Comments for RE: Throwing My Weight(ed Vote Idea) Around. Again at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 14 out of 14 comments http://www.theind.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:06:40 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/re/10479-re-throwing-my-weighted-vote-idea-around-again#comment-26670 Ga, someone peed in the city water ! - chano leal Fri, 11 May 2012 20:25:31 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/10479-re-throwing-my-weighted-vote-idea-around-again#comment-26669 Hey Neph !!! Lets cutaway Lafayette and let it float down the Vermilion and we'll see exactly how self-sufficient the city really would become. Walter, how " would you like to watch reruns of the Little Rascals 52 consecutive weeks a year on the Island ? - chano leal Fri, 11 May 2012 20:24:36 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/10479-re-throwing-my-weighted-vote-idea-around-again#comment-26665 Whatever, Jorge. "Consolidation" doesn't mean the city shouldn't have the greatest possible control over its own finances and affairs. Broussard has it. Youngsville has it. Scott, Carencro and Duson have it. Would you be OK with your next-door neighbor having a say in your personal financial decisions? Of course not. - Walter Pierce Fri, 11 May 2012 15:02:55 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/10479-re-throwing-my-weighted-vote-idea-around-again#comment-26664 Walter, Stop already with the the crying about inside the city, outside the city. The majority of Lafayette voted to keep the City/Parish together, end of story! - Jorge M LeRoy Jr Fri, 11 May 2012 14:38:09 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/10479-re-throwing-my-weighted-vote-idea-around-again#comment-26658 Hey Walter, Im sorry, the stop laughing comment just makes me giggle. Thanks - Krista Fontenot Thu, 10 May 2012 18:18:04 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/10479-re-throwing-my-weighted-vote-idea-around-again#comment-26655 I'm still laughing, Walter! - Dudley E. LaBauve, III Thu, 10 May 2012 09:01:16 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/10479-re-throwing-my-weighted-vote-idea-around-again#comment-26650 Commentation here is not worth the price of ink, much less the time we are wastng, St. Julien pegged it and Walker cries out delineating redflex . - chano leal Wed, 09 May 2012 22:02:39 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/10479-re-throwing-my-weighted-vote-idea-around-again#comment-26644 Add 1.0 seconds to the yellow intervals and the violation rate will almost certainly drop so far that NO ONE will want to keep the cameras as money losers. Using safer, longer yellow intervals is FAR more effective in stopping violations than predatory red light cameras. See the science on our website. James C. Walker, National Motorists Association, www.motorists.org, Ann Arbor, MI - James Walker Wed, 09 May 2012 17:40:50 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/10479-re-throwing-my-weighted-vote-idea-around-again#comment-26642 'Bout bought votes: I suspect that this fractional voting system would make the probability of "bought" votes much smaller rather than larger. In the current system it's easy to buy the votes of councilmen whose constituents mostly don't have much of a interest in a city issue. After all: who cares? On the other hand if this is something that really matters to your constituents and they know your vote weighs heavily then it seems likely that you'd be _more_ think twice about letting money or power influence your vote away from their interests. (It's also a lot easier for out-of-city councilmen to grandstand on ideological "principle" if your constituents won't be the ones to suffer. —You might wonder where the right-wing principle of local self-governance went when the out of city councilmen railed against the city having its own council. Principle took a back seat when it might mean that their constituents would have to pony up to keep the same services. Hmmn? Making those city folks act right —in both senses—is a lot of what we are seeing here. And it's not fair or pretty.) - John St. Julien Wed, 09 May 2012 12:46:45 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/10479-re-throwing-my-weighted-vote-idea-around-again#comment-26640 I have a better idea. LET YOUR VOTERS DECIDE!!!! WHAT is wrong with a little DEMOCRACY. The only ones who might complain will be Redflex by their ASTRO truf front group SUING to stop a vote in Port Lavaca, TX http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/37/3744.asp Quote: After meeting behind closed doors, the council made the decision to side with Redflex Traffic Systems, the Australian company that operates the cameras. Redflex filed suit on March 4 to block the election, although the company disguised its involvement in papers filed with the Calhoun County court. "The Texas Traffic Safety Coalition hereby brings this original petition for declaratory judgment against defendant the city of Port Lavaca and shows as follows," the lawsuit began. "Plaintiff Texas Traffic Safety Coalition (hereinafter 'TTSC') is a non-profit corporation organized under the laws of the state of Texas. TTSC is a non-profit organization whose mission is to make the roads and intersections in the state of Texas safer for drivers, passengers and pedestrians." As TheNewspaper reported last year, the Texas Traffic Safety Coalition incorporation papers filed with the Texas secretary of state named three directors: David Goldenberg, Gregory Goldner and David Smolensky. It is not a grassroots group. In fact, all three of those individuals are officers of Resolute Consulting, a public relations firm retained by Redflex. This arrangement allows Redflex to disguise its involvement in the suit. www.banthecams.org - Stephen Donaldson Wed, 09 May 2012 11:42:33 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/10479-re-throwing-my-weighted-vote-idea-around-again#comment-26638 No doubt, Dudley. I guess all we can hope for (often in vain) is honest politicians. Stop laughing! - Walter Pierce Wed, 09 May 2012 10:19:45 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/10479-re-throwing-my-weighted-vote-idea-around-again#comment-26637 Hey Walter, I think a weighted vote could eventually lead to some heavy 'lobbying' of the councilmen with the 'heaviest votes' on future issues, and some potential corruption. Something to consider? - Dudley E. LaBauve, III Wed, 09 May 2012 09:17:55 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/10479-re-throwing-my-weighted-vote-idea-around-again#comment-26634 Going to bed Neph. GA, this split shift duty is killing me ! - chano leal Wed, 09 May 2012 03:24:09 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/10479-re-throwing-my-weighted-vote-idea-around-again#comment-26633 Oh Walter, add my ole blind bull, Big Lazy Red to the chirping crickets fanfare, Big lazy Red passed gas...This is to inform you that ole Big Lazy Red heralded your Simple solution of a weighted vote with a humongous toot... Seriously Walter, Ga, I really want you to know that " someone will blow your horn on your behalf. I don't want you to catch a complex son, and neither does ole Big Lazy Red. Oh, By the way, "Way. Big Lazy Red's main diet is still, Lafonda's Refritos Frijoles. - chano leal Wed, 09 May 2012 03:20:37 +0100