A Question of Leadership

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Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:31:31 +0100

DA REVOHLUTION BE ON !!! JOEY D, CAN BE CONSIDAHED AH "LAME DUCK" PRESIDENT, WID DA NOO THREADS, AHN DAT "DEE RUFFULLS" U CAN CONSIDAH EM AH "LAME BANTY CHICKEN" BOTE OF EM DON SHOOT DER WADHS, DIS ITERIM U CAN TAKE DEM OFF DEY BE RUNNIN WID DER EYES CLOSED !!!!! AHN DAT ROBERT BENWA, HE CAN SIDLE UP TA DA POWERS, YEAH !!!! HE KNOWED AH LONG TIME AGO, "WER HIS BREAD WAS BUTTARD"!!! HE TOLE HIS PEOPLES, ""WHA YA MEAN WE"" PEONS !!!! DA PREZ DON'T BE ABLE PLEASE ALLUS DA PARISHIONAHS, HIS ELITE FRIENS WAN AH MUUSIEM, AHN DA CHRISTMAS PARADES, AHN DA MARDI GRAS, WER AHN DAT HILDA WHAS GOT TENURE WID DA MAYORAL POST EN DAT SCOTT TOWN WID DA ENFAMOUS "POLICE CHIEFS" WIZ QUALTIFICATSHUNS WID FOUR MISDAYMENORS!!!!! DEY RETIRAH DA CHIEFS WEN DEY GIT AH FELONY IN SCOTT TOWN. MS HILDA SEZ, "YA GUILTY WEN YA BE CATCHED DA 2ND.TIME, "ON, AH CAMERA" YOUSE POTENTIAL WANNA BE POLITICOS, WEN DA TIME FO WE BE LECTIN AHN NOO STAFF FO TA "MANAGE" AHN LEAD DIS TOWN TA DA PREMIERAH NATIONAL SCENE EN AH POSITIVE LIGHT!!!!, AHN HAVE LAFAYETTE BECOME AH JEWEL OH DIS STATE GOOD-BYE, SELF-SATISFYIN, PERSONAL FORTUNE SEEKIN, DYSFUNCTIONAL, PORK-FILLED FORMULATED AGENDAS, WHAS PLEASIN ONLEY TA DA CONNECTED CRONYS. AHN TA DA SELFISHLY CONTROLING, PSEUDO-LEADERS!!!!! WHA PRIOTY BE TA SATE ALLUS DA HANGERS-ON WHAT GOTS DER HANDS OUT!!!!!TIFFANY CALL IT AH """CRACK BANK""",I'SE CALLS IT AH """PORKYPIE""" FO DA CRONIES !!! IF YOU IN CHARGE AH DA PORKYPIE, DON'T PLACATE JUS DA MUUSIM FOLKS AHN GO TROW SUM GRAVEL ON AH OUTLYING PARISH PLAY GROUNDS FER DA CHIRIN, "PORKY POLITICAL PATRONAGE" DAS DA """WOID ON DA STREET""" FROM CARENCRO TA CRAPPOVILE TA MILTON TA DUSON TA OSSUN TA CANKTON, AHN DAT DER !!!LCG""" BE RAT IN DA MUDDLE IN DAT LAFAYETTE CITY CLUB ""PSEUDO-HIERATIC, HAGGLING, VACILLATING, HIERARCHY!!!!! - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN

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Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:24:06 +0100

It is easy to write and say anything and everything when you are hiding behind a fake name. Andy Hebert is the only one who not afraid to put his name behind what he says in this forum. - Elsie Simon

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Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:39:48 +0100

