to: black and white, male and female, plaintiff and insurance, prosecutor and defense, all seem pretty strongly behind Mark Lampert but Roy may be a little more controversial and political. Two lawyers that openly profess their dislike for Roy and Lampert are Bridget Brown and Daphne Robinson. That may be a good thing. The reviews on Darrel Hickman are mixed but everyone seems to agree that he would be a huge mental and ethical improvement over Hobbs.
I agree Sams is a joke at best. I can't believe there are actually a handful of people who support him. Oh wait, that is just a couple of gullible old people and a bunch of Doctors who are actually lying to his face, giving him 100 dollars and writing the big checks to a real candidate. He will see very shortly what this town thnks about him.
So tell us about Brewer. Let's assume that she has had some strife and challenge. Who in this world has not. She is nice, has a uterus, and belongs to the Jr. League. OK. Now explain her "lapses" in ethics and judgment without using the term "figure of speech" and explain why, in her two outings in public forums she has yet to display even the slightest understanding of City Government and clearly lacks the ability to think on her feet. What she is asking us to do is put in a Ned Surrogate and let Albin Provosty and Myron Lawson remain at the helm for this next term. I am not for that. Sams or Roy - you pick. We need a clean sweep - a total purge.
You men are such a##holes. You sit on here and talk about how good looking Michele Godard is, and the fact that Delores Brewer has a uterus. What a bunch of jerks!
There we go.....I wondered when it would be clear. The GROUP that we have been waiting for...BITCHES FOR BREWER.....well now we see there are amoung us..... BFB
Have you ever seen a campaign where a man runs and makes as part of his campaign that he is MALE?....Why should it be made an issue by Brewer? But it is. I don't see Bitches for Brewer being a factor. In fact I hear most women..i mean regular women, not the dyke mad career women but regular women dont particular like her as a candidate. Maybe its the blonde hair , maybe its the flirty demeanor but whatever it is I hear from someone in the know that her poll shows women are not going to vote for her as a block. Of course that would not include the BFB group.
Another political BS stunt was pulled solely for the consumption of our soundbyte little society. The Bentley crap today was pure political grandstanding at its sickest. Disect the "deal" for yourself and you will understand.
So, all the lawyers are supporting Lampert. Let's see, Harry sells overpriced socks and Lampert charges a very reasonable fee for excellent legal advice. Right! Lampert has never had a successful practice and just hung around the DA's office sucking off the public tit. Nobody forces anyone to buy Harry's expensive socks, but Marc deals in force. In his family life and in his choosing of professions. He has no virtues. He has a string of ex-wives whom he has had hospitilized due to his use of force. He loves the power and that is why he wants this position. He wears this robe of incompetence like it was one of honor. I doubt even if most of the lawyers do support him as I doubt that there is not one that knows him that he has not lied to. Lampert behaves as if his mendacity were a virtue. I don't think any of the folks who are saying Marc will win actually really know him and if they do and still support him. then that's indeed a frightening thought. Harry might not be much and I cannot really endorse him, but what choice do you have?
Flag...Flag...You folks are crossing the lines of minimal decency and appearing to have the manners of the foes you detest. By no means am I qualified to stand in judgement and hope to have one last glass of ice water before I stand at the pearly gates but, you people are misbehaving.
To the clueless person who said, "There are two professions that would never ever be happy even if provided with a free lunch - teachers and nurses and most especially teachers." and the other rubbish in his/her post:
You cannot reduce teacher pay to hourly wages. Most teachers don't just work from when school opens to when it closes. They are club sponsors, coaches, mentors, and after school tutors.
Let me ask you this, anon: Do you have to take your "vacation" time to plan your work for the next year, attend any additional training (AT YOUR OWN EXPENSE MOST OF THE TIME), take classes, etc.? I doubt it. That's what teachers have to do.
If you are an educated person, you should be thankful because EVERYTHING YOU LEARNED, YOU LEARNED FROM TEACHERS! If you're not, I suggest you run, don't walk, to the nearest college and get to work.
"If Sams is as big an asshole as he is being made out to be why does he have a customer base? It would seem that if his bedside manner sucks as bad as being made out he would not have to conern himself with his practice for he would have none. "
It is because her takes medicare, not many doctors will accept new patients.
As I said nurses and teachers will bitch about a free lunch. If you cannot translate a teachers job into hourly wages - by the way yes you can and if you had to work for a living you would know that - you must be salaried. A salaried person agrees to do whatever it takes for a set amount. Maybe your a Contractor - you sign a contract. Maybe just maybe you selected the easiest course in college and came home where (as in most cases) your kinfolks are already employed in the school system and could take care of you.
Being a teacher means you do not have to compete for work, do not have to produce anything (most especially when the School Board can continously finds ways to pass the failures, have no measurement of productivity and have more time off then the average working person.
First of all you are a parttime employee enjoying the benefits of fulltime. You get paid holidays - how many get two weeks off for Christmas, a week off for easter, all the Holidays in the world,summer vacation, etc, etc, etc.
A person that works for a living typically works 2,080 hours a year. This is arived at (feel the need to explain this because you are a teacher) by multypling 52 times 40. Do you work 52 weeks a year at 40 hours a week or equivelent.
What you are is a low producer, incapable of holding a real job and a chronic complainer. If you didn't enjoy your cozy situation you would either find another job or go out on strike. Now tell me about your high moralstic ideals that prevent you from strickin. Remember this - Federal Law prohibits an employer from not compensating employees for hours worked. If you don't like all the extra curricular BS without pay sue the School Board.
I think I know a good bit about today's teachers and I believe if you were not completly satisfied with your job you would be elsewhere. Your woe is me song is a farce.
What other job do you have to supply your own materials??
I remember starting my teaching job one August, and walking into a room containing : 1 teacher desk, 33 student desks, 3 pieces of chalk and 1 eraser.
So, you go to the store (with your own money) and buy things that people who work anywhere take for granted. for example: pens, pencils, paper clips, file folders, stapler, staples, paper, filing cabinet, bookshelves, highlighters, markers, amoung other things. If you are lucky you have a working computer, possibly a printer, but you are required to supply ink. Then, imagine, no paycheck until the end of September. Wow.
LOTS OF INK. We sent home progress reports in the middle of each grading period (about every 2 weeks) So you print a detailed report for each child (about 150 of them) every two weeks.
According to the CONTRACT you must work "extra duties as assigned by your principal" so of course this means football duty every friday, where the coaches(MALES) get paid extra to be there, and the teachers(FEMALES) are expected to be there for free. (men have families to support)
I agree, teachers do have great hours. But most teachers work many, many more than 40 hours a week. They may be at night, after their children sleep, or after they have been at REQUIRED school activites, but they do work.
Yes, all teachers qualified to do something else should quit, I am sure that would make Alexandria so much better. I think I will start working on the resume NOW. Screw your kid, maybe you can homeschool.
Am I the only one outraged at the Bentley political stunt perpetrated on us today. Why doesn't the Town Talk expose this farce? How much of the Bentley deal will be borne by the taxpayers? This should backfire bad!
It doesn't take a genius to predict that the new owners of the Bentley will ask the city for tax incentives and other concessions. Hell, they already have Myron in their pocket and I'm sure he is being paid well to deliver. The question is do they vote on the deal now or wait for the new administration? I think the answer is they will vote soon while the current council is intact. It will be an interesting vote for candidate Johnson!
Good night, all. I will sleep well tonight knowing that the city is in the capable hands of Myron, Kelvin, Bridgette, Roosevelt, Lewis the felon, and Everett.
I have to admit the "antics" on this blog are rather entertaining. Why people, do you beat up on one another? I personally abhor the name calling and language that has denegrated the depth and purpose of this blog. Do not be distracted by heresay and shall we say heresy. What I see is Rome burning ... stop the rants and grab buckets folks, this is your city and as much as it may pain you to realize ... you allowed it to get this way.
No Shit! I am amazed by the desparation of some of the mayoral and council candidates in the extreme nastiness of these personal attacks. I think that really tells you more about the attacker than the "attackee". Mr. Antics is right. We got troubles right here in River City. Vote the bastards out.
While I agree with Cenla Antics about Rome burning, I feel like I must point out that the root cause of the current mess at city hall is not neglect on the part of the voters. It's a shift of demographics and numbers and political philosophy.
Blacks will vote for a corrupt black candidate before they will vote for an honest white candidate. This is NOT a racist comment, just a statement of fact. Blacks tend to vote along racial lines and vote in blocks.
Within any mixed population there is a certain percentage of black vote. When that percentage approaches 40% blacks will begin to control more political positions because 40% UNIFIED black vote beats 60% SPLINTERED white vote every time.
Unfortunately, in Alexandria, the black politicians who control positions of power are self serving, and corrupt. Add to that a certain level of ineptitude and downright stupidity and you have Alexandria as we see it today.
Contrast this with the Fields Administration in Pineville. By in large, Mayor Fields is honest, experienced, and capable.
Survey says.... As citizens of Alexandria, we cannot affect change until we vote "en masse" and vote for a single candidate. Since there is almost no chance of that happening in this election cycle, Alexandria will descend further into the abyss.
