And so most stories begin (or it was a cold, dark night ... but I am trying to look ahead here), Jacques has come out of the gates with a good start. The race however is a 4 year stretch. Will he change the face of Alexandria politics? Will it be better or worse?
Perhaps this blog might be used by the citizens of Alexandria to impart our wants and desires to our new adminstration. If you want investigations, ask for them here. If you want something brought to Alexandria ask here.
Why doesn't everyone on this blog say or do something positive on this thread? We can get back to the slaughterhouse next thread.
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«Oldest ‹Older 1001 – 1200 of 1247 Newer› Newest»I think scarred is actually scarred because he thought Jacques was going to give him some big title position that has already been given to someone else. Perhaps he feels jolted by the loyalty he portrayed during the campaign - the long hours, the extra work, the standing by his/her man through thick and thin - only to be forgotten when it comes to actually performing the duties of Mayor. Perhaps scarred isn't qualified to do any position available at the City, but was a perfect mouthpiece during the campaign.
Why would someone assume that George Bush as President was a mistake? A factual assessment proves the contrary. It appears that we continue to successfully occupy Irag after a victorious battle, albeit with some casualties - which is a natural penalty and occurance in war - where is the vanquishment?. Check your meds folks, Demo virus appears to be infectious and settles in the cranium.
I'm thinking that Scared may have had a yard sign and that's about the extent of it, however, Scared has been on the outside of life, looking in, and resenting the hell out of the achievers and now would like for Roy to be his avenging angel. When Roy talked about being inclusive, he didn't agree to go that far down the food chain. I agree. Roy isn't paying attention to Scared and Scared is looking for it from us.
Spanky, you think that "we continue to successfully occupy Iraq" and you are worried about my meds?? I think you may hav caught something from Aymond's toilet seat. Oh well, STAY THE COURSE.
At any rate, please feel free to share the Bush credit with Rove and Scared. At least we got them WMDs and America's mothers will embrace you for justifying the 3,000 lives we wasted in the Iraq sand.
You may choose to classify our casualties as a loss when in actuality it is a cost - the cost of continuing freedom. If you continue to be so blind, you may soon get the opportunity to save your own ass by your own devices as Argentina foments unrest and Mexico shifts to the radical military left and points its masses toward our southern border.
It appears that we continue to successfully occupy Irag after a victorious battle
No Spanky, you are victorius when the enemy stops shooting at you. See Germany and Japan in 1945. Iraq is clearly NO victory.
You are quite cavalier in what you choose to call a "cost". I remember you mentioning that you have children of varying age - I assume none of them are in a position to become a "cost". Please tell me what our losing the war in Iraq (according to the new Sec. of Defense) is going to do for my freedom. Aw hell, tell me what winning the war (as if that were possible) will do for my freedom. (I predict that you will mention 9/11 to stir my emotions, as though that had ANYTHING to do with our ill-conceived war on Iraq).
The bad news is that you are probably going to have the chance to put your blood where your mouth is because there is a reasonable chance that you young son or daughter will become a "cost" of the middle east conflict. I understand that you and Mrs. Spanky get a folded flag. Seem worth it to you?
And if you are worried about our southern border (which we don't happen to share with Iraq) you better get your ass over there because we ain't got any available military assets for that or any other conflict. I assume, however, that you are talking about the ever useful "domino theory" that served us so well in Viet Nam. Lots of "costs" and folded flags there too.
We're soooooo impressed! You've known Jacques for years! How special!
No, just rebutting your big head remark that you were the one who made me decide to vote for Jacques. Perhaps people would take you more seriously if you voiced an opinion without blowing your own non-existent horn.
We should only enter into a war when absolutely necessary to defend our nation. Once entered, we should do all that is necessary to win without regard to winning a world popularity contest. Bush failed in Iraq on both grounds. Politicians should stick to making the decision to enter into war, and let the military wage it thereafter.
You assholes are SOOOOOOOOOO easy.
I decided to log on here with a provocative name ans spout some BS, just to see if I could get the sheep riled up, and damnit to hell, it worked!
And it was soooooo easy! All I had to do is carefully construct my posts so I sounded like a cross between Biff, Sooth, and Spanky...and you stupid, assholes fell for it hook line and sinker. All of you mindless sheep can do is throw mud at anyone who disagrees with your limited pinhead view...
You are all pathetic, gulliublie, and dumb as a drawer of hammers....
We're all laughing at you LMAO!
The reason our presence in Iraq is important is two-fold. Russia needs a warm water port to project naval power, something their continued struggle has yet to produce and the reason we can be globally successful. Two is the protection of oil shipping lanes for the continued supply of the western allies. Iran attempted to annex Iraq's oilfield and coastal ports in their last war. Our military presence in both Afghanistan and Iraq have us in a flank position on two fronts with Iran which directly relate to our national security interest in regard to oil supply and Russian naval harbors. My oldest son served in Afghanistan and eldest daughter in the army. As a child, I saw the Russian Peninsula of Sahkalin every day for three and a half years and their efforts on the Japanese mainland to be disruptive as well as their continued efforts to exert military force - Wakkanai,Japan is were the wreckage of Flight 007 washed up after a MIG attack. Threats to our security do exist. It appears you have the luxury of never have been in fear for your life through aggression, so you do not have an understanding how fleeting your security can be. I suggest you take a trip to Brownsville and Laredo and report to us how safe you feel then.
While you are pondering the the curtailment of death connected with a military withdrawal in Iraq, you may want to explain how that same mindset was justified in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia with the resulting deaths of three million people in the aftermath of our leaving. How does that compute?
And it was soooooo easy! All I had to do is carefully construct my posts so I sounded like a cross between Biff, Sooth, and Spanky...and you stupid, assholes fell for it hook line and sinker.\
Wow, I must admit it that you got me. I really thought you were an obnoxious asshole.
wrong again pinhead...I am an obnoxious asshole. My hobby is exposing idiots like you for want you really are. Uneducated, inexperienced, moronic, pompus, sheep with no mind of their own, incapabile of independent thought.
Ahhhhh ya crack me up! LMAO!
last laugh said...
wrong again pinhead...I am an obnoxious asshole.
I agree!
You never fooled me for a minute. I could tell by your spelling and grace in self-expression that you were an incredibly clever, educated, sophisticated, and well respected nuclear member of our community masquerading as a stupid, unappreciated, unconnected, unrespected person of limited intellect, no education and poor breeding. I must admit that you put on a heck of a convincing show.
The reason I was able to recognize and identify your truly excellent, though cleverly concealed character and intellect is due to the fact that I am a world-reknowned psychiatrist and a high ranking member of the CIA.
Therefore, I have the last and very best last laugh.
I note on the KALB web page that Al Struck, prominent realtor and spouse of Nancy Struck, was caught in a homo sting at Buhlow restroom and arrested today. Another famous garden district pervert . . . .
Don't these people know they can go get a room and keep their names off the evening news, out of the Town Talk and save their wives and family the embarassment? You would think after the Tommy Wright incident people would know not to go to Buhlow.
Ms. Nancy has a tendency to think she's hot shit and likes to stick her nose up in the air and not acknowledge you. Maybe this will give her some well-deserved humility.
What is it about Lake Buhlow that attracts fudge packers? First, former State Rep. Tommy Wright and now 14 men, two of whom are over 70 years old.
Simple enough. Homos attract homos. Why they take those kinds of chances with AIDS and publicity and scandal and embarrassment, I cannot imagine. One of the guys is the manager at Krogers. I'll never buy a turkey neck there again.
Does that mean the party at Buhlow is cancelled tonight.
Ignorance and intolerance are never in short supply on this blog.
takes one to know one
Ignorance and intolerance are never in short supply on this blog.
Billions of people in the World believe that homosexuality is both immoral and unnatural. It is absurd to claim that all of them are ignorant. If you truly believe that homosexuality is immoral, you cannot sit by and be tolerant of that conduct, although perhaps forgiving of the individual.
"Ignorance and intolerance are never in short supply on this blog."