MON DIEU, MAIS NON ! ELAINE POUZON, DA INTERMI MAYOR OF CRAPOVILLE WANTS TA AX JOEY, WER U MISSUS SHOP ? CAZ SHE GOTS BEAUTIFUL THREADS AT DA RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY'S AT DA RIVAH RANCH, AHN IFFEN SHE GO TA DA CHICO'S STO AND DAT HAYLOFT FIGUORA BOUTIQUES, AHN WILL DEY CHARGE DA CLOTHES---LAK TA DA PARISH? CAZ SHE BE AH PARRISH DENIZEN AHN HOLD AH OFFICE N DA PARRISH LAK JOEY ??? AH TOLE ER SHE GETTIN CARRIED TOO FAR, NOW ! EVAHBODY WHAS IN PUBLICK OFFICE WANS FREE CLOTHES. UNKLE JOEY AHN DA MISSUS, DON'T GIT NEW CLOTHIS EVAH TIME DEY CUT DA RIBBINS. DA MOSLIEY $ HOLLOWES STOR SEZ DAS BE DOUBTFUL!!!!!JUST BCAUSE DA PADHS AN DAT BRUDDERS STO, DEY BE ALL N DA SAME YACHT,DEY BE ALL IN DA SAME ELITE KREWES WID DAT JOEY AND MISS BLUE RUFFLOS HUSBBIN, BUT, TA GIT TA DA FOIST PROBLEMA !!! IFFEN SARA PALIN DON'T GIT AWAY WID DA FREE CLOTHES, WHY YOU TINK YA CAN "" JOEY "" ? EH,, NOW JOEY SCISSORS, YOU TINK DA VOTERS OWE YA DEM DER CLOTHES CUZ YOU AH PUBLIKS FIGURE ? """WELL, YOUSE GOTS ONE DIFFERENCE ,TA DA MOOSE "KILLA PALIN" SHE NEVAH GOT TA CHARGE ANY THANG BUT ER SEALS ""SKIN CALZONE'S"", AHN ER HUSBINS SEALE THONGS. BUT ANNYWAY DA LOUISIANA GOVAHMANT IN DA ETHICAL MORIALS OFFICE SHUT JOEY BOUT HIS, AHN HIS MISSUS CLOTHES. DEY REF: ATIRICLE 235;09, WHA STATES ! "DE ONIELIST WAY AH PUBLIKOFFICE FIGURE BE ENTITLED TA FREE CLOTHES IS WEN DEY BE GETTIN MARDI GRASS COSTUMES--- LAK WEN JOEY BE KING AND HILDA CURRY DAT "MAYOR OF SCOTT" BE DA ""QUEEN"" DEN DEY GIT FREE COSTUME.OR EFFEN DA PRESIDENT GITS AH FREE VACATION PAID FO BY DA FELLOW VOTERS TA GO HUNT MOOSE OR POLAR BEAR WID HIS COHORT DA BLANKOS, AHN AH GIFT FROM DA " FRESHMAN COUNCILMAN " WHAS TRYING TA MAKE POINTS FO DER LACK OF POLITCOLL SAVVY. """" AY "NOTICEE" DA OFFER TA RUN AS DA NEW LCG PRESIDENT, NEX TERM IS AVAILABLE ,ESPECIALLY ANY ONE WHA GOTS AH HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE OR TWO YEARS VO-TECH SCHOOL, AHN ONLIEST GOT AH MABE, NOT AH CAUGHT DWI CHARGE,AHN NO MO DAN "FOUR MISDEMEANORS" !! DIS DA FOUR MISDEMEANORS, BE AH NEW RULE, DIS BE AH REQUIREMENT ON AH BILL PUSHED IN DA DOOR, BY DAT SEASONED POLITICO MR. LANGLINAIS, AHN DAT OLE CHIEF OF POLICE IN DAT SCOTT TOWN WHA WAS TOLE TA RETIRE, ANT TURN IN HIS UNEEFORMS, HIS BADGE, AHN DA BULLET !! DA FOUR MISDEMEANORS BE AH PRIORITY TA QUALIFY FO AHNY OFFICE IN DA LAFAYETTE PARISH, EFF: "RAT NOW" BUT, I TOLE U MR.JOEY!! "DILLIARDS" GOTS AH SALE ON, 60 % OFF DA FOIST PRICE AHN DEN 2 FO DA PRICE AH 1,ON DA NEX PRICE. NOW DEY AIN'T GOTS DEM DESIGNOR THREADS LAK DEM PLACES "ELITE BOUTIQUES" BUT WEN YA GOTS TA PAY LAKS WE WORKING PEOPLES! U GITS DE SALES RACKS AHN BE HAPPY FO AH SALE! ANUDDER THANG, LOOK FO DA COUPONS LAK US PEONS!!! NUTTIN BETTA DAN BEING AT DA "TOP"AXS UNCLE EDDIE !!!!!! - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN

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Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:18:39 +0100