You hit it on the head Soothsayer!!! This was proven when Keith Rabalis ran against Johnson. In that election you had an experience successful businessman run against a cameraman from kalb. Nothing against RJ but I know i would prefer someone who has been a business owner and knows what it takes to make tough decisions.
To my esteemed friend 4 Sooth: While it is true that a race with 7 candidates will most likely end in a run-off, the results, and the causes for those results, remain the same.
First assume that previous analysis of the candidates is correct, and as yet I have seen no reason to assume they are not. The only two candidates in this race which are not part of the status quo and could resonably be expected to win are Roy and Sams.
In run off of any two WHITE candidates, one of those candidates will be Brewer. In a run-off, the black political machine will vote for her because she is controlable. Result? Status qou wins.
In a run off between any two BLACK candidates...status quo wins.
In a run off between a BLACK and a WHITE candidate, because of the unity of the black voting block and the fact that some whites wish the status quo to remain intact, the result will be....Status quo wins.
Survey says.... No matter what run off situation you choose, Alexandria remains the same. There is only two things that will affect a change on the Alexandria political scene. 1)The citizens get tired of the stench...that will not happen this election, City Hall does not stink enough yet. (Rick Ransom is right) 2) The ongoing FBI investigation into political corruption bears fruit. That will not happen before this election either. Sadly, Alexandria will continue it's downward slide for another 4 years.
The feathers might be right on but you appear to be developing a bone problem. I do not think that the black community will support an elitest white blonde blue-eyed junior leaguer who has spent no time or resourses in the minority community and has essentially written them off as "anti-her". Roy or Sams, on the other hand, do enjoy some cross-over appeal - Roy much more than Sams. A run off with Roy may provide the unfifying atmosphere that you wish for. Perhaps it would bring us all closer to our social objectives if you would quit "kvetching" and help by actually doing something more constructive than tea leaves. Some of us are actually out there working for our candidate choices. Try it.
My, my, my...Getting a little strident are we 4 Sooth?
Your political naiveté is amusing, and your analysis is just plain wrong.
In the event of a run-off between Brewer and any white candidate, the "Black vote" will align themselves with whomever the black preachers say is their candidate. The black preachers will support whomever the black office holders dictate. Since a white vs white run-off means that no blacks will sit at the mayor's desk, the black political base will throw their support behind the candidate that will preserve their "money train." That's Brewer...period.
Sorry 4 Sooth, apparently the moisture behind your ears has not suffiently evaporated for you to make an accurate assessment.
As to working for a candidate…I do. That does not, however, prevent me from forming an accurate, non-biased, prediction of the way this race will eventually end up.
Survey says! …You are politically inept and your opinions are unreliable. Therefore, you are not important. You are hereby shrouded and relegated to the children’s table.
I am not sure which mayoral candidate will get my vote. However, I AM sure which candidates will NOT get my vote. Public service is a responsibility shared by all. Professional politicians are a turn-off to me and citizens aspiring for a public office due to a personal aganda other than giving thier best effort to provide superior service and confidence to ALL citizens is as bad a reason to seek office as ego and pride inflation purposes are. Alexandria is a good place to live and support a family, but with a surprising amount of routine executive decisions seeming to be in control of the present City Council(many votes are 5-2), it may be a good time to elect a dedicated mayor that has a clear understanding of the legal responsiblities and authority boundries of the office and able to perform his/her duties in a fashion and manner that benefits everyone other than special interest groups that seem to expect preferential treatment based on incorrect policies and procedures practiced in the past that are now illegal and have no current physical, moral or financial influence on present day life in the United States.
Dear Sayer: Please read my last post until you understand it. I am describing a runoff between a black candidate and Roy or Sams. You appear to be suffering from a combination of Sams Humility and Brewer's Figure of Speech. I assure you that we all share your esteemed opinion of your esteemed opinion. Take a laxitive and relax.
Actually, vodka and orange juice is a good mix. It's just that what Sooth sayeth is seriously devoid of logic or insight. I find his confidence entertaining.
Soothsayer, to which money train do you refer? Have most of you seen the plight of the masses of black folks in this community? They are hardworking folks trying to make the ends meet, put gas in their car, food on their children's tables, and pay the light bill!! I am sick and tired of reading these ridiculous posts about how black folks are making money from the council as it currently exists. Who knows? Maybe a select few have made some money. If illegally or unethically, then that's their cross to bear. But, ask the average guy on Overton, Lower Third or in the Garden District what he has gained from a majority black council and he will tell you the truth -- NOT JACK!!
$10 million plan for downtown condos announced By Tom Bonnette tbonnette@thetowntalk.com (318) 487-6340
A $10 million plan to develop 60 to 80 condominiums on Third Street in downtown Alexandria was announced today by Garry Brown, owner of the downtown Internet Café.
"We’ve done the research, and the only way to revitalize downtown is to bring people back to living downtown,” Brown said.
“The only way to do that is to build places for them to live. If we do that, new businesses will follow.”
The plan would develop and sell 60 to 80 condos above Sentry Drugs, New York Hi-Style, the Weil Co. and Brown’s café.
Brown expects to be able to break ground on the 18-month project early next year.
To the anonymous poster decrying the plight of the "blacks on lower third,"you are exactly right in your observation, but wrong in the effect.
The money train is from city coffers to FOBC or "friends of black councilmen."
Survey says....You view the world with blinders and need a strong dose of reality. Most likely you're a bleeding heart who believes in income re-distribution through taxation, and therefore suspect.
I was wondering who would win the mayors race while pile driving a Bolton Ave HO.... I asked her who she thought would win and damn if she didn't roll over and stick her ass up in the air....she snickered and asked...do you see the winner????
To the previous two posters: You assholes really are brainless. Because you have never had an original thought in your worthless lives you sit back and take shots at those of us who actually care about our community.
I wish pricks like you would just shut the hell up if you don't have anything constructive to say.
Of course, since you have the IQ of a hammer, we should expect this kind of crap to come from you.
I personally like the fact that we seemed to have evolved into a contructive and progressive political dialogue. This site helps one to objectively gage the intellect of the target electorate. CHARLES F. SMITH FOR MAYOR!!!!!
Anon: As much as you might desire a homosexual relationship, this site is not the place to invite fellatio from the males who post their thoughts here.
Since it is obvious that you have been deprived of an outlet for your homosexual desires, might I suggest that you try establishing another way to "hook up" with the gay members of the community?
Given your sexual preferences, I'm sure you know plenty of dark, out of the way places where effeminate men like you gather.
"Given your sexual preferences, I'm sure you know plenty of dark, out of the way places where effeminate men like you gather."
Of course I do, but the "back door" entrance to your office/orifice was closed for the holiday. I knocked and knocked, but your never came. I figured you were just hiding in the closet. Oh well, maybe next time. So, are you a pitcher or a catcher??? I'm guessing DEFINITELY a catcher.
There are about 61 Lampert, Slatkin, Sams, and Johnson signs missing from our neighborhood. The Roy signs, the Brewer signs, and the Vote Garden Dist. signs seem relatively untouched. I read in the paper where each sign costs $5. That is terrible.
I don't know how they got an exact count. Probably a guess. The paper said the sign bandits left the wire things so I guess they counted naked wires. I don't know how they figure which wire belongs to what candidate. That's still a bunch of money somebody ripped off.
Just wonderin' why somebody would leave the wire stakes? Ya'll have any idea how hard it is to take that sign off once the wire stake has been inserted?
Why leave the wire?
Yall also see that the Brewer signs were basicly left alone? A random few were taken but not at the numbers claimed to be lost by the other campaigns.
Who knows why people do crummy shit like that. Maybe the culprits were trying not to get dirt in the white Brewer SUV. Maybe the volume of signs that were "figure of speeched" was so great that they couldn't fit them in with the wires. Maybe the caper was unplanned like the chance meeting between Randolph and his Baton Rouge attorneys. All I know is that she sure got some big bucks from da rich folk. As previously announced, the Provosty firm kicked in real heavy. I'm thinking the dwarf & troll are looking for the big payoff. That's why the dwarf's wife is at the helm.
The Brewer commercials are laughable, especialy the part where she has "extras" file past her on the street looking like they are greeting her and shaking her hand...Sheeeeeeeezzzzzz!
If we all didn't know better you would think she actually is a qualified candidate.
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We are in need of only ONE library per parish, with the advent of so many other places for reference material and the availability of reading material so vast. Government waste of money is rampant, and the library system is one example. Another glaring example is the college/university system. We have far too many colleges in this state to be efficient. It's akin to having 10 automobiles in a family when you can afford the monthly payments on 3 of them.
I just logged on and read Thur. blog about Adley. Isn't he married to Ned Randolph's ex-wife? That's probable why we got stuck with LMGA so Adley could make a little cash. You've got to be one of the "in" groop. Oh well...
Civil: Your theory would make a great movie but like all good Oliver Stone films, it has a glaring hole. The current director was not a superintendent under Craig. So explain how the "deal" came through for all involved?