People can do whatever the hell they want, however, according to KALB, these folks were not in their car, etc, but out in the open, in the middle of the day. I Think ignorance is bliss. There are just somethings that others don't need to know about, much less see.
ah, words of wisdim from the relative of a queer
Whenever I hear one of you bible thumpers vociferously railing against homosexuality my mind harkens to that dick sucking preacher that recently got outed nationally. If homosexual conduct bothers you that much, quit it.
jesus wore a dress said...
How liberal of you, in insulting one of the major religions of the World. While you are probably appalled when you see someone say faggot, you think it is intellectual to insult releigion. People like you shout for tollerance for an unnatural and immoral lifestyle, yet show none yourself.
I heard the Silver girls(Ted, Billy Boy, and flaming Harry) barely escaped from being arrested at Buhlow.
The world's major religions are OK. The problem is with you. You got more hatred and intolerance and fear and resentment than you can shake your WWJD bracelet at. These poor old queens were just loving their neighbor. What's wrong with that?
I agree with jesus. You and that dick-sucking hipocritical preacher are the insult to christianity.
Ted's got him a young girlfriend. Don't know if his wife's family knows about it - YET
Newspaper says that Clarence is moving the City Counsel meeting to Pineville High so he can honor the football team . How ironic is that?His absence of support for the football team was noticed by all of the parents of the players and the pep squad the whole year. I wonder if he knows where Pineville High school even is? This would be yet another example of "Mayor Feelgood" trying to jump on the bandwagon of something good without having anything to do with it.
We never saw him at any games either not even the playoffs but who cares everyone knows how this works and besides did i say who cares?
Oh. I thought it was an example of an extremely popular city government returning some of the love and pride of its citizens with a show of gratitude, support and recognition. Silly me.
anyone know the results from mayor roy's 2 pm press conference yesterday "concerning the city lagging behind in reading utility meters."?
the town talk had the following item on their website yesterday; promising a followup story yet they havent posted one yet and even this page appears to have been scrubbed from the town talk website:
Mayor Roy to address city meter reading backlog today
Alexandria Mayor Jacques Roy will hold a press conference today concerning the city lagging behind in reading utility meters.
The press conference will be at 2 p.m. today in the mayor's office in City Hall. Check back on our Web site, www.thetowntalk.com, later today for a report about the press conference.
The city is three weeks behind in reading utility meters, creating a situation where customers will receive compounded bills right before Christmas, Gayle Jackson, head of the city's Utility Customer Service Office, said earlier this week.
While the city is budgeted for 11 meter readers, there only are three, Jackson said. The problem is those three each must read 15,000 meters in the city monthly.
Alexandria has contracted five other readers, but short-term solutions aren't going to fix the problem, she said. Poor wages have caused some meter readers to walk off the job.
Roy took office as mayor on Monday. At his first council meeting on Tuesday, Roy called the meter reading situation "unacceptable" and said the city must find a way to quickly fill the meter-reader vacancies.
See Town Talk story:
to use other utility dept. employees to assist in meter reading until positions can be filled; talk to civil service about raising salaries to fill the position. Plan to waive late fees for this cycle. When you finally pay your bill you can go to the lovely downtown utility office to get pay your deposit to get your utilities cut back on.
thanks
Check on those jobs, the reason they have not filled those positions is NOT pay. The human resourses department does not hire anyone in November and December.
The paper said they had 8 or 9 trainees for that job but the problem was turn-over. You got to offeer them more in salary and benefits that their crack distributorship. My water meter has been covered with mud and leaves for 2 years. So part of the job qualification is apparently Xray vision.
Is it their responsibility to clean your meter, or yours? People like you wonder why their bills are estimated, but do nothing to ensure that they can be billed correctly. I think that I will plant poison ivy by my electric meter, cover my water meter with mud, and chain a pit bull to my gas meter.
You are a little dense. The issue would seem to be are they reading the meter and if not, where are they getting the numbers on my bill. Most people do not inspect their meter or even know where it is. If they are making up numbers but pretending that they read the meter, that can be a problem in a number of respects but to start, it's just plain dishonest. Many folks I talk to leave their meter obscured just to be able to determine when, if ever, somebody actually does their job properly.
Your "not my job" mentality explains why you identify with the meter reader.
My electricity was estimated for the last two months due to the readers not going into my back yard because of the dog. I chain the dog on the days they tell me they will be by, but then they don't show on those days. This week I was home when they came by and they took an actual read. They were back two days later because the read was rejected showing negative consumption. I wonder if I will get a credit this month. I too question the accuracy of the "readings".
How much does the meter reader job pay? Is this a job people stay in, or are they promoted to other jobs in the city??
I get the impression that meter reader is an entry level job because the others in the dept. know how to read the meters and will temporarily be filling in. That suggests that they once read meters.
"Many folks I talk to leave their meter obscured just to be able to determine when, if ever, somebody actually does their job properly."
And in doing so you are breaking the law. The Code of Ordinances clearly states that meters must be accessible to the City at all times. If a meter reader can't get to your meter, his/her only recourse is to estimate hte reading. An estimate is just that a scientific guess based upon your consumption in prior months. Listen to the committee meeting testimony of Mr. Crutchfield. Estimates were down to 3%; 3% of 60,000 = 1,800 estimates. Not bad if you ask me.
The access they are talking about has to do with fences and hedges and pets. Normal debris covering the meter face doesn't interfere with reader access. I think it is there duty to read the meter or report some problem with them doing so. Meter readers read meters, even if they are city employees.
Wow, what high expectations you have. Right now, they have 4 meter readers to go to about 60,000 houses. Each house has at least 3 meters, gas, electric and water. and of course there is no standard location to find each meter. Each month has about 30 working days. There is no way these guys can keep up with all that they are expected to do. Plus, don't they also have to read the various meters at area businesses?
Hate to work for the sweat shop you work for. A month has approximately 21.+ work days.
I will try to explain this real simple because to a reader obscure is defined as acess.
There are 8 work hours in a work day, 5 work days in a week which equal 40 hours. There are 52 weeks in the year so 52 weeks times 40 work hours per week equal 2080 work hours in a year. 2080 work hours divide by 12 (months in the year) equals 173.333 work hours in a month. 173.333 work hours in a month divided by 8 work hours in a day equals 21.666 work days in a month.
Maybe this way will help more better. April, June, September and November have 30 days, all the rest have 31 except February and it depends on which time zone your in to determine how many days February has. (Has something to do with the efernal equimox and the mating habits of rabbits.)
So if the month has approximately 30 working days where do the weekends come from? I know Tinker Bell. Weekends are not real we are in co-planterium existance when we think we are fishing and such but we are really at work.
So if that doesn't obscure daylight savings time no possible access ever will and you will be in violation of an Alexandria ordinance (which could be a highly explosive situation.)
The first month you got an estimated bill you could have called and asked for them to come out and read your meter. A supervisor could have been sent out that day - especially if you thought the bill was high. The nice thing about the new bills is that it shows your current month's consumption, the previous month and the current month from a year ago. You can look yourself to see if something funny is going on with the readings. And if you go out to your meter and see that it doesn't match your estimated bill then you know something is wrong.
William Jefferson has been re-elected. Can I say that I am embarassed to be from Louisiana even though he doesn't represent me? Granted, the man is innocent until proven guilty, but the City of New Orleans has managed to re-elect Mayor who failed them during Katrina and now a Congressman who has used his political power to send funds to organizations that employ his friends and family members and is also under investigation. I guess this means Blanco will be re-elected at the pace we're going. This state will never get out of the shadow of Huey P and Edwin as long as voters fail to make intelligent decisions.
Roy says there are 15,000 meters to be read monthly. There are systems which are far less labor intensive and provide consumption data to a centralized computer. Sending men out in the heat and rain to pull up iron covers and read a meter is a 19th century solution. The telephone company doesn't have to come to your house and look on the bottem of your phone.
How much do you think these new systems would cost? Who do you think will fix them when, not if, they malfunction? How well do you think it will sit with the council when you eliminate 11 jobs for our citizens (black men) ? The only way they will switch to a new system is if one of their friends is the "consultant" or "contractor" or if they find someone who works, or did work in Myron's office.
Maybe as good citizens, we could just all call in and self-report.
