Comments for This week in couillon: the three amigos at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.theind.com Mon, 20 May 2013 23:10:20 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/13010-this-week-in-couillon-the-three-amigos#comment-27748 Did the council vote 100% to shut down construction of the waste disposal center? Which councilman put the issue on the table for a vote? - Michael A. Moss Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:15:40 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/13010-this-week-in-couillon-the-three-amigos#comment-27747 The council is at fault? Wrong. The executive branch is at fault. I guess if you say otherwise long enough you and those who don't know the whole story will start to believe it. The 'real' story, which you have continued to ignore, is whether the executive branch intentionally hid this highly controversial project for the benefit of friends, and how the city is now paying for their unethical behavior. The council did what it had to do to protect the citizens of Lafayette. It made the hard decision to effectively revoke the permit because it was FORCED to by actions and inaction by the executive branch. Why don't you ask the real questions that Lafayette deserves answers to? How could the city-parish president, chief administrative officer, and head of planning and zoning know NOTHING about a waste transfer facility going through the approval process for an entire year while the CEO of the operating company was a close business associate of the city-parish president? You write it doesn't matter who knew what and when. Wow. It doesn't matter if the executive branch knew a highly controversial project would be built in the city and deliberately hid that information from our council and residents? Would you hold the same view if they hid approval of the same plant next door to your home or business? Zoning meets with the council on a regular basis to advise them of projects in their districts, but fails to report on this project? Was this total incompetence, or simple dishonesty? If zoning would have notified the council and residents of the application when it was filed, which is their standard practice, the council would have acted before the application was approved. Everyone knew this, which is why they were not notified. The obvious next question is whether you at The Independent are equally incompetent, or are you equally dishonest, not to see and report the real story. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Bottom line: If the executive branch would have done its job and notified the council of the project, there would be no lawsuit and not settlement. Whether they didn't advise them by negligence or intent is the question you should be asking. - Guy Hebert Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:58:32 +0100