Anonymous, I think the full picture of why Sonny Craig is just now being pieced together. That tends to happen when folks in elected positions are not transparent or to use an old fashioned term "honest". If the truth was told in the first place we would all know the whole story and there would be no room for speculation. Since it is not going to happen with any of our local media sources, people here compare notes. I am glad Michele Godard is making the effort to ask hard questions, but she is one of the few.
Spanky:
You usually have a pretty good perspective on things. What is your take on the full picture and Sonny Craig?
I just heard about this blog too. I also read Dr. Sams' website. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the Charlene Johnson that gives a testimonial on his website the same teacher that Dr. Sams had fired from Country Day when he was the PTA President? Something about mistreating a child from a VERY prominent Alexandria family.
Holy crap, is no one going to say anything about the stupid stuff Nagin said about the hole in the ground in New York?
Library Tax:
If we the Taxpayers have to live within a budget, why can't the Rapides Parish Library learn to live within their designated budget?
I'm tired of paying Tax Dollars to support unemployed people to soak up air conditioning and web surf at the tax payers expense.
NO! NO! NO!
Please joint the NO! bandwagon.
Connella was a superintendent under Craig. He left the Engineering Department and replaced Chuck Miller who retired from his position as Water Superintendent. Shortly therafter, Craig was fired and Connella was named Acting Director.
Acting director means he can have his old job back, even if he is fired from his appointed job. talk about job security.
I just heard about this blog too. "I also read Dr. Sams' website. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the Charlene Johnson that gives a testimonial on his website the same teacher that Dr. Sams had fired from Country Day when he was the PTA President? Something about mistreating a child from a VERY prominent Alexandria family."
If it is true, why is she allowed to teach her ACT (for profit) class at ACDS after hours? and Sams sure got her the Libraian job at Bolton, I guess Sams can change his opinion when it is convienent for him. (She is said to be his direct information line)
I thought Sonny was involved in some shady deals with some of the neighboorhoods developed by Harold Chambers. I think they got some utility deals that others did not get. Check it out.
You know in my walk through many years of life I have met some ignorant sons of a bitches but I have never ever met one that would try and keep the library system from progressing. I was raised so dayum poor if I wanted to see grass and dirt I had to ride my bicyle through the Garden District. My sister and I would check books out of the Mokingbird Park Library (figure out where that is.) The FAIR Store was still on second street and Kaplans momman was his bill collector.
We would check out books, go home, lay on the concrete floor in the afternoon and enter dream, play like land. Now in this day and land of plenty some ignorant bastard wants to deny the library services to the citizens of Rapides Parish.
The library returns more services per tax dollar to the citizens of this parish then any other office. You ignorant son of a bitch you obviously have a problem with the library system and from the looks of your postings I would think you are at fault.
Check out books, check out tapes, check out DC's, go in and use their computers to go on line, read the paper and on and on and on. The library system in Rapides Parish is the only agency providing real time support to the less fortunate.
So anti-library postor go begat thy self.
should read check out dc's not dc's
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one more time - fingers ain't 3orking right cd's nod dc's
"I thought Sonny was involved in some shady deals with some of the neighboorhoods developed by Harold Chambers. I think they got some utility deals that others did not get. Check it out."
You're full of crap -- quit thinking.
Civil, you keep referring to the 98 tax. Could you possibly mean the 96 tax that funded several improvements including the Johnny Downs rec complex?
My perspective as I have pieced together information over a period of time has the Sonny Craig deal looking like this. Year after year, we have had decent pricing on natural gas with no curtailment of delivery and the city has been pretty good at locking or floating on the gas market as it was expeditious to do either. The city council has been able to exert undue influence on the mayor to get their way and when Sonny would not aquiese to the council wishes to a new gas supplier, pressure was exerted for the mayor to do the dirty work and fire Sonny. I doubt any settlement would have been paid if his firing was truly justified as it was connected to competancy. I feel the settlement was more for show to draw the chapter closed and where the council miscalculated was that it smells of bad fish and folks want still want to know what really happened, especially since an obvious decision to change the way the city purchsed natural gas and set the rate structure has been very costly for the average citizen. The only piece of the puzzle that needs to be answered for me is how is any council member connected to anyone in the organization of our recent gas supplier. I may all wet on this but, It was my understanding that Sonny had a deal for 4.00btu and we have been paying almost 12/btu at times plus the city markup. I am going to admit to a lack of accuracy on the previous pricing and would ask anyone with the correct info to supply it. I just have not researched the numbers.
Spanky, you're figures aren't exactly correct, but you're overall thesis is right on the money. Craig had a fair deal worked out for gas supplies, but, Charles, Myron, Kelvin, Everett, and Lewis were being heavily romanced by those gas "experts" William Barron and Jeff Richardson. It seems they teamed up with former (indicted) State Sup. of Ed. Kelli Nix and former (indicted) Head of Dept of Ag. Gil Dozier and decided they could be gas moguls. Don't know how much money Richardson and Barron passed to the brothers, but it doesn't take much.
So the council voted to reject Craig's deal (5-2: Ranson and Fowler opposed)in order to deal with the Sugar Daddies. That didn't pan out, thanks to efforts by Harold Chambers, and the city was forced to but on the spot market.
Thank the boys in black for screwing the citizens once again. They whine the loudest about soaring utility bills yet they are the primary cause for our problems.
Are they not the primary cause for most of our dificulties?
Anonymous Library Supporter,
Mockingbird Park was located on Bolton Avenue. It is now the location of the Bolton Avenue Community Center. I am told by the old timers that it was a favorite "parking" spot among the young folks of the time.
Scene of USO dances, Saturday night dances, the Santa Claus toy give away to the less fortunate. Supposedly the donation of the land has a clause that there must be a park there or the land reverts to the original owners. That is why there is always some type of playground equipment (or was) on site.
Now is the time for a new council, why didn't CFS not have to step down from his council presidency and his job with the Sheriff's Department to run for mayor, at least DB did step down as chief of staff.
He did step down from Sheriff's Office position, but the law does not require him to vacate his council seat to run for mayor. Roosevelt has not stepped down from his council seat either.
Interesting letter from John Sams's boy, Lou Howard in today's TT. Lou forgot to mentioned his dying devotion and love for Sams in his letter. There have been and will be numerous "debates" or "forums" for the candidates. Missing one nor attending all, qualifies the candidate for the mayor's office. Even if just one debate/forum was held in a large venue, the public still would not be interested. So far, every debate has been attended by handlers, supporters of candidates, and media professionals. Hopefully in a couple of weeks the public will start paying attention.
I'm stopping payment on my check to lou. he promised me a longer letter. seriously, who is lou howard?
moe howard's cousin perhaps?
we saw that....lol. maybe so.
The Rapides Parish Library HAS been expanding, but not in ways thay one would expect. Each year that goes by brings another group of new employees and elevates the current crop to some sort of "assistant director" status. The Rapides Parish Library is a texbook example of empire building.
Despite what the spinners on the library's payroll are saying, library use in the outlying portions of the parish is DOWN over the past 5 years. Library support in this parish mainly comes from voters who like the IDEA of a library but seldom USE a library.
Survey says... There is plenty of fat in the Library's budget. Cut staff and close un-used branches. The tax will fail.
The feathers and bones have spoken.
In ref to Lou's letter re: Dr. Sams I too am a patient of his and he has kept me alive for at least 8 years and in all my visits to his office I have never had to worry about what He was thinking, He is very honest and straightforward. I really believe that He is running for the best interest of the city, this I believe because He has earned an honest living from his medical practice and is not just running to have a job. Think about it.
I agree vote for a real change, Dr. Sams, Dr. Slatkin, Marc Lampert, lets start to regain our city government.
I saw the Chief of Police on tv talking about smoking in cars and video cameras in convience stores. I would think that the city should be worried about all the real crime on th e streets(see town talk ) O by the way I still see city employees smoking in city vehicles, Another crime wave.
Lou is a handsomely paid black political "consultant" for Dr. Sams. He got his political start as the black point man in the Richard Starling machine. He works with Leonid and Elda. Sams has the Starling machine in place, but it won't help. We will see how powerful Lou is in the black community based upon Sams percentage of the black vote. I say you will be shocked. I predict Sams will get .0005% of the black vote.
Sams isn't running "to have a job" or to "do good for Alexandria." He's running because he likes to be the M.F.I.C. and stir up the sh*t. Plain and simple.
He is also not a "change." He is a huge proprietor of the "good ole boy" system. It's just a different group of "boys"...the ones he chooses.