One TT article said 15,000 meters, another said 15,000 meters each for 4 men. The second number sounds correct. There are homes and businesses included in any number that is being given, correct?
How much training is needed to be a meter reader? How much does it pay? Sound like a job some high school students could do afterschool and cheaper.
It may be a figment, but I think I recall President Hobbs trying to get a "study" on self-reporting meters by some engineer firm friend of Myron's from Baton Rouge during the past six months. Seems like Billy Gunn shined a light on it and Ned stopped it. Those guys do love an expensive study. What ever happened to the red river water purification study? Remember. Some company could remove the turtle shit from the river water for about 3 dollars a gallon and we were going to sell it to some local manufacturer for about a nickel a gallon>>>>
My good citizen you are right an automated reading process would be great but the iniital implementation would be expensive - about $15 million to be exact.
Here's the quandry: Do you want the City to spend $15 million to make sure you recevive a perfectly timely and accurate utility bill or do you want them to spend that same $15 million on the aged infrastructure so that your water isn't brown, so that your lights burn, and so that the sewerage actually leaves your house?
It's not like we aren't spending loads of money right now on training, gathering, compiling, reviewing, and issuing utility bills. And we appear to be doing a piss-poor job of all of the above. Someone (certainly Mrs. Lawson or Myron's 12 year old son) needs to evaluate the long-term cost and efficiency of the two (or more) alternatives. The labor intensive method, particulary in government, is seldom the best method either logistically or economically. We obviously need an incredibly expensive and meaningless study by unqualified tenants or friends of Lawson, preferably from out of town.
....parenthetically, might I add that your unfortunate condescension adds very little that is constructive to this dialogue - more people might listen to you if you learned how to talk to them. amen
The raw numbers suggest a 20 to 30 year payback on the installation costs when compared to the salaries that would be eliminated. 20 to 30 years in technological terms is a millineum.
Not a good idea if I am allowed to pass judgement.
There are few council meeting where a disgruntled utility customer, usually from the minority community, does not complain about billing errors that work tremendous hardship on families that are struggling already. Fowler, head of the util. committee, usually says "we are doing our best, sorry". It is a wonder that he makes it out of the chamber alive. The inconvenience of working out an incorrect utility bill is one thing but if you are deprived of life's basics because of it you have created or at least permitted a tremdous political and humanitarian problem.
So someone in the know , please explain the headline story in the Town Talk today. Are they saying that every ticket is dismissed or reduced? Isnt that giving away money? Just how many cases are actually tried by the Pinevlle DA? And this is Ok with the Mayor and counsil? Sounds fishy
"The inconvenience of working out an incorrect utility bill is one thing but if you are deprived of life's basics because of it you have created or at least permitted a tremdous political and humanitarian problem."
First of all: What are you saying???
Second: This is another example of getting what you pay for. You pay these guys little or nothing but expect them to work in the same conditions as your mail carrier. Give me a break.!!!!!!
It sounds real fishy. The article clearly was written to expose something without saying what it really meant and that is that if you get a ticket or arrested in Pineville all you have to do is ask the powers that be for a favor and it will get dismissed or reduced. I bet that pisses the Police off. They put their lives at risk everytime they stop someone only to have this nerd in the paper reduce or dismiss it. I too would like to hear about what criminal cases actually are prosecuted in Pineville...if any.
If you get $600+ in social security and you get a utility bill for $375 instead of $130 the city's mistake is devastating to you. You will have to forego food or medicine to keep your lights and heat on. The fact that you can iron it out later is of very little immediate comfort.
Secondly, I don't pay the meter readers a cent. I pay the city taxes and fees and utility bills and charges and they decide how they spend it. The city is the one that tells me that they are going to provide utility services based on my ability to use or conserve utilities. They promise me that they are going to gage my usage for the previous month and bill me accordingly based on some formula that only they know. I can't go to the other utililty company because the city has the only game in town. These poor underpaid readers don't provide me with any services, the city does. The city decides what to pay these guys just like they decide what to pay the head of the GAEDA board or the studier of the water park or the chief of police.
Next to my house note, my utility bill is my biggest regular monthly obligation. I think I have a right to expect the city to make every effort to charge me and the poor old bastard on social security the right amount. The city's utility income keeps everything going.
I think I have a right to expect my utility bill to accurately reflect what I owe. I think I pay rather handsomely for that right. You see, I don't hire or pay the meter readers - I hire and pay they guys that hire and pay the meter readers. They are the ones that are screwing us over.
Goverment, including the City, needs to learn that there is no money tree out there. They must lean to live within a budget, like the rest of us, and learn that we cannot buy everything. In my opinion basic services, such as fire, police, water, sewerage and electricity come first. Performing arts centers, art museums, pretty bricks in downtown streets, golf courses and etc... come second. I think sufficient meter readers, paid a decent wage, is more important than some of the other art crap.
The city being behind on reading your meter does NOT affect you total payment. If you didn't get a bill for electricity in Novemeber, but in December you get a big bill, it is the same thing. Do people really NOT budget for utilities, and if I don't get a bill, I can just spend the money?? You lack of planning, and mananging your life should not be anyones fault but your own. Nothing in life is free.
What an utterly fucked up insensitive unrealistic thing to say. If you get social security of $600 a month and you get an estimated bull of $125 which is $80 under the actual amount and the next month you get a bill for $230 which you either pay or get terminated and to get reinstated costs the arrearage plus a $150 deposit. It's not about budgeting, it's about survival.
The deal with the city is they tell you how much you owe and you pay. If they don't keep their deal but hold you to yours is that really fair.
Maybe the elderly black person on social security and diabetes and heart disease and arthritis and 14 prescriptions to fill every month can just go get the extra utility money out of his trust fund.
You have no brain and no heart. You make excuses for the city because you can manage and you don't give a flying shit for those who can't
But it could happen to you.
Your last sentence is prophetic. Lots of people who felt secure and solvent have found themselves suddenly unemployed or displaced by a storm or with a family member with a horrible illness that requires more resources than they can muster and then, all of a sudden, you are them - the poor, the destitute, the desparate, and the memory of your lovely house and golf membership and expensive clothes and cars is just a painful recollection. When there ain't enough to go around you gotta make some really tough decisions. You think that the poor folks are another species of human but they're not. Just look in the mirror. It happened to me.
First, the City doesn't decide how much the head of GAEDA makes - the GAEDA board does - if you don't like the fact he now makes $105,000 + benefits - call a board member and complain about it. What the hell does GAEDA do anyway besides hire consultants?
On the utility bills, Yes, the December bill might be higher. It's going to be high because you didn't have a bill in November. Now, did you happen to think in November - Hey I didn't get a bill and I know I should have so I should put some money aside. Maybe the same amount I paid in October so when the double bill comes in December I will have money to cover the bill???? NO, you went and spent it anyway.
As for an elderly person - black or white - who is on 14 medications and fixed income. If they are already not signed up, they need to be signed up on the reduced medication program - MCAP I believe is the acronym. They can also enroll in programs the manufacturers have to assist with lowering the costs of their medications. They can also discuss with their doctors if generics are available which are a cheaper route as well.
These same elderly people are more than likely living in a home that could use additional insulation and weatherization programs to assist in lowering their utility costs. These are programs the City, along with other non-profits need to begin to look at and start targeting neighborhoods and homes with grant programs. HUD actually has programs for this.
3:55 when your employer pulls out of town or your job is outsourced and you find yourself unable to make the wages you are now, please don't come back on this blog and whine. Every person in this City, unless you are employed by the government is subject at any point in time to job loss. Katrina and Rita should have shown that in a moment everything you hold dear - your home, your memories, your things, can all be taken away - even members of your family. No one is guaranteed to have what they have today tomorrow. Former Enron employees and others who have worked and seen their lives destroyed by corporate scandal can attest to this as well.
Most families don't budget. Most families in American are living paycheck to paycheck. Seniors and persons serving in the military know this more than anyone. All it takes is one emergency to send them to the brink of financial disaster.
Yes, there are programs out there to help seniors and persons who have multiple expensive medications. Louisiana is the only state with a charity healthcare system. Since Katrina and Rita it is less than funcational. Not that it was any better prior to the storms. Places like the working people's free clinic help. Reality is everyday some seniors have to decide between medication and food or medication and heat in the winter or air in the summer. That is the sad state America is in.