Why is the ethics question Joey Durel had not in the local news? I just read in todays Advocate that he wanted his campaign funds to pay for his and his wifes clothes. And he also wanted his campaign funds to pay for his wifes travel with him. He was quoted as saying:I have not and will not reimburse any of these expenses until I get you response." Sounds a little arrogant to me!! Anyway he was shot down!!! But, I really hate to get news about Lafayette from a Baton Rouge paper. The same thing happened with the Stanford Group!! - northsidian

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Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:44:43 +0100

I WEN TA DA ECOLE AT DA BROTHERS SCHOOL IN DA BREAU BRIGDE ROAD . I GRADIATED MARIE HIMEL ELEM, LAF JR. HIGH. $ IN DA ELEBEN GRADE CLASS AT DA OLE CATHEDRAL HIGH, I WAS EXPELLED FO NOT SAYIN "KISS ME, PADRE" FO I HAV SINT, IN DA CONFESSHUN BOOOTH!!! DEN TA DA VO-TECH N CROWLEY, WHERE, I MAJURED IN DA TOP AH DA CLASS IN ARCHAIC "ESPERANTO"! UPON GRAIDING, I TAUT AT DA INSTUTOOT OF DA "" NEW WOILD ORDER, EN DA "ISLAH DAS ANTIQUA" I TAUT SUCH STUDIES AS ARCHAIC, ECDEMIC LINGUISTICK ENUCITUATION OF DA NEEW WOILD ORDER LANGUAGE, FOR WEN "DA UNCLE SAM" TAKE OVAH ALLUS DOSE UDDER COUNTRIES. YOU TINK I TALK FUNNEE ? WAIT YA HEAH PEOPLES TALK EEN ""EUROOLESE" - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN

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Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:31:33 +0100

DA SHOTGUN, keeps both barrels loaded and cocked,has no qualms over who is in the sights, be it male, mis-using political status to publically bitch about his,conceivers, deceivers,and/or especially underachievers, those youthful ambitious politicos "WANNABEE'S", who see da RAINBOW AT DA END OF DA HORSEFARM LANE, AND/OR AT DA END OF DA CAMELLIA EXTENSION; WHA CURVES TA DA RIGHT AT DA VEROT RD. HEE-HEE, OR UNEMLOYED STAGNATED EX-GIRL SCOUT WHA GOTS PROBLEMS FACING REALITY DAT DIS WORLD NEEDS HELP WID CARING DA ELDERLY, WHA GOT NO FANS TA COOL DEM, DEY DON'T NEED NO MUSUIM, DEY NEED "HOT MEALS !!! AY, YA WANT CHANGE DA WORLD ? TAKE OUT DEM OLE PINK DRESSES AND GO HELP SUMONE SERVE DA FOOD AT FAITHHOUSE OR DA SHELTER !!!!! IT BE EASY TA HELP SUMONE DON'T NEED HELP, SAY AT DA RIVAH RANCH EH ??? JOEY, BRO! YA CAN'T PLEASE BOTE SIDES ,YA GOT DA PEOPLES NEVAH SEEN ONE OF HOIMANS WEIRD FACES AND DEY MORE WORRIED BOUT DER CHIRIN HAVE AH BUS TA DA SCHOOL AND AH TEACHER DON'T TALK N EBONICS , AY ANY ONE NOTICE ""EBONICS"" NOT BE OF GREEK ORIGIN!!!!! GUESS WERE ! WE GOTS DAT WORD ??? OOPS, SOLLY FERAL, BE DIS FECUND THOUGHT WAVES; HAPPEN WEN I MISS MY TWICE AH DAY MEDITATION. ANY/AND ALL FURTHER VERBOSITY! SHALL BE PRESENTED IN A MOST MELLLUOUS MANNER WHICH YOU MAY COMPREHENDE. JOEY!!!!! MY MAN "YOU" GOT TA CARRY DA BALL !!! - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN

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Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:05:00 +0100

Ferral, I am the northsidian please don't confuse me with NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN. We are different people. But we are probably from the same side of the tracks!! Thanks, the original northsidian!! - northsidian

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Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:40:39 +0100

I think the little "como" fella would like to be parish president. Then he could really push what he likes best, TAXES!! - northsidian

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Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:53:30 +0100