Greetings, I heard it on the wind that high elected officials are being investigated for their roles in subdivision development. Specifics not disclosable at this moment but the results should dissapoint and galvanize our community to take politics very, very seriously.
i know i have said it before, but i will say it again. we need a total and complete regime change to put alexandria on the right track. i will vote for slatkin, but i think myron will win. i will vote for lampert, and he will kick harry's ass. i can't vote for hobbs, but something tells me he is not a bad guy, and from the televised forum, there was something about the other fella that reminded me of myron. that aside, the reality remains that lampert and fowler will be on the losing side of a lot of council votes. so who needs to be mayor with that council? i can tell you who doesn't need to be mayor if you want a true change. the last person you want is mr. rogers holding hands and singing kumbaya with the city council. the sams bashers on this blog basically say "oh, he's crazy. he's gonna put catfish back in the pools. (i have personally talked to sams about this and he denies it. he says the fish of the future is tilapia and that is what will be stocked.) i mention to the blog that he has 8 years experience on the school board, which by the way has more employees than the city and a bigger budget. the sams bashers come back and say, "WELL, nobody ran against him the second time." duh, you idiots, that actually means any potential candidate knew he/she didn't have a chance against sams. and if you don't understand the significance of that statement, it means for eight years his consituents were happy with him. so why sams for mayor? answer: for the very things you accuse him of. pushy, not afraid of a fight, intimidation, and a bull dog mentality. because that is what it is going to take to curb the city council we are about to get. so let's talk about roy. he is bright, articulate and honest. he has zero experience in holding an elective office, and certainly no experience in running an entity with a bigger budget and more employees than the city as sams has. most importantly, what is his motivation? i personally think he has heeded some bad advice from people with an agenda. i think we all can agree that roy had no intention or desire to be mayor. if that were the case, he would not have decided roughly two weeks before qualifying to run. that leaves two other alternatives. one, he is an opportunist. "hey, you want to be mayor? we can make you mayor." i don't think that is his motivation. he is just not that kind of guy. the second alternative get's a bit stickier. "jacques, we need you to save alexandria." well, the question is, save who and from what? the answer is obvious. they annointed delores and her boat shoaled on a major reef in weeks. the regime was worried. again, the one person most likely to bring change is sams. so they persuaded roy to save the city, while delores was sinking. unfortunately, roy missed the real reason. defeat sams at all costs, because he will kick our butt, and our happy asss sucking down 60 million a year from the city, while blacks are getting a laughable 400 grand, will have to really work for a living. it's sad, but that is the only reason roy is running, though he doesn't realize it: defeat sams at all costs. protect our income. save us from the one person that will bring about true change. believe me. the two tommy's of terror, david and antoon, dropped delores like a hot potato because they knew what we know. she is finished. if you truly want change in alexandria, there is only one candidate, sams.
Biff, I am going to wait until the election settles to see the outcome and file suit for the removal of certain councilmen that remain. It is called tilting the balance of power.
Spanky, let me get this straight, you can't cut off the head of the snake at the ballot box, so your going to get a judge to do it. You sound like a spoiled child. Your name becomes you.
spanky, put me in for my share of the legal costs.
So, Biff is Sams your Doctor, or do you use someone else???
Just wondering if that is why, the part-time docotr/part-time mayor doesn't bother you.
the part time thing certainly is an issue. my understanding is that sams will take on no new patients and basically wind his practice down. that aside, sams has never undertaken any project that failed for lack of time and effort. i personally am convinced he can handle it.
Biff, you certainly have a right to your opinion, but a few things you have said are wrong, wrong, wrong.
"duh, you idiots, that actually means any potential candidate knew he/she didn't have a chance against sams."
Not necessarily. Maybe no one that lived in that district (and I mean REALLY lived there, not just rented an apartment to pretend like they lived there) didn't want to subject themselves to the negativity and mud slinging that Sams is famous for.
"and if you don't understand the significance of that statement, it means for eight years his consituents were happy with him." HA! Not even close, bud.
I might be unhappy with the president, but I don't necissarily want to run against him. Just because no one ran against him neither means they knew they didn't have a chance nor does it mean they were happy with him.
You use the words "pushy, not afraid of a fight, intimidation, and a bull dog mentality" to describe Sams. I think those would be good qualities in a mayor as well, if I didn't know the real person behind that "go-getter" facade. It's not how he does things that I have a problem with. It's WHY. He wields his authority and title like they were a protective shield against all the unethical and illegal things he has done. They're not. Just because he's a school board member and a doctor DOES NOT make him better than the rest of us.
He says his intellect is his biggest handicap. I think his biggest handicap is that he's an asshole. And if he were an asshole that got things done for the right reasons rather than to further his vindictive political agenda, I'd be OK with that. I'd probably vote for him. But I know the truth.
I will not vote for John Sams, not because of my strong positive feelings for another candidate, but because of my strong, unwavering negative feelings about HIM. I'm not, by far, the only one around that feels this way. I can only hope that enough of us elect another person as our mayor.
If not, anyone know of any nice houses for sale in Pineville?
Dear Anonamouse, sounding like a spoiled child bothers me not. Successfully defeating the assholes that want to lie and sell out our city is what I want to acheive. Besides, it is the avenue that is afforded me as a citizen under the charter and I intend to play by the rules - and win.
I have not heard much comment in reply so I want to throw this out in regard to Fast Track. Of a $155-166 m budget that the council is so proud to manage, $100m is on the capital outlay or wish budget. To date we have accumulated $37 m (which took about 10 years) to apply against the 100M and the figures for some of the projects are 10+ years old. The folks trying to sell Fast Track are trying to make it sound like the projects will snow ball after the 36 month estimated completion time. My observations are these:
1. without federal or state funding participation, it will take another 17 years to accrue the funds, if past performance is any indication, to complete the capital outlay budget.
2. Price increases and changing needs will alter the outlay budget upward.
3. Fast Track proponents will condemn the largest part of Alexandria to further decay as the funds that could be used to leverage funding will be gone, therefore, no leverage.
4. Please note that the $37M is referred to as money in the bank, which it is, and it is OK to spend it all, every bit of it to go as far as it will until it runs out. After the 36 month construction period, they give the illusion that money will roll into the coffers at a faster rate. Even if revenues doubled, that would still put completion of the outlay budget, as it stands now, at 8.5 years plus the three it will take to fast trackmaking the total 11.5 years.
5.When the money is spent, it is spent and there will be no turning back. The wheels are already turning and it will take action by the newly comprised council to stop the folly.
You folks need to think about the consequences and decide if you are going to let a select few raid your treasury for their personal gain.
Any thoughts?
t
No is saying it but everyone knows it is true that it is the white people against the black people in this election. In the words of alexandria's next lawyer Bridget Brown " It is "OUR" turn now" I am not a racist just a a concern citizen. I think Mayor Fields is doing a great job in pineville. He is doing so much more for pineville then Fred Baden who was very racist and kept the city down. I do not see any Mayor Fields qualities in the african american candiates running in Alex. We have so much going for this town i hate see it kill by some black power agenda OR a good ole boy redneck agenda.So remember these words by Ms. Brown "it's OUR turn now" when go to vote
If Sams wins and doesn't get his way with the city council he will sue them like he did with the school board. See Article below
OR get his ACLU son to attack them
. Sams sues School Board
October 3, 2001 •• 739 words •• ID: alx2001100311000493
Claims club policy violates Equal Access Act Correction 10/4/2001 A2 : Rapides Parish School Board member Steve Furr said he did not vote against a change to the district's student club policy Tuesday. The final vote on the change was 8-1, with John Sams being the lone vote against it. By Melissa Gregory The Town Talk Rapides Parish School Board member John Sams has sued his fellow members over the district's school club policy. Sams' lawsuit
That is pathetic. I can't believe he sued.
Yep that is the kind of mayor we need to stir such decent among the poeple he is "working with"
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Spanky,
Please review the facts of Fast Track and I think you will see that a complete retraction of your post is in order.
The $37M is your tax money. Would you prefer to see it collecting dust in a vault somewhere?
The feds where cut out because their match takes a decade or longer to come through.
Fast Track will complete projects throught the entire corporate limits. The vast majority of Alexandria will not "condemn the largest part of Alexandria to further decay as the funds that could be used to leverage funding will be gone, therefore, no leverage."
While I normally find your posts peppered with whitty banter enjoyable. Statements which are baseless are dangerous and inflamatory at a time like this.
Free speech is your right; incition to riot is not.
No one ever said all the money was there. I believe that the projection was a bond sale after 30 months of work.
The utility infrastructure doomsday projections you make cannot be funded from the same coffer that is funding Fast Track. Those funds come from the Utility Fund.
Get the facts. Read the original tax calls.
spanky, thanks for the explanation. i'm not strong on municipal financing. i nevertheless thought that something smelled rotten, when the council and administration decided to do the fast trackin the waning moments of their tenure. if i understand you, the 37 million is a rainy day nest egg accumulated over several years. by spending that money now as planned by the fast track, one, it's not enough to actually do all those projects, and two, if we need to say as an example, replace a major portion of water lines in alexandria, we won't have the money to do it. is that the deal?
I would like to know how the fast track priorities are set. There are people in district 3 that get knee deep water in their homes when Chatelain Lake canal backfills and their project has been on the books for about 15 years. Explain to them that the money is in the bank but, there are more important projects that will make more tax money so they will have to wait until that tree bears fruit to pay for their drainage project.