Take your arrogant attitude and go work on your budget for next year. Make sure you pad it well, just in case that job you hold gets sent overseas or in case your trust fund goes bust.
I agree completely. Just because the city is behind in billing, it does not mean that you do not owe them money. You used the electricity and water and gas, and you must pay for it. Do people think it is a "Christmas Miracle' that they did not have bills in November?? Did they all go buy PS3 for their kids?? Get real. You should think of is as an interest free loan.
plus, as i understand it, as long as you pay something, they will not cut off your services. With the temps below freezing, I am sure you will be fine. Return some of the Christmas crap to the store and pay your bill.
Your job loss, although tragic, does not have anything to do with the city being behind on meter reading and billing. Would you still have a job, and money to pay your bill if they were caught up, NO.
So WTF does that have to do with anything?
But, you could apply to be a meter reader, i hear they are trying to hire some folks.
Well, here's the connection - all of you that talk about budgeting and planning and saving are not poor and are not worried about it because you have always been pretty confortable and figure that you always will. That aint necessarily so. Then getting the right utility bill at the right time for the right amount will be mighty important.
'Let Them Eat Cake'
What the heck is this about not getting a November Utility bill? I got one of the highest I have had all year. And my meter was read this week so I'll be getting a bill this month also.
My brother IS a policeman in Pineville and I can tell you as a fact that nothing is prosecuted in Pineville and it does piss the police off. Just ask one of them.
Another goddam whining cop. Ask him how many tickets he and his buddies have come to the prosecutor of ADA for help on. And what happens when those guys get caught - then it's a personnel problem. There may be people who are aggrieved by the ticket policy but it sure as hell shouldn't be the cops. When they see their buddy driving 50 mph yammering on the cell phone they don't write him up. They just need to do their jobs and quit bitching.
36% of the people responding to the Town Talk poll say that crime is their number one concern and priority. So you tell me who's not doing their jobs.
When the cops and the deputies get drunk and beat up their wives and girlfriends instead of going to jail they get 2 days off. And they are gripeing about the DA giving somebody a little break on a ticket? They might want to leave that one alone.
well hell maybe we will just stop writing them for a few days.
Well hell, maybe you ought to do your job and leave the prosecution decisions up to the prosecutors. If you want to make lawyer and judge decisions maybe you need to go to college and law school instead of a 6 week academy.
nothing is prosecuted in Pineville and it does piss the police off. Just ask one of them.
Tell your brother that we would have more sympathy for policemen if they were polite to the citizens which pay them and if they spent more time stopping crime than taxing otherwise law abiding people with traffic tikets. The only reason we call police to a crime scene is to get a report. Very seldom do we see fingerprints taken or a TV CSI team. We do see cops getting discount meals, chasing women and acting like bullies. We also see off duty cops with their families driving around in police cars and using public gas. We also see off duty cops working security jobs for cash and not paying taxes on it. We also see open prostitution and drug use a few blocks away from the Alexandria Police Headquarters. We also see drugs and crime in the jails they guard. The police have a public relations problem of major size that they need to work on.
not to add fuel to the fire but i was working in marksville this past week and saw a APD car parked at a trailer in Marksville. I guess we pay for that cop to drive back and forth to work. GO SAINTS!
Couldn't pay him much if he is in a trailer.
Funny thing is those APD cars aren't supposed to leave the parish. We can thank Cicardo for that crap - wasn't he the one who started the take the car home program as a perk for officers - oh wait I forgot his idea was that it showed an APD presence in the neighborhood. Well what good does it do when they live in a neighbhorhood they can't arrest anyone in and they can't write a ticket in?
"In fact, Kay, for whatever reason, has been begging for a job everywhere. She has haunted the DAs office begging to get on there for months. Don't know what happened at the firm. Walker's main calling is now the civil air patrol."
What's the deal?
So let me get this straight. It is the opinion of this blog that Pineville officials "fixing" tickets for those that know them and not prosecuting crimes...IS a Good thing? Unfucking believable.
Hell, according to the Town Talk, you don't have to know anyone, you just have to ask, and it will get fixed, or at least lowered. Why should an officer take time out and write a ticket? Maybe letting the citizens know that the officers are powerless to even enforce traffic laws will have a positive effect on the city of Pineville.
Wait till they let them tank up at a Pineville approved bar and then send em out on the road. Hell, maybe the Nunallys will relocate to North Rapides
Read the article again. It says that they help the people that deserve help and don't have a bad driving record and are respectful to the cop. The oldest trick in the book is that cops stop writing tickets to punish the city financially whenever they don't get their way on a new tax or pay raise or benefit. We have a lot of good cops but you don't have to be a good cop or even an honest cop to advance thru the ranks. The police and fire civil service system is established to protect the rotten apples and eventually, thru attrition and passage of time, they end up at the top, degrading the service for everybody. The new trend is to get their 19 year old delinquent or addicted kids on the force to perpetuate the incompetence. then you get the occassional tragic fuckup even like APD and everybody puts a blue ribbon on their antenna. I hope Roy can correct some of this.
The assistant DA, Roger Breedlove, is the fairest most sympathetic reasonable guy ever born. If the government is going to entrust prosecutorial decisions to somebody, we couldn't ask for a better choice. If you don't trust Breedlove, you don't understand.
Question. Should a City as a matter of course and practice allow the City Prosecutor to dismiss or reduce the vast majority of tickets written for people breaking the law? Is that a form of Malfeasance?
Yes and no.
I would assume (there is that word again) a City Prosecutor has the same type of discretionary powers as a DA. One needs to understand the system in order to understand a Prosecutor's duties. A Cop enforces law - that's all. He/she arrest/ticket people. They do not try them, they do not charge them they do nothing but arrest/ticket someone based upon what they have personal knowledge off or based upon a compliant signed by an individual. Bitch as they may that is all they do so how can their morale be effected when they have done their job? They bitch because they are not all powerful.
Thnen along comes the DA/City Prosecutor. They have the legal authority to determine if the evidence supports the charges and whether or not the matter will reduced, charges stay the same or disappear completly. Like it or not the DA/Prosecutor decides who goes to trial, who can pay a fine instead of going to trial or otherwise disposes of the casze.
Judges conduct trials of those individuals referred to the Court for trial.
Never forget a Police person would bitch if they were given a free lunch - which most are. Alexandria has a fine group of Police People. 4 in a pickup truck were attacked by a Black with a beer, procurement of sex and drugs are conducted mere blocks from the station, and the extension of courtesies to fellow Police persons for infractions never ceases. How many people have been passed by Police speeding. Silent response - I already know the excuse.
Police, after 6 months, love their job and you can't run them off. Where else can someone with little education be legally provided so much authority, consider all "civilians" they come into contact with as assholes and spend their time retelling the same old stories of whose head the went upside.
When one realizes the hours Police people work versus their actual income it ain't bad. The cute part is gonna be when an incident happens with one of these Police Persons working as a rent-a-cop in their City of uniform and the City of gets sued. Don't know of any other folks that would assume that much liability but the City of seems happy to do it and the merchants hiring the rent-a-cop is glad to let the City do it.
But didnt the article say that the vast majority of the tickets were dismissed or reduced.?
Traffic tickets represent a significant revenue stream for the city and parish courts so I seriously doubt that they are dismissing a majority of them. It is the prosecutor's duty to determine what course of action would best further the cause of justice and they have enormous discretion in that regard. The cops would like to be the ultimate authority on who gets punished and how much but they, in fact, have and exercise their own judgment on what to charge and how fast to say the driver was going and they frequently do their own little roadside justice by reducing the charge to a lower speed or a nonmoving violation. If you go to the Alexandria city prosecutor's office on traffic day you will see that he has an office full of cops trying to get help for their friends. And the cop they caught steeling tires, in uniform, on duty, was given a tap on the wrist and allowed to go on worker's comp. The cops that beat up their wives usually get a letter in their file instead of going to jail for 30 days like anyone else. Newman Bob, head of Alex Narcotics cops and buddy of Daren Coutee, was caught lying on the stand in court and admitted as much but is now in a position of authority at APD. Rennier who was convicted of battering that guy and had numerous other complaints is now in charge of a shift. None of them live in town. It goes on and on. And they will pull some kind of chickenshit strike in a heartbeat.
And never lose sight of the fact that we live in America. We retain the right to quit our jobs. Alexandria's finest don't like their job they can quit and get out here and root for acorns with the rest of us.
One of the Lee Street 4 is a Rent a Cop at Ft. Polk. Same attitude still. They always fail to learn to not fool with folks they cannot intemidate.
Well hell, I was mistaken. I thought the fact that Mayor Fields prosecutor dismissed or reduced many more tickets than he prosecuted and thus letting people off and not collecting fines for the CITY was not a good thing . I stand corrected . Congratulations Mayor Fields for the fine example of supporting the police.
Mayor Fields doesn't work for the police. The mayor and the police work for the people of pineville who are pretty damn happy about it.
Before the Policeman start their whining ass justification always remember if you don't like your job you can always leave. If you cannot support your family stop bitching and go get a real job. Go get a job where you have to produce.
Stop the BS about protecting us and serving us and go somewheres and get a real job where you have to do something besides screw with people. What will we do if all the Policeman leave? Don't worry about it. You'll ain't going anywheres. You know when you got a bird's nest on the ground. Your bitching is only designed to inflate the screwing your already giving the citizens.
So TICKET FIXING is a Good thing?
I want to get fixed.
The Town Talk was able to obtain a copy of the letter sent to Ratcliff construction company that outlines the numerous defects with the Performing Arts Center they constructed for the City. This looks very bad for Ratcliff. I wonder how or if they will respond. Hope their insurance is paid up.
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BS about protecting us and serving us
Have there been many instances of police arriving in the nick of time to save someone from a burglary, an armed robber, a rapist, a murderer or a purse snatcher? Most often, they usually arrive after and put the yellow tape around the victim's body and drop donut crums on your carpet. Truth is we must protect ourselves, and simply hope law enforcement can find out who did it later.
Simple question . Does Fields support the way the Pineville prosecutor does not prosecute? Isn't Hayes his appointement? It must be easy to be prosecutor if you never have to go to court. If he ever runs for anything i am sure that many will remember what a slacker he was as district attorney.
OK here's the dumbass question of the day on the Arts Center building - who the hell was inspecting the building for the City as it was being constructed? Typically if you are the developer, you inspect the project as it moves along to sign off as it goes through stages to allow the contractor to make draws on the construction money. Soooooooo, who was signing off during the construction phase to allow Ratcliff to be paid? Someone had to be unless he waited until everything was completed and got one big fat check at the end (which I seriously doubt). Wasn't Delores the delightful in charge of capital projects? Is she the one that ok'd this shotty workmanship? Is there no fault on the person who was signing off for Ratcliff?
Hey - believe me I am not on the side of the contractor here, I'm just wondering which idiot at the City ok the crappy work and the work which apparently was not performed to spec. Someone had to and I want to know who. That to me is just as important as getting the building fixed.
I think Delores took credit for the Coughlin-Sanders building, so it must be her fault.
You idiot assholes don't know jack. There is no such thing as Pineville City Court. The actual structure is a WARD court for Wards 9, 10, and 11. Truth be known, Pineville's mayor...what's his name, has NO AUTHORITY over court business. The court is totally under the control of Judge Phillip Terrell.
Gary hayes IS the city's lawyer. He represents the ANY police force who writes a ticket IN THE CITY. Tickets written outside the city, by state police and sheriff's department do to the DA and 9th JDC.
The Mayor of Pineville appoints Hays and can fire him. The judge hands down fines and can disreguard Hays' recomendation if he chooses. Keep in mind that the City gets the fine for the offense, but the judge gets the court costs and they NEVER are reduced. In pineville you pay $138 in court costs for a $25 violation.
The court is going to get their pound of flesh, no matter what.
Hays has always been a lazy, spineless lawyer who will not do his job. For him, it's quicker to plead down ALL the tickets and just submit a written report to the judge. The judge approves whatever Hays gives him and collects $138 a pop. On a typical day the court might hear 30 to 40 tickets, that's almost five grand in court costs per day. Terrell rakes that in. Hays gets paid by the city for rubber stamping the tickets. He's in and out of court in about 3 hours. Since they hold court only 2 times a week, that's pretty good cash for 6 hours work.
It's a hellava racket. Sweet deal for the players, raw deal for us.
Just exactly who is unhappy with the current system? If it's some cop, I could care less but if someone else has a legitimate problem with the system I would like to know who (not personal identity by generally who) so I can try to figure out who's ox is gored. Are you angry because someone's insurance premiums won't skyrocket? What's the beef? Do you want more people to pay larger fines? Do you want people to slow down and stop for stop signs and not park in handicapped zones? Does this have anything to do with that? Do you have a better way to run the operation? Are you mad a Judge Terrell or is this the perpetual dig at the Pineville administration by the "usual suspects"?
The actual structure is a WARD court for Wards 9, 10, and 11.
Actually, Pineville City Court only has criminal jurisdiction in Oineville, but has civil jurisdiction in Wards 9, 10 and 11 (the entire north side of the river). The City of Pineville gets a portion of the fines and fees from criminal matters. The law requires the City of Pineville and the Police Jury to pay for the courthouse, however, for almost a decade the courthouse has mostly become self-funding. The City makes a profit of almost a half of million dollars off the court. One gripe the City has had is that it desires Judge Terrell to fine people the maximum fine, which he refuses to do and gives people with hardship the ability of paying fines and costs in installments rather than going to jail. As a judge, Terrell has a duty to decide each case and the circumstances of each defendant on its own particular merits.
Typically a City has an Engineering firm representing the City on large projects. The City lacks the expertise to properly manage a large projects with the many different elements and the Engineering firm supposedly has on board graduate Engineers well versed in their particular discipline. In theory a project is inspected numerous times during construction by the City Inspectors and the Engineering firm's Engineers.
Upon project completion the Engineering firm renders a report to the City recommending Acceptance. The project normally is warranted for a certain number of years against latent defects. Latent is construed to be hidden or unknown defects not obvious defects in material and workmanship that should have been caught during construction.
The City's report is just that - the City's report. It is a report prepared by a firm hired by the City and should place the blame upon everyone but the City and the City's Consultant Engineering firm. After all if the report found the City at fault how much investigating business would a firm of this nature expect to receive from a governmental agency. The same firm hired by the prime contractor or a subontractor would find that the building was built according to plans and specifications and the design Engineers are at fault.
This ain't no new Rodeo nor will the matter be settled in a short time frame. The firms alledged to be at fault by the City will hire their own inspectors and they will determine their own facts. Then it will go to Court. Then the Judges decision will be appealed, etc, etc.
An interesting question would be who inspected and accepted the masonry work as installed per plans & specifications? If the weep holes are clogged with morter what is the test procedure that should be done prior to Acceptance? Who tested and who witnessed the tests.
After reading that silly ass letter two thoughts come to mind.
1. No law firm in Alexandria is capable of handling this issue? The BS excuse that most firms in Alexandria probably have represented the Contractors is BS. Why would I think this Baton Rouge law firm is a friend of a friend?
2. This law firm is not interested in settling the issue. The firm threatened litigation twice in the letter. The verbage is not one of desiring a peaceful solution but is designed to intimadate. Doesn't the Law Firm make more money if the matter goes on and on and on?
"Jonathan C. Augustine practices in the following areas of law: Labor and Employment; Commercial Law; Government Relations; General Litigation; Appellate Advocacy
Admitted: 2001, Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School: Tulane University School of Law, J.D.
College: Howard University, B.A.
Member: Baton Rouge (Chairman, Law Expo Committee), Louisiana State (Member: Louisiana Bar Journal Editorial and Advisory Board; Section on Labor and Employment Law) and American (Member, Section on Labor and Employment Law) Bar Associations.
Biography: Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity. Senior Justice, Tulane Moot Court Board. Member, Robert F. Wagner National Labor and Employment Law Moot Court Team. Vice President, Student Bar Association. Winner, Tulane Moot Court Competition. Law Clerk to the Hon. Bernette Joshua Johnson, Louisiana Supreme Court Associate Justice. Fellow: Louisiana Bar Foundation.