Biff, the 37M actually has been collected for the purpose of funding the capital outlay budget, in other words paying for projects on the list. By using federal and state funds, which we are not eligible for now due to our population drop, we would use a percentage of the 37M up front to "make a down payment on a project and recieve the remainder in federal and state funding, thereby leveraging what money we have in the account. depending on the participation for each project, the city could be responsible for as little as 10% with the other funding paying the balance. Many times it is 50/50. If you don't have the money up front though, you cannot play. That is why I say the Fast Trackers are willing to sell us all out for their pet projects, because when the 37M is spent, there is no leverage or ante money.
In response, I would like to see our tax money collecting dust in a vault while our city officials do their job to coordinate with the feds and the state to get projects funded. It does not take ten years to get funding from the feds although, if your statement is true, then that beats the 17 or 20 that it is going to take to get the money to complete the current capital outlay budget. I would also observe that figures lie and liars figure and if you torture numbers sufficiently, they will tell you anything you want to hear.
A question has come to mind and it is, " who is responsible in the city administration for managing the federal and state funding portions of the capital outlay budget and would this lightning bolt strike anywhere near the capital works director's office?"
Just curious.
Is it just dawning on some of you that the "fast track" crap is just a political stunt?
now now spanky. you know the brewer formula. if it's good, i did it, if it's bad, i had nothing to do with it.
Anonymous, I know well what time it is. I am just trying to get some other folks to look at the clock and tell the emperor to get some clothes on.
It has also occurred to me that with federal and state funding comes a level of oversight. Fast Track = No Oversight. Today's TT Readers Write contained an interesting warm & fuzzy - from an out of towner no less. Local spin in action.
Gentlemen: it is my understanding that the only assets she actually managed were the ones she was sitting on. Her governmental function was rubber stamping the engineer and landscape architecture invoices. Hard to blame someone who was so far removed from actual decision making. I suggest you blame the "shadow government". THE SHADOW KNOWS!
The race component cannot be overlooked in the Alex Mayor's contest. The formula is simple, elect any candidate who has had any involvement in Alexandria City Government or any candidate who supports the Kelvin/Bridgett version of "our turn" government, and the corruption will continue.
Which leaves us with only two candidates, Sams and Roy.
In a matchup between Sams and Brewer, the status quo will mobilize for Brewer because she lets them keep the money train rolling. Sams' does not have the machine to compete.
In a heads up match between Brewer and Roy, Roy's chances are slightly better, however, look for a joining of forces between the democrats who control Alexandria and the "good government" Republicians who wrongly believe that Delores will save them. The Republicians will be disappointed, Brewer will sell them out.
In a matchup between Fuller and either Sams or Roy, Fuller wins. His political machine will draw ALL the black vote, and a good portion of the white, "silk stocking" vote who wrongly believe that, if they are buddies with Fuller, they will have a seat at the table. Wrong...Fuller won't even let them in the house, much less at the table. They're the wrong color.
Look for Alexandria to decend further into the abyss, and the exodus from Alexandria to Pineville to continue.
The feathers and bones have spoken.
You got it all figured out huh?
I just want to know who is responsible. From casual observation it looks like the answer would be "not me!". I can see what Soothsayer sees in the bones. It is a likely scenario and I know that I do not know what is going to happen and that the electorate is fickle. We will find out when the bones roll on election day.
For the Fuller lover. It was interesting to see Michele ask him why the Mayor of Pineville hates him. He lied when he said he did not know why. To find out why look at the Ethics commission rulings and you will find a charge against Rosa Fields which was paid by Fields. That was turned in by Fuller. WHy doesnt someone ask him about it and HOW he thinks he would be able to heal that feud.
For the Fuller lover. It was interesting to see Michele ask him why the Mayor of Pineville hates him. He lied when he said he did not know why. To find out why look at the Ethics commission rulings web page and you will find a charge against Rosa Fields which was paid by Fields. That was turned in by Fuller. WHy doesnt someone ask him about it and HOW he thinks he would be able to heal that feud.
For the Fuller lover. It was interesting to see Michele ask him why the Mayor of Pineville hates him. He lied when he said he did not know why. To find out why look at the Ethics commission rulings web page and you will find a charge against Rosa Fields which was paid by Fields. That was turned in by Fuller. WHy doesnt someone ask him about it and HOW he thinks he would be able to heal that feud.
It's the BLOG!!!!
So Fuller turned Ms Mayor Fields in for ethics? What was it about?
The Town Talk is the first on the story on the Bentley sale! Billy must be working again.
soothsayer, good analysis. i hope your wrong. btw blog, anyone know how fuller and myron get along? just wondering.
actually kalb had something up before the town talk kalb's was up at least as early as 5pm
Bentley Announcement
By: By Babs Zimmerman
KALB - NewsChannel 5 Online
Aug 28, 2006
Brace Godfrey, a Baton Rouge businessman, has called a news conference for 10:30 a.m. tomorrow to make an announcment about the historic Hotel Bentley.
He is expected to announce there is a group of buyers for the hotel, which has been for sale by owner Bob Dean of Baton Rouge for some time.
who's brace godfrey?
sec'y of state corp database.
if you google brace godfrey there is a lot of info.
ah thanks. looks like the purchasers will be CYNTRENIKS LLC according to this story in b.r. business report godfrey and dean have worked together before. interesting that buddy leach is involved.
brace godfrey google
adams and reese is a very prestigious firm out of new orleans. godfrey was appointed managing partner of the baton rouge office in 2000. he subsequently left to go out on his own, but he looks like the real deal. he has previously purchased dean properties. he has promised fuller the head janitor position at the bentley if fuller does not get elected. (calm down, idiots. just kidding.)
his partner, buddy leach is squeaky clean by louisiana standards having been indicted only once in '79 for vote buying, and later aquitted.
lol anon. we see in that same article that they were considering turning the hotel king into office space. wouldnt it be great if they would convert the bentley into apartments. of coz leaving the lobby and facade alone.
Does any bloggers remember, after the hurricanes, Mrs. Brewer was trying her best to get the city to find a place for the poor people outside city hall....inside their cars with no place to go.
What about CFS saying no more evacuees...because of emails to law
enforcement stating rampant crime.
And this turned out to be a hoax by a sheriff deputy.....Did anyone ever say who that deputy was?
Fact... Roy danced around a statement saying he has not spoken to Cicardo since at the airport.
When he was questioned by a friend in regard to the statement made in the TT about Cicardo loosing documents for Chief Coutee's suit against the city. This should raise more than an eye brow.
He knew he was spoken to on tc's behalf.
Seems to me a lawyer such as Roy would ask Cicardo directly regarding these documents and not blatantly say he lost them.
Again I will say for my husband he turned them over to accounting Mrs. Washington.
I will state again while this was being quoted and misquoted in the TT Cicardo was giving a deposition in regard to a lawsuit against the city along with other fine officers.
The Molette Lawsuit
I would like to also add the racist CFS in a council meeting wanted to commend what a fine job Chief Coutee did in some incident.... he also added snidely
NOT LIKE THAT OTHER TIME
Jeezz he's nuts...excuse me CFS lawsuit against city you represent!
DUUhhh
Scarlett, you hit the nail on the head. Brewer was so self consumed she refused knowlegable advice from Ned and others suggesting that she change party affiliation. With one foolish, no, lets call it stupid, decision to ignore even her mentor, she lost any chance she ever had to win the mayors seat. Republicans CANNOT win in a majority black city. Will that ever sink in?
Isn't it amazing that people still make decisions based on the PARTY and not on the PERSON? If Delores was a democrat she would get certain votes. Since shje is a Republican she will get different voters. She's still the same person. Doesn't this speak to the ignorance of the majority of the voters? Maybe that's why we ended up with the city councl we currently have.
"The ignorance of the majority of the voters>'
Excuse me whether the vote was executed by an ignorant (in your opinion) blue gum or a super intelligent liberal mninded, wine sipping blue blood it is their right to vote as they desire.
I regret that some (possibly a large majmority) of the citizens of Alexandria do not meet your educational level or intelligence level but it seems the Constitution of the Newnited States of Merica guarantees the right to vote to all. Property ownership requirements, race requirements, sex requirements, educational requirements and poll taxes have all been eleiminated as impediment to being able to vote.
I know this is disheartening to the intelligent elite of Alexandria who are the only ones that know what is best for Joe and Joan Sixpack however that is life.
One person, one vote for the candidate of your choice. I know the elitist, carpet bagging liberals have been pissed about this but as my favorite bumper sticker says: "Shit Happens."
Would not one think that John Sams can identify with and is more acceptable to the "ignorant majority of voters" in Alexandria than the other white candidates? Is this what he meant when he mentioned his intellect? I would think a Doctor would have difficulty speaking one on one to the "ignorant majority of voters" and can well see how this would be a detriment to his administration.
It speaks well of Dr. Sams that he recognizes this situation and plans on taking action to do something about it.
If Sams is as big an asshole as he is being made out to be why does he have a customer base? It would seem that if his bedside manner sucks as bad as being made out he would not have to conern himself with his practice for he would have none.
There are two professions that would never ever be happy even if provided with a free lunch - teachers and nurses and most especially teachers.