Military: First Lieutenant, Infantry, U.S. Army"
Seems like the City's attorney doesn't have a lot of experience or qualification in construction law.
Depends on the law firm's contract. If the firm is handling the case for a fixed fee or on a contingency basis, it is in the firm's interest to resolve the case quickly. If, as is usually the case on a controversy like this, the firm is paid by the hour, then it is in the firm's interest to drag it out, litigate, and generate as much bullshit paper as possible. This is an unfortunately common practice among large firms know as "stirring the file". When the smoke clears you will see that the cost of repair is chicken feed.
I am prepared to bet that Lawyer Augustine looks like all the other consultants the city has engaged in recent years. I note that he is a graduate of Howard University.
That being said, he appears to be a very accomplished and capable attorney and a symptom of an improved city policy of hiring the best black attorney they can find. Got no problem with that. Thank you Mr. Roy.
contingency basis, it is in the firm's interest to resolve the case quickly.
That is not the case. As a lawyer gets more fee from the size of the award to the client, a contingency fee lawyer does not settle for peanuts just to be fast. Also, any settlement has to be approved by the client.
Now it is true that by the hour fees do often entail unnecessary work by the attorney, which can add up to more hourly billings.
Also, I find it rather hypocritical for many to favor the hiring of local people, when the City sought an out of town lawyer, of any color, and many larger concerns use out of town contractors.
You are wrong. The size of the award in a contingency fee case is in no way related to the work or time. Assuming the same award, the firm obviously benefits from less work and less time.
Of course, the contingency fee lawyer frequently is forced to wait until the hourly fee lawyer has logged in enough billable hours to be ready to resolve the case.
Didn't Ratcliff construction the new air terminal? How long do we have to wait to see if it leaks?
Assuming the same award, the firm obviously benefits from less work and less time.
Yes, but a contingency fee lawyer usually has to work that file before the award gets up to the point that is acceptable. Insurance companies, which are most of the contingency fee cases, usually do not offer what the case is actually worth from the outset. And how well the lawyer works that file, i.e. medical depostions, preparing for trial and etc..., is what brings the award up higher. No doubt the attorney from the insurance company may not want to settle until he has gotten his billing in, but a plaintiff's lawyer DOES NOT desire to settle the case fast if it is a settlement offer below the norm. The insurance adjuster, or its attorney, can tell if the plaintiff's lawyer has not worked the case and is just bluffing on going to court.
ALERT - Mayor-Elect Jack Palmer of Lecompte has died. He was to be sworn in this coming Monday - Dec. 18th. First Julius, now Jack. Somebody please get Jacques a body guard and a physical quick! We don't need Mayor Hobbs to take the reigns.
Anonymous said...
Didn't Ratcliff construction the new air terminal? How long do we have to wait to see if it leaks?
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 4:30:16 PM
Don't know about that, but I did hear that the fountain is not working and the terminal smells like a greasy spoon.
We talk about racism frequently, but when the blacks in Dollar Bill Jefferson's district reelected him to Congress, they effectively reduced Louisiana's representation to six Congressmen and put a blot on our state which will cost multimillions of dollars in funds we would otherwise obtained post Katrina for rebuilding N.O. and the coast. I contend this was a racist vote by blacks just as the O.J. Simpson vote. I do not believe just because you are black you can be 100% racist and not be called on it. Even though his opponent was a woman and black, the racist element comes in to play when the black voters wish to unite behind a man who's only excuse is that the white power structure is just against blacks, even though he has obtained wealth, power and a Harvard degree for himself and his daughters. A man with his intelligence could have done wonders for his district and La. and could have become its first black governor but for his immorality and dishonesty. But now his very appearance in the halls of Congress will cost La. citizens everywhere everyday.
Come on, you people should know by now that we love corruption from our politicians in Louisiana. The corrupt are put on pedestals while the whistle blowers are held in contempt. Just look at this blog. We love to gossip about corruption, but nobody does anything to stop it. Corrupt politics is a sport in Louisiana.
New Orleans is not now, nor has it ever been worth a shit politically. It was conceived as a pirate town and never evolved. Impoverished minorities were volutarily kept in economic slavery so that they would be neither productive nor independent but would just be maintained as a pool of votes and a source of political power. The blacks didn't do that, the white folks did. And now, that those blacks have been busy creating more blacks for 5 generations, we end up with the old Frankenstein story: we created a monster and it killed us. Katrina, in some form, had to happen. A creature like New Orleans can't go on forever. Never-the-less, there has got to be some reason that the feds haven't dropped on Jefferson yet - I wish we knew. Is it possible that the republican justice dept. just wants to keep this Jefferson think on the front page for political reasons? Didn't work in '06.
Dude you need to go look at all of the post election vote analysis being conducted - THE WHITES IN JEFFERSON PARISH SENT JEFFERSON BACK TO DC. They followed the advice of Harry Lee.
Oh, I understand. I think that's the same bunch that gave us David Duke. It's not a black thing. It's that whole political climate based on entitlements. It's cultural. Additionally, it would appear that the democrats picked a real loser to oppose Jefferson. But New Orleans is still New Orleans.
And I'm a firm believer in the presumption of innocense but the marked bribery cash in the freezer is gonna be a hard one to explain.
I agree with you on the cold cash comment. We're a state that will elect anyone with the last name Long to whatever position they are running for - including dogcatcher - despite the antic of Huey P. We'd elect Edwin Edwards if his name appeared on the ballot. NOLA picked Nagin for four more years over a possible 8 years of the Landrieu machine. And now Jefferson. There have been times when we have been forced to choose the lesser of two evils, but sometimes, we just do stupid things to ourselves and then wonder why people on the outside talk about our currupt politicians.
We have much to overcome to get past the image of 3 insurance commissioners going to jail, a former governor in jail and god knows how many other politicians under investigation for ethics violations. When we shoot ourselves in the foot, we have no one to blame but ourself. We make a few baby steps forward by having 8 years of scandal free government in the Governor's house with Foster and then go completely down the tubes with Blanco's handling of Katrina. (or should I say mishandling?)
gimme a break! who doesn't keep a 100 big ones in their freezer?
Perhaps the Jefferson scandal has tentacles that reach to Rapides?
To anon 8:10:00 Harry Lee did not endorse Dollar Bill but vehemently opposed the racist comments of Carter in the Spike Lee documentary. The whites stayed home much more so than the blacks. My point is that so many blacks supported Jefferson even though it is obvious that $90,000 of marked bills in his freezer and a tape of him accepting the bribe which he was supposed to give to the Nigerian highly indicated illegal, immoral activity which he never explained in any other way than to blame the racist power brokers in America.
Jefferson will probably be indicted and resign in the first 6 months of '07 and another election will be held. He will resign or go to jail and that will be over. His election victory was his only way to avoid jail time.
"Harry Lee did not endorse Dollar Bill but vehemently opposed the racist comments of Carter in the Spike Lee documentary."
What racist comments? She didn't say anything racist.
Tell me what she said that was racist.
right or wrong, harry lee was saying that her comments about harry not letting new orleanians cross the bridge over to jefferson parish was based on racism. she clearly said on the spike lee "documentary" that if the people had been white, harry would have let them cross. that is what he blasted her on.
Question. To both blacks and whites. Do you think blacks or whites are more racist and on what do you base your conclusion? Also, what do you think is the reason for said racism? And what is the solution?
Do you think blacks or whites are more racist and on what do you base your conclusion?
Miss Black America, Black Legislative Caucus, United Negro College Fund, Black Entertainment Television, Nation Association for the Advancement of Colored People, just to name a few, clearly shows that Blacks are more racist. The causes? Black unwillingness to assimilate into American Society, Blacks thinking that it is now their turn, and moving from inequality of the races to superiority. Until the American maxim of "Equal" protection of the laws truly applies "equally" to all, with no job quoatas, minority contract and just a united college fund instead of a Negro one, we will stay with racial problems. Also, until all people, red, black white and yellow, learn to accept responsibility for their own crimes and wrongdoings we will keep conflicts.