One needs only examine the total education career to realize the hourly compensation teachers receive over their career. For some reason teachers seem to feel they should enter the field making top dollar. When one analizes the entire career, including DROP, and the years of service one needs for full retirement and the life expectancy offering a possibility of employment for educational employment at full compensation plus the retired teachers salary in ain't bad.
Teachers just want their union (IWM) to provide immediate top dollar and are not willing to advance through longevity, additional education, etc.
Nurses - just a conflict between their superior intelligence and personality conflicting with the Doctor. Mixed in with this is jealousy that they are not doctors.
Sams may be an SOB but Alexandria needs an SOB. The smooth mouthes have had their day and need their playhouse torn down.
Geaux Sams.
anon, well said. people gravitate to roy for the same reasons they gravitate to ned. nice looking, articulate, always a kind word. all wonderful qualities. but do we really need a ned, jr. at this juncture? i say no. with a couple of exceptions, the make up of the city council is already known before the election. over the past few years they have run ripshod over ned. and i see nothing to distiguish roy from ned, other than no experience at all. a lot of the very same prominent names that supported ned are supporting roy. i agree with anon. if you really want a change, it's gonna take an SOB to get the council in line. if you really want a housing cleaning, sams is the only real possibility.
Breaking news: Myron Lawson's name all in the middle of the article about the sale of the Hotel Bentley. Does anyone else remember his comments about holding Bob Dean's feet to the fire about the bill for the city housing Dean's nursing home residents? Wonder if part of the deal will have the city forget about Myron's comments.
Scarlett, I have no wish to quibble with you about this. Your loyalty to Brewer is commendable, however, you discount the influence and control the good old boys have over her. You also ignore her reputation with Myron and Crew. They consider her a nothing more than yapping Chihuahua.
I do know Delores, very well in fact. I know you as well. On a social level, I like Delores. On a political or administrative level, she just does not have the tools to do the job. Ask anyone who has had a chance to engage her in conversation about the nuts and bolts of running a city and you'll get a never ending stream of lofty platitudes about working together, getting back on track, regaining dignity, moving forward, etc, etc, etc....
She cannot recite any DETAILED step by step plan to cure Alexandria's ills. Worse, she will flat out tell you that she does not wish to engage in open warfare with the council. She says that such conflict does the city no good.
I contend that warfare is precisely what is needed to educate the council as to their position in the city structure. The Mayor sets the agenda, and proposes the direction the city will go. The council must either approve or disapprove. The council NEVER is to take the lead in ANY negotiations with anyone. That authority is reserved exclusively for the Mayor. Of course, it takes a strong Mayor to keep the council in line.
Survey says……Delores just does not possess the tools to do this job. She might fold her arms and stomp her foot and demand that everyone fall in line, however, in the end she will be ignored and overwhelmed by Myron, Kelvin, Bridgett, CFS, Johnson, and the rest of the crew who believe that it's their turn to gorge themselves at the public money trough. Delores does not have stomach for this fight...it will be bloody. Bottom line is, should Brewer win, everything will continue as is.
The feathers and bones have spoken.
I've known Delores for quit some time also. I am fairly sure I know who Scarlett is also- and we are usually on the opposite end of the spectrum when it comes to politics. I am a very proud that I am a liberal Democrat. However, in my opinion, party affiliation does not have much to do with a local mayors race, other than perhaps providing funding. I do not support people just because I know them or are friends with them, but I totally support Delores because I know she has the skills and ability to do the job. I would have been disappointed in her if she had done a reverse Rodney Alexander and changed parties. I also know she is honest and has the guts to stand up to the council. Thank God she does not want to have an open “war” waged. Diplomacy goes a long way in getting things done. Delores has proved through events in her life that she is a strong person. She will make a good mayor for the City of Alexandria.
Amen. Good stuff.
Ahhhh.....the Brewer faithful have pulled their heads from the sand long enough to recite their lines.
The feathers and bones have spoken, it is beyond my control.
BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK SAID...
"However, in my opinion, party affiliation does not have much to do with a local mayors race, other than perhaps providing funding."
I agree with you...
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BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK SAID...
"I totally support Delores because I know she has the skills and ability to do the job."
How do you know this? Be specific in your examples please......
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BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK SAID...
"I also know she is honest and has the guts to stand up to the council. "
Judging from the fiasco with the meeting with the lawyers in BR and her business involvment with insurance for the Alex Housing Authority, her honesty is suspect.
Again, name one time, just one, when she stood up to the council...be specific in your example.
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BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK SAID...
"Diplomacy goes a long way in getting things done. Delores has proved through events in her life that she is a strong person."
Name one issue, just one, where diplomacy has ccarried the day when dealing with the council. Just one.
Tell us what trials Delores has gone through that is so tough? Haven't others faces adversity as well, and survived? Does that make them "special" too? Does that qualify them to be competent administrators of a 165 million dollar budget?
If you are going to make these whitewash statements about any candidate, be prepared to back them up!
Don't come to a gunfight armed with a pocket knife.
Amen anon.
To the political operatives from each candidates camp. You are too transparent, we see through you. To the brainwashed Breweristias, we hope that there is no long term damage done...
Sams the man with the plan.
If Alexandria is not to become - in Nagin's words - a chocalite city - catering to the whores (black lawyers (specially ones driving them cute little white wannabe an expense foreign car), preachers, etc) of the City Council pimps Sams must go in.
Sanders and Brown remind me of the trite old joke - it is lawyers like these that make the 2% good lawyers look bad.
Asking curiously - anyone poll the legal community (not the ones dining at the public trough) as to whom they are backing? Wonder if Roy's peers are supporting him?
This blog is a joke. Sams? Sams? Wake up people. You bash the Brewer supporters? Why? Because they don't support a whacked out overweight doctor whose only experience is pissing people off on the school board? Operatives huh. There are plenty of operatives on this board and they are all for that "too intelligent I have to talk down to people goofy bastard" known as John "I have less than 1% chance" Sams. He may have all the intelligence in the world, but he sure does act like the dumbest person ever born. If he wants to really make a difference he needs to go away or run for city council against the real problem in the city. With the money he is wasting on his campaign he could have done a lot of other things. If he is that dumb to see he has no shot at this he really does not need to be leading a city. Damn, if all candidates were like him, there would be a lot more consultants out there gettin paid. Laughable at best. I am glad he is in just for the entertaing comments.
I think the lawyers pretty well stick together. I know that all the lawyers I talk to: black and white, male and female, plaintiff and insurance, prosecutor and defense, all seem pretty strongly behind Mark Lampert but Roy may be a little more controversial and political. Two lawyers that openly profess their dislike for Roy and Lampert are Bridget Brown and Daphne Robinson. That may be a good thing. The reviews on Darrel Hickman are mixed but everyone seems to agree that he would be a huge mental and ethical improvement over Hobbs.
I agree Sams is a joke at best. I can't believe there are actually a handful of people who support him. Oh wait, that is just a couple of gullible old people and a bunch of Doctors who are actually lying to his face, giving him 100 dollars and writing the big checks to a real candidate. He will see very shortly what this town thnks about him.
I agree, anyone but Hobbs.
Hickman may not be the answer, but I think he can beat Hobbs.
So tell us about Brewer. Let's assume that she has had some strife and challenge. Who in this world has not. She is nice, has a uterus, and belongs to the Jr. League. OK. Now explain her "lapses" in ethics and judgment without using the term "figure of speech" and explain why, in her two outings in public forums she has yet to display even the slightest understanding of City Government and clearly lacks the ability to think on her feet. What she is asking us to do is put in a Ned Surrogate and let Albin Provosty and Myron Lawson remain at the helm for this next term. I am not for that. Sams or Roy - you pick. We need a clean sweep - a total purge.
Let us see your ENTIRE poll Delores
Good for you Manners. You won't get your way. Sams or Roy, what a joke.
You know when one side has no hope. All they have to say are bad things. it is the only way to try and pull some votes. Sad.
You men are such a##holes. You sit on here and talk about how good looking Michele Godard is, and the fact that Delores Brewer has a uterus. What a bunch of jerks!
There we go.....I wondered when it would be clear. The GROUP that we have been waiting for...BITCHES FOR BREWER.....well now we see there are amoung us..... BFB
Have you ever seen a campaign where a man runs and makes as part of his campaign that he is MALE?....Why should it be made an issue by Brewer? But it is. I don't see Bitches for Brewer being a factor. In fact I hear most women..i mean regular women, not the dyke mad career women but regular women dont particular like her as a candidate. Maybe its the blonde hair , maybe its the flirty demeanor but whatever it is I hear from someone in the know that her poll shows women are not going to vote for her as a block. Of course that would not include the BFB group.
Another political BS stunt was pulled solely for the consumption of our soundbyte little society. The Bentley crap today was pure political grandstanding at its sickest. Disect the "deal" for yourself and you will understand.
So, all the lawyers are supporting Lampert. Let's see, Harry sells overpriced socks and Lampert charges a very reasonable fee for excellent legal advice. Right! Lampert has never had a successful practice and just hung around the DA's office sucking off the public tit. Nobody forces anyone to buy Harry's expensive socks, but Marc deals in force. In his family life and in his choosing of professions. He has no virtues. He has a string of ex-wives whom he has had hospitilized due to his use of force. He loves the power and that is why he wants this position. He wears this robe of incompetence like it was one of honor. I doubt even if most of the lawyers do support him as I doubt that there is not one that knows him that he has not lied to. Lampert behaves as if his mendacity were a virtue. I don't think any of the folks who are saying Marc will win actually really know him and if they do and still support him. then that's indeed a frightening thought. Harry might not be much and I cannot really endorse him, but what choice do you have?
Bitches for Brewer-- I like it!! I'd rather be a Bitch for Brewer than a Big Dick for Sams!
Flag...Flag...You folks are crossing the lines of minimal decency and appearing to have the manners of the foes you detest. By no means am I qualified to stand in judgement and hope to have one last glass of ice water before I stand at the pearly gates but, you people are misbehaving.
To the clueless person who said, "There are two professions that would never ever be happy even if provided with a free lunch - teachers and nurses and most especially teachers." and the other rubbish in his/her post:
You cannot reduce teacher pay to hourly wages. Most teachers don't just work from when school opens to when it closes. They are club sponsors, coaches, mentors, and after school tutors.
Let me ask you this, anon: Do you have to take your "vacation" time to plan your work for the next year, attend any additional training (AT YOUR OWN EXPENSE MOST OF THE TIME), take classes, etc.? I doubt it. That's what teachers have to do.
If you are an educated person, you should be thankful because EVERYTHING YOU LEARNED, YOU LEARNED FROM TEACHERS! If you're not, I suggest you run, don't walk, to the nearest college and get to work.
What an idiot.
Amen! Teaching is one of the most important professions. Overworked and extremely underpaid. No, I am not a teacher. But I am a Bitch for Brewer!
Cry babies!
Nurses have to take continuing educations classes too, often times at our own expense to maintain our nursing license.
Hang that one on your bed post!
Hey, I have the utmost respect for nurses too. But I'm a teacher, so I had to argue that one first! :)
"If Sams is as big an asshole as he is being made out to be why does he have a customer base? It would seem that if his bedside manner sucks as bad as being made out he would not have to conern himself with his practice for he would have none. "
It is because her takes medicare, not many doctors will accept new patients.
As I said nurses and teachers will bitch about a free lunch. If you cannot translate a teachers job into hourly wages - by the way yes you can and if you had to work for a living you would know that - you must be salaried. A salaried person agrees to do whatever it takes for a set amount. Maybe your a Contractor - you sign a contract. Maybe just maybe you selected the easiest course in college and came home where (as in most cases) your kinfolks are already employed in the school system and could take care of you.
Being a teacher means you do not have to compete for work, do not have to produce anything (most especially when the School Board can continously finds ways to pass the failures, have no measurement of productivity and have more time off then the average working person.
First of all you are a parttime employee enjoying the benefits of fulltime. You get paid holidays - how many get two weeks off for Christmas, a week off for easter, all the Holidays in the world,summer vacation, etc, etc, etc.
A person that works for a living typically works 2,080 hours a year. This is arived at (feel the need to explain this because you are a teacher) by multypling 52 times 40. Do you work 52 weeks a year at 40 hours a week or equivelent.
What you are is a low producer, incapable of holding a real job and a chronic complainer. If you didn't enjoy your cozy situation you would either find another job or go out on strike. Now tell me about your high moralstic ideals that prevent you from strickin. Remember this - Federal Law prohibits an employer from not compensating employees for hours worked. If you don't like all the extra curricular BS without pay sue the School Board.
I think I know a good bit about today's teachers and I believe if you were not completly satisfied with your job you would be elsewhere. Your woe is me song is a farce.
What other job do you have to supply your own materials??
I remember starting my teaching job one August, and walking into a room containing : 1 teacher desk, 33 student desks, 3 pieces of chalk and 1 eraser.
So, you go to the store (with your own money) and buy things that people who work anywhere take for granted. for example: pens, pencils, paper clips, file folders, stapler, staples, paper, filing cabinet, bookshelves, highlighters, markers, amoung other things. If you are lucky you have a working computer, possibly a printer, but you are required to supply ink. Then, imagine, no paycheck until the end of September. Wow.
LOTS OF INK. We sent home progress reports in the middle of each grading period (about every 2 weeks) So you print a detailed report for each child (about 150 of them) every two weeks.
According to the CONTRACT you must work "extra duties as assigned by your principal" so of course this means football duty every friday, where the coaches(MALES) get paid extra to be there, and the teachers(FEMALES) are expected to be there for free. (men have families to support)
I agree, teachers do have great hours. But most teachers work many, many more than 40 hours a week. They may be at night, after their children sleep, or after they have been at REQUIRED school activites, but they do work.
Yes, all teachers qualified to do something else should quit, I am sure that would make Alexandria so much better. I think I will start working on the resume NOW. Screw your kid, maybe you can homeschool.
"Remember this - Federal Law prohibits an employer from not compensating employees for hours worked."
I beleive this is only true for nonprofessional, non salaried jobs.
Am I the only one outraged at the Bentley political stunt perpetrated on us today. Why doesn't the Town Talk expose this farce? How much of the Bentley deal will be borne by the taxpayers? This should backfire bad!
It doesn't take a genius to predict that the new owners of the Bentley will ask the city for tax incentives and other concessions. Hell, they already have Myron in their pocket and I'm sure he is being paid well to deliver. The question is do they vote on the deal now or wait for the new administration? I think the answer is they will vote soon while the current council is intact. It will be an interesting vote for candidate Johnson!
Good night, all. I will sleep well tonight knowing that the city is in the capable hands of Myron, Kelvin, Bridgette, Roosevelt, Lewis the felon, and Everett.
I have to admit the "antics" on this blog are rather entertaining. Why people, do you beat up on one another? I personally abhor the name calling and language that has denegrated the depth and purpose of this blog. Do not be distracted by heresay and shall we say heresy. What I see is Rome burning ... stop the rants and grab buckets folks, this is your city and as much as it may pain you to realize ... you allowed it to get this way.
No Shit! I am amazed by the desparation of some of the mayoral and council candidates in the extreme nastiness of these personal attacks. I think that really tells you more about the attacker than the "attackee". Mr. Antics is right. We got troubles right here in River City. Vote the bastards out.
I say we got trouble, right here in River City.
I'm voting for the candidate who takes a stand against pool halls!
While I agree with Cenla Antics about Rome burning, I feel like I must point out that the root cause of the current mess at city hall is not neglect on the part of the voters. It's a shift of demographics and numbers and political philosophy.
Blacks will vote for a corrupt black candidate before they will vote for an honest white candidate. This is NOT a racist comment, just a statement of fact. Blacks tend to vote along racial lines and vote in blocks.
Within any mixed population there is a certain percentage of black vote. When that percentage approaches 40% blacks will begin to control more political positions because 40% UNIFIED black vote beats 60% SPLINTERED white vote every time.
Unfortunately, in Alexandria, the black politicians who control positions of power are self serving, and corrupt. Add to that a certain level of ineptitude and downright stupidity and you have Alexandria as we see it today.
Contrast this with the Fields Administration in Pineville. By in large, Mayor Fields is honest, experienced, and capable.
Survey says.... As citizens of Alexandria, we cannot affect change until we vote "en masse" and vote for a single candidate. Since there is almost no chance of that happening in this election cycle, Alexandria will descend further into the abyss.
Sadly, the feathers and bones have spoken...
You hit it on the head Soothsayer!!! This was proven when Keith Rabalis ran against Johnson. In that election you had an experience successful businessman run against a cameraman from kalb. Nothing against RJ but I know i would prefer someone who has been a business owner and knows what it takes to make tough decisions.
Soothsayer, I think that which you seek is called a "run off".
http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
Alexandria mayoral race
The primary election for the Alexandria mayor's race is set for Sept. 30. Which candidate do you favor?
29.0%
Delores Brewer
5.8%
Joe Fuller
3.9%
Alice "Red" Hammond
11.6%
Roosevelt Johnson
30.2%
Jacques Roy
10.0%
John Sams
9.5%
Charles F. Smith Jr.
Total Votes: 4521
To my esteemed friend 4 Sooth: While it is true that a race with 7 candidates will most likely end in a run-off, the results, and the causes for those results, remain the same.
First assume that previous analysis of the candidates is correct, and as yet I have seen no reason to assume they are not. The only two candidates in this race which are not part of the status quo and could resonably be expected to win are Roy and Sams.
In run off of any two WHITE candidates, one of those candidates will be Brewer. In a run-off, the black political machine will vote for her because she is controlable. Result? Status qou wins.
In a run off between any two BLACK candidates...status quo wins.
In a run off between a BLACK and a WHITE candidate, because of the unity of the black voting block and the fact that some whites wish the status quo to remain intact, the result will be....Status quo wins.
Survey says.... No matter what run off situation you choose, Alexandria remains the same. There is only two things that will affect a change on the Alexandria political scene.