Same question. Re: Jews or non jews?
Non jews. Leaders in many groups publicly deride Jews. Farakhan and Jesse Jackson among the blacks. All muslim countries. David Dukes and KKK types. White supremicists, Nazis, Catholics, Christians and hidden animosity kept hidden because it is socially unaccepted. Jews keep silent and protect themselves with their intelligence and wealth and don't have time to prejudge their enemies. It seems the more enlightened, intelligent and intellectually honest an individual is, the more tolerant and less racist he is. I know many blacks who deplore the welfare, medicaid, food stamp, rent subsidy, free housing, and get out of jail free cards many blacks carry and many whites who cringe when the red neck, ignorent white peck trash comes down on blacks. This leaves us with rational folks of all races, religions, no religions, nationalities, trades, professions and other minority groups who can get along without conflicts. If more of us in this last group point out the immorality of those in the other groups, maybe we can converse on an intellectual basis without bias, namecalling and insulting innuendo. Maybe. Who knows?
This afternoon and evening I see that issues were addressed. Did I miss something or are we on a more rational path to intelligent discourse?
It won't last.
Not a chance.
Saw where Brent Caplan is now the chamber president. Let's see, he built a $2,000'000 building that nobody goes to, and stopped the upgrading of the south circle, just as his dad and brothers impeded the I-49 loop originally proposed. Both for personal interests affecting their stores and property value. I-49 going downtown cost us millions and still their property and business went tits up. He has no experience other than sucking the silver spoon he was born with. Never had a real job, consumed the product of his parents labor and shot off his mouth about things of which he knew nothing. How can he lead the chamber and where the hell is the chamber going under his leadership. We wonder why Alexandria is being pulled under just like it has for the last 50 years.
Brent's a good guy. Lay off a-hole!
A friend of mine from rotary tells me her husband of 11 years has left her for Monica Walker. Her husband is a high ranking administrative employee of Cabrini Hospital. They apparently carried on a "friendship" for quite a while making dates right under her nose. He is taking her to all of the high profile parties and even took her to the grand opening of our new terminal building last Friday. Wonder what she did with her husband. I think the one she just dumped is #4. Since my friend would not move out of her house, he has moved in with Monica supposedly paying her approx. $2000 a month to live there. My friend went to the Diamond Grill after the grand opening and there they were together. Monica even raised her glass to my friend in a "victory" toast. What a gal! Do you think they will probably re-elect her too! Maybe they'll sew a scarlet letter on her chest. A real class act.
Yeah, for real. Someone seems really jealous of you, Brent.
Weep, weep, his family just constructed a 2 million dollar building.
Weep, weep, it's unfair! His family has a successful business!
And how absurd is it to think that Brent single-handedly planned the route of I-49?
As predicted, we were trying to have a civilized conversation and then some moron has to display his or her jealousy and idiocy to the entire community.
I think the writer was trying to say that Brent's dad and his brothers planned I-49... not him...
They're mad b/c it cost money for I-49 to cross through downtown.
Newsflash, dumbass. It would have cost millions wherever it was constructed. Maybe you're mad because your daddy didn't get a piece of the pie.
To the Anon poster at 7:13:53, have you ever thought the organizations that you name were created at a time when this country legally segregated blacks and whites? In case you have forgotten, segregation was the law of the land and many of these organizations were created in direct response to that circumstance. Grambling and Southern exist because blacks were prevented from getting a college education at LSU or Tulane. Let's be real here folks!! To say that black people are MORE racist is idiotic!
As the Supreme Court is hopefully about to discover, integration was to mean the distruction of race-based preferences. And, Brent Caplan is an asshole by any standard. Even his family knows that. He was the leading noise maker against replacement of the South Circle and I has already costs us years of progress and a number of human lives. These are valid important topical issues. Sorry if you don't like them.
Hahahahahhahhahahahaha... and you expect people to take you seriously???
Brent Caplan has caused the death of human lives????????????
Hahahahahahahha
Grow up, asshole.
He IS a GOOD person. If I were him, I'd sue your ass for defamation, but hopefully, he doesn't have as much time as I do for idiots.
You're obviously on the outside looking in.
Poor thing, did you get fired by the Chamber or something??? Awww.
I note that you begin your posting with "hahahahaha etc.". You are certainly a skilled communicator and Brent is lucky to have you as a cheerleader. And you are right. Brent doesn't have time to fool with silly stuff like this - not with the hoards and throngs that I see flocking to his new store daily. And incidentally, Brent took great personal pride in having arrested the developement of the South Circle project until he got whiff of public opinion. Talk to him - if he can only find the time.
In case you have forgotten, segregation was the law of the land and many of these organizations were created in direct response to that circumstance.
You are correct, but segregation is no longer the law of the land. If you truly desire equality and a color blind society, you will do away with the Black only racists groups. Also, whether you like it or not, many, not all, attend Southern and Grambling due to their inability to meet the academic standards of other colleges and universities.
But aren't you glad we have Southern and Grambling so that we don't have to decimate the standards of the other state universities. Without Southern Law School, you could't continue to have an excellent law center like LSU. And where would the NFL and NBA go to scout?
It's a self-fullfilling prophecy: the black folks are insisting that the world dilute standards of conduct and morality and achievment and accomplishment for them and saying "you can't expect that level of performance from be, I'm black". Then the world is criticized for "profiling".
As a temporary solution to Quint Carrier's terrible blog management, why don't we all write on the previous post, the one with only 293 comments, instead of this one???
Quint, update this blog. You're showing Cenla how lazy you truly are.
The Bentley Hotel won't close on Friday as promised. Surprise!!!!
what! say it ain't so! marvelous marvin and harry alzheimers just concocted the entire deal to get elected? i am shocked, i tell you, shocked. i am waiting for the other shoe to drop and someone post there is no santa claus.
biff, who the hell is marvin?
idiot.
I think he's talking about Marvin Lawson.
Quint, update this blog. You're showing Cenla how lazy you truly are.
What an ungrateful and obnoxious asshole you are. Why don't you take your lazy ass and open a blog and keep it updated for us all to post there? Perhaps you should demand back the money you are paying for this.
Maybe Quent won't start a new thread because he wants us all to stop visiting his blog.
Why don't you stupid fucs quit complaining and do some constuctive thinking. Throwing stones and bashing others does absolutely nothing to promote positive outcomes. Look in the mirror and see what really makes you sick.
"What an ungrateful and obnoxious asshole you are. Why don't you take your lazy ass and open a blog and keep it updated for us all to post there? Perhaps you should demand back the money you are paying for this."
obviously quint's friends and fellow cenla gopacers don't take too kindly when you expose his true identity.
if time is money and this blog is costing all of us precious time because quint's too lazy to update it-- would once a week be too much... i know you have coffee to sell and all but c'mon-- then maybe he does owe us money.
if time is money and this blog is costing all of us precious time because quint's too lazy to update it
I am not a Gopac member nor do I know who owns this blog, however, you are free not to read or post to this blog. Asking for better free stuff, you must be a policeman or other government worker.
The freeloader complaining of the freeservices he receives on this blog reminds me of the people, many of whom have never paid the first income tax, national, state or local, in N.O. after Katrina complaining that the free water wasn't cold enough and the free food wasn't hot enough. This society has devolved to this extent? This would not have occurred during world war II or before. The principle of "cause and effect" and " no such thing as a free lunch" is just over the head of this jerk.
End of the Line is an incredibly shallow thinker who is repeating all the Rushisms he ever heard whether he understands them or not, and never misses a chance to mention, sometimes indirectly, how bad the negros are treating us. The people in New Orleans, the free stuff.
I assure you that you would not like to subsist like the poor welfare families in the lower 9th ward. You would not like to sit with your sick child for 7 hours in a free clinic waiting for your suffering child to be seen. Oh well, at least you think you have somebody to look down on. You gotta admit is was quite a stretch to go from blog maintainance to the new orleans negros.
Transcripts here will be published in the next study of devolution.
I assure you that you would not like to subsist like the poor welfare families in the lower 9th ward.
No I would not. That is why I have a job. In fact, since I have a job, I do not have as many benefits as they do.