1)The citizens get tired of the stench...that will not happen this election, City Hall does not stink enough yet. (Rick Ransom is right)
2) The ongoing FBI investigation into political corruption bears fruit. That will not happen before this election either. Sadly, Alexandria will continue it's downward slide for another 4 years.
The feathers and bones have spoken
The feathers might be right on but you appear to be developing a bone problem. I do not think that the black community will support an elitest white blonde blue-eyed junior leaguer who has spent no time or resourses in the minority community and has essentially written them off as "anti-her". Roy or Sams, on the other hand, do enjoy some cross-over appeal - Roy much more than Sams. A run off with Roy may provide the unfifying atmosphere that you wish for. Perhaps it would bring us all closer to our social objectives if you would quit "kvetching" and help by actually doing something more constructive than tea leaves. Some of us are actually out there working for our candidate choices. Try it.
My, my, my...Getting a little strident are we 4 Sooth?
Your political naiveté is amusing, and your analysis is just plain wrong.
In the event of a run-off between Brewer and any white candidate, the "Black vote" will align themselves with whomever the black preachers say is their candidate. The black preachers will support whomever the black office holders dictate. Since a white vs white run-off means that no blacks will sit at the mayor's desk, the black political base will throw their support behind the candidate that will preserve their "money train." That's Brewer...period.
Sorry 4 Sooth, apparently the moisture behind your ears has not suffiently evaporated for you to make an accurate assessment.
As to working for a candidate…I do. That does not, however, prevent me from forming an accurate, non-biased, prediction of the way this race will eventually end up.
Survey says! …You are politically inept and your opinions are unreliable. Therefore, you are not important. You are hereby shrouded and relegated to the children’s table.
The feathers and bones have spoken.
I am not sure which mayoral candidate will get my vote. However, I AM sure which candidates will NOT get my vote. Public service is a responsibility shared by all. Professional politicians are a turn-off to me and citizens aspiring for a public office due to a personal aganda other than giving thier best effort to provide superior service and confidence to ALL citizens is as bad a reason to seek office as ego and pride inflation purposes are. Alexandria is a good place to live and support a family, but with a surprising amount of routine executive decisions seeming to be in control of the present City Council(many votes are 5-2), it may be a good time to elect a dedicated mayor that has a clear understanding of the legal responsiblities and authority boundries of the office and able to perform his/her duties in a fashion and manner that benefits everyone other than special interest groups that seem to expect preferential treatment based on incorrect policies and procedures practiced in the past that are now illegal and have no current physical, moral or financial influence on present day life in the United States.
Dear Sayer:
Please read my last post until you understand it. I am describing a runoff between a black candidate and Roy or Sams. You appear to be suffering from a combination of Sams Humility and Brewer's Figure of Speech. I assure you that we all share your esteemed opinion of your esteemed opinion. Take a laxitive and relax.
Hmmmm...... I could have sworn I heard the patter of tiny feet and the unintelligible ramblings of a child...
. . . and a child shall lead them
so you're saying that politics and relegion is a good mix?
No, I think he's saying that politicians are children
Actually, vodka and orange juice is a good mix. It's just that what Sooth sayeth is seriously devoid of logic or insight. I find his confidence entertaining.
Hey 4 sooth. Am i getting you right? Are you saying that in a a run off between Blondie and either Sams or Roy that Sams or Roy will win????
Are you smokin crack???
First, no way Sams even makes the run-off, so what are we really talking about here? Must be Blondie against Roy.
If you think that Roy can beat the City Hall Machine you're nuts.
Soothsayer rocks!
His take on the election makes sense to me.
I'm getting ready to move to Pineville.
Soothsayer, to which money train do you refer? Have most of you seen the plight of the masses of black folks in this community? They are hardworking folks trying to make the ends meet, put gas in their car, food on their children's tables, and pay the light bill!! I am sick and tired of reading these ridiculous posts about how black folks are making money from the council as it currently exists. Who knows? Maybe a select few have made some money. If illegally or unethically, then that's their cross to bear. But, ask the average guy on Overton, Lower Third or in the Garden District what he has gained from a majority black council and he will tell you the truth -- NOT JACK!!
Town Talk post this morning.
$10 million plan for downtown condos announced
By Tom Bonnette
tbonnette@thetowntalk.com
(318) 487-6340
A $10 million plan to develop 60 to 80 condominiums on Third Street in downtown Alexandria was announced today by Garry Brown, owner of the downtown Internet Café.
"We’ve done the research, and the only way to revitalize downtown is to bring people back to living downtown,” Brown said.
“The only way to do that is to build places for them to live. If we do that, new businesses will follow.”
The plan would develop and sell 60 to 80 condos above Sentry Drugs, New York Hi-Style, the Weil Co. and Brown’s café.
Brown expects to be able to break ground on the 18-month project early next year.
To the anonymous poster decrying the plight of the "blacks on lower third,"you are exactly right in your observation, but wrong in the effect.
The money train is from city coffers to FOBC or "friends of black councilmen."
Survey says....You view the world with blinders and need a strong dose of reality. Most likely you're a bleeding heart who believes in income re-distribution through taxation, and therefore suspect.
The feathers and bones have spoken
The feathers and bones are absolutely clueless.
I was wondering who would win the mayors race while pile driving a Bolton Ave HO.... I asked her who she thought would win and damn if she didn't roll over and stick her ass up in the air....she snickered and asked...do you see the winner????
Well, the ass and hole has spoken.....ROY!
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To the previous two posters: You assholes really are brainless. Because you have never had an original thought in your worthless lives you sit back and take shots at those of us who actually care about our community.
I wish pricks like you would just shut the hell up if you don't have anything constructive to say.
Of course, since you have the IQ of a hammer, we should expect this kind of crap to come from you.
"shut the hell up if you don't have anything constructive to say."
BLOW ME....
constructive enough for you, bi-guy???
I personally like the fact that we seemed to have evolved into a contructive and progressive political dialogue. This site helps one to objectively gage the intellect of the target electorate. CHARLES F. SMITH FOR MAYOR!!!!!
Anon:
As much as you might desire a homosexual relationship, this site is not the place to invite fellatio from the males who post their thoughts here.
Since it is obvious that you have been deprived of an outlet for your homosexual desires, might I suggest that you try establishing another way to "hook up" with the gay members of the community?
Given your sexual preferences, I'm sure you know plenty of dark, out of the way places where effeminate men like you gather.
LMAO....dude, you got nuked!
Go Jefferson!
"Given your sexual preferences, I'm sure you know plenty of dark, out of the way places where effeminate men like you gather."
Of course I do, but the "back door" entrance to your office/orifice was closed for the holiday. I knocked and knocked, but your never came. I figured you were just hiding in the closet. Oh well, maybe next time. So, are you a pitcher or a catcher??? I'm guessing DEFINITELY a catcher.
I guess being a gay-boy has a language all it's own. "Pitcher," "catcher," "back door?" You look like you know the code words real good!
Careful where you swing that purse there boy!
"I guess being a gay-boy has a language all it's own. "Pitcher," "catcher," "back door?"
You forgot "closet".... Freudian???
Hahahahahaha....Big kiss with lots of tongue for you, sugar pants.
Who the damn hell you calling sugar pants?
You ain't got the nuts to say that to a man's face asshole!
There are about 61 Lampert, Slatkin, Sams, and Johnson signs missing from our neighborhood. The Roy signs, the Brewer signs, and the Vote Garden Dist. signs seem relatively untouched. I read in the paper where each sign costs $5. That is terrible.
Oooooo! Sugar pants says he would like to put his nuts in a man's face. Rather bold don't you think?
Sugar Pants GOT NUKED....hardy har har.....DOH!!!
Sugar Pants GOT NUKED....hardy har har.....DOH!!!
61? How did you do an exact count?
I don't know how they got an exact count. Probably a guess. The paper said the sign bandits left the wire things so I guess they counted naked wires. I don't know how they figure which wire belongs to what candidate. That's still a bunch of money somebody ripped off.
Just wonderin' why somebody would leave the wire stakes? Ya'll have any idea how hard it is to take that sign off once the wire stake has been inserted?
Why leave the wire?
Yall also see that the Brewer signs were basicly left alone? A random few were taken but not at the numbers claimed to be lost by the other campaigns.
Who knows why people do crummy shit like that. Maybe the culprits were trying not to get dirt in the white Brewer SUV. Maybe the volume of signs that were "figure of speeched" was so great that they couldn't fit them in with the wires. Maybe the caper was unplanned like the chance meeting between Randolph and his Baton Rouge attorneys. All I know is that she sure got some big bucks from da rich folk. As previously announced, the Provosty firm kicked in real heavy. I'm thinking the dwarf & troll are looking for the big payoff. That's why the dwarf's wife is at the helm.
The Brewer commercials are laughable, especialy the part where she has "extras" file past her on the street looking like they are greeting her and shaking her hand...Sheeeeeeeezzzzzz!
If we all didn't know better you would think she actually is a qualified candidate.
She's going down, big time!
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