I've noticed that much of the Northside Journal webpage has not been updated since October. Is it still in existence?
To whomever began and updates this blog----- Thank You!
Dr. Weisul and Rep. Walker have the right to date. They are both separated and in the process of divorcing their spouses. They did the right thing once they recognized that their friendship was turning into more. Divorce is painful for all involved, particularly for spouses who didn't want a split. I am sure there's lots of pain involved for these folks.
To "Nothing Changes"
Your claim that Brent Caplan has never had a real job is ridiculous. Even before he started running his family business, he worked for Goudchaux's in Baton Rouge to learn the retail business from the bottom rung of the ladder. I see Brent working very hard to make a go of his family's store. I also see him give volunteer hours generously to the Chamber, the Lion's Club and other community service organizations. You are obviously jealous of Brent's accomplishments. What do you do for your community? I'll bet you do little or nothing--except for complaining that is.
Dr. Weisul and Rep. Walker have the right to date. They are both separated and in the process of divorcing their spouses.
Only if they aren't having sex. If they are, they are commiting legal and moral adultry, until divorced.
No one ever gets fired from the Chamber - they get frustrated and quit.
anonymous 4:47 p.m.
Well, Mr. or Ms. Victorian prude, why don't you just call them friends.
I found this intersting:
adultery [əˈdaltəri] noun
sexual intercourse between a husband and a woman who is not his wife or between a wife and a man who is not her husband
Arabic: زِنَى
Chinese (Simplified): 通奸
Chinese (Traditional): 通奸
Czech: cizoložství
Danish: ægteskabsbrud; utroskab
Dutch: overspel
Estonian: abielurikkumine
Finnish: aviorikos
French: adultère
German: der Ehebruch
Greek: μοιχεία
Hungarian: házasságtörés
Icelandic: framhjáhald, hjúskaparbrot
Indonesian: zinah
Italian: adulterio
Japanese: 姦通
Korean: 간통
Lithuanian: svetimavimas
Norwegian: ekteskapsbrudd, utroskap
Polish: cudzołóstwo
Portuguese (Brazil): adultério
Portuguese (Portugal): adultério
Romanian: adulter
Russian: адюльтер, прелюбодеяние
Slovak: cudzoložstvo
Slovenian: prešuštvo
Spanish: adulterio
Swedish: äktenskapsbrott
Turkish: zina
You can't be serious. So you are saying that it's alright for a woman to steal another woman's husband????? Especially if the stealer is a public official??? Please.
One can't steal a husband, as individuals aren't slaves to be bought, sold or stolen. Husbands and wives leave of their own free will but are not stolen and forced to file for divorce.
Sorry honey. That won't fly in this case. This woman just dumped husband #4! She obviously has serious character flaws and is unfit to represent her area in anything.
Mayby she's a bad wife and a good legislator. Are you looking for a good wife?
Here's what I want to know - why was Monica absent the day the House voted on whether to raise the spending cap? How many other votes did she miss during the special session? I personally don't give a rat's ass about her personal life - I do care whether she is performing the duties she was elected to do.
Here's what I want to know - why was Monica absent the day the House voted on whether to raise the spending cap? How many other votes did she miss during the special session? I personally don't give a rat's ass about her personal life - I do care whether she is performing the duties she was elected to do.ted to do.
Perhaps she read the papers and knew that the spending cap was going nowhere and thought she could serve her district better by interacting with her consituents. You know - the people. What do you think?
Her absence made no difference in the outcome.
That's the worst answer to date. What happened to personal responsibility? What happened to "cleaning up the lack of ethics" problem? Hmmmmm.....
Hey.....we all know where "Sweet Sweet Monica" was during the special session. She can't get enough of her new Sugar Daddy. Let's see, I think this will be number 5 for her. And that's just the one's she married. The ultimate "Good Time Girl".
It's a perfectly good answer. Most of the legislature did not approve of the special session. Would you be happy if Madame wasted her time and effort. Sounds like a smart lady to me. Or maybe she had a cold or the "schitdtzs". What could that possibly have to do with ethics?
Whoaaaa.... Man, I just checked in to see what's happenin on the blog and someone's tryin to defend a public servant's committing adultery???? Come on Man, your way off on this one. I think you need to go back to school and take Morals 101. BTW, yall need a new thread here. Took me forever to download this thing. Now I remember why I haven't stopped by for a while. But Man, you need to rethink this Adultery thing. Baaad!!!
What does adultry or being left handed have to do with being an effective legislator? Didn't seem to effect Kennedy or FDR or Edwin Edwards or Bill Clinton or Thomas Jefferson - but run against her and we will scrutinize her and, of course you, and pick one. How does that sound?
Oh what the hell. Tell me your name and I will scrutinize you right now. I got a little time and a pretty good memory.
Hey Man, I think the point is if she'll screw him she'll screw you. Just as she did by not showing up to vote at the special session. I say it's not normal to be married 4 or 5 times and it's not normal to run around with married men. Well, maybe it is normal for Louisiana. But, I thought now that govenment had changed hands, we weren't going to see any of that anymore. Just goes to show ya!!!!! :-)
Why the hell should I give you my name? I don't see yours plastered on this blog? And what the hell does my name have to do with anything? I'm not the one running around and stealing other people's spouses. Wait till it happens to you then we'll see if you still have this attitude. You would think that she would have a little more concern and respect for her constituents though. Do you think maybe she should resign?
I guess my point is that one thing really has nothing with the other. Who she sleeps with and who your dentist sleeps with and who your sister sleeps with is really none of our business. Her marital history would really seem to be between herself, her god, and her spouses. I can't imagine why you would want to get involved in that. And as far as your identity - I'm sorry. I misunderstood. I thought that you were comparing your own morality, ethics, and reputation to hers so we needed to know a little more about you. You know, just to determine how much room you have to talk. Most of us are just a little suspicious of folks like you who are always ready to judge others.
Good work, Respecter. That ought to get the critic's nose out of her ass. I love it when those hippocrits get put in their place. Anonymous obviously thought that it was his/her job to forgive "adultery". Maybe she is Mrs. Doctor and her spouse is the "next victim". I can see why he was looking around. Looks like somebody wasn't keeping the old "home fires" burning.
Her marital history would really seem to be between herself, her god, and her spouses.
When one runs for public office, I think we do have a right to know of there voracity for the truth and their record of keepin their word and oaths they took. Therefore, if they cheat on their spouses and break their wedding vows made to God, I have little confidence that they will keep their word to the voters.
you have limited language skills AND you are full of shit. What's that deal that you bible thumpers say about casting the first stone????
I don't care if she humps a horse, I never met a politician that didn't lie constantly.
It is amazing. I think I have seen as much condemnation of Monica Walker as I have of Cong. Jefferson. Everyone has different ideas of values and priorities, I guess.
A lot of negative comments about the TT coverage of the Beuhlow Bangers. I figure whatever sexual proclivities one sports is OK, but probably one should play in his fenced back yard rather than in a public park. What the hell were they thinking?
So you are saying that this type of conduct does not bother you. If you allow this type of immorality to pass under the radar, it will surely come back to haunt you.
My radar isn't set for Ms. Walker's bedroom but how in the hell is her private life going to come back to haunt anybody. She was not elected for her sexual proclivities or her marital fidelity. She was chosen by the people to do a job and she is obviously doing that satisfactorily. If she falls down in her job she will be replaced. Most of us have our own lives and don't feel the need for all the voyeurism. Get a vibrator and hope the Dr. comes home.
You would think after all the trouble Tommy Wright got in, after all he lost, the BUn Boys would find a new place to frolic...
To Anonymous 6:11:27. Homosexuality is not immoral as it is genetic in nature and anything congenital is a result of natural origin whether you are a religious person who believes a supernatural entity is the creator of the fetus or it is just natural selection. Either way it is not by choice a person chooses his sexual orientation. I doubt that the fact I understand nature will come back to haunt me. Your ignorance, however, may haunt you in perpetuity.
I think the purpose of the raid and the publicity is to chase the gay activity out of Pineville. The message is that if you get caught frolicking in Pineville you will be ruined. And they delivered it pretty strongly.
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