SUM BODY AT DA MUSEEM, ALLUS AT DA NPO'S, DEY BE HENPECKED, CONRAD BE MACHO MAN DEN HE BE IN CAJUN UNIFORM,""CAMO" N HE BE RASSLIN GATORS OR KILLIN POODLE FO DA MISSUS TA PUT IN DA "MICROWAVE FO DA LCG FORUM PARITTY, """DAS WHA IM TALKING BOUT !!!I SAY KUDOS'TA JOEY,DA LCG, DA LPD, DA NPO, AND LAST " BUT ' NOT LEAST """"'PCP'""" - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN

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Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:29:29 +0100

TIMMY1 TIMMY1 YA CAN PAINT DA ELEPHANT WID STRIPES, DON'NA MAKE IT NO ZEBRA !!! CONRAD AH BUSHHOGGER,YEAH ! - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN

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Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:28:33 +0100

The truth is that it is very easy to throw daggers at government and carp from the sidelines. Lord knows I've done it usually when it means government taking on new services. But when your job is to be the leader of almost any size group of people and make that system function, you are almost doomed to fail. With all due respect to Comeaux, Lafayette is a very conservative city. Yes we passed a tax for mosquito abatement. But that wasn't until just a few years ago ... and how long have mosquitoes been here in Louisiana? If Durel had kept pushing for tax increases in light of their resounding defeat and the current economy, the story would have been about Durel refusing to listen to the will of the people. I've not been a fan of everything Durel has done, but to imply he has just been a caretaker-type mayor is just wrong. All the best, Soop - Soop

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Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:25:16 +0100

Northsidian: please stop writin in that stupid dialect. You do have something to say. Just say so we can understand it. We don't have a half hour to translate. - feral

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Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:23:22 +0100

TA GED!!!!!, ""ET TU BRUTO""PARLE VOUS FRANCAIS ??? SE HABALA ANGLAIS !!!HABLAS ESPANOLA Y PORTEGUESE,NON?? POBRE MIJO!!! AS THE LONE RANGER, SAID TA TONTO AS DEY WERE SURROUNDED BY INJUNS!!! WHAT WE DO NOW, "TONTO"??? UGH!! WHA CHA MEAN ????? """""WE, PALEFACE!""""" ADIEU, MOI AMI'!!! THESPIS, HEEHEE, LA VITA SIN RIZA,NON ES VITA!!! - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN

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Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:10:59 +0100

DAISY DO, MY HEARTWARM APOLIGIZES TO YOU !!!!!!! YA ARE SO, ON TOP OF YOUR GAME . DA KID, FLEEING DA PROMISED LAND!!!I WANT TA BLOW YA HORN!!!!! """DA CRAVINS KID """ AH STATE FREE EDUCATION """AND HE BE WID TIFF N DA DALLAS TOWN"""AH """FREE STATE""" PAID EDUCATION, AN PAPA TOLE EM GO """ MAKE YO CUSH"""!!!!! SAY ALLO TA UNK W ! - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN

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Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:57:54 +0100

Dear Independent, Would you please use the correct term for the â€œleadersâ€ of the CITY OF LAFAYETTE. Fact 1: The City of Lafayette DOES NOT have a City Mayor. A City Mayor can only be elected by registered City voters, like the Mayors of Broussard, Youngsville, Scott, Duson, and Carencro. The Parish elects the CITY of LAFAYETTE leaders. Fact 2: A City Mayor must be a registered voter of the City they live in like the Mayors of Broussard, Youngsville, Scott, Duson, and Carencro. Anyone in the Parish can be elected to run the CITY OF LAFAYETTE, even people who donâ€™t live in the jurisdiction of the â€œConâ€ Government. Fact 3: The City of Lafayette TAXES, LAWS AND SERVICES are controlled by persons elected by PARISH voters, not by CITY voters. The 5 small towns Taxes, laws and services are being controlled by persons who actually live in their towns. The City of Lafayette taxes, laws and services are not. The City-PARISH President and Council are elected by the PARISH registered voters. Therefore the CITY is controlled by the PARISH. The same holds true for the term â€œCITY COUNCILâ€. The term MAYOR and CITY COUNCIL does not apply to the City of Lafayette. It only applies to the Cities that actually have a real MAYOR and CITY COUNCILS like, Broussard, Youngsville, Scott, Duson, and Carencro. Thank you for you consideration in this matter Sincerely, Andy Hebert - Andy Hebert

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Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:38:01 +0100

touchy, touchy, there Daisy doo. I am sorry you voted for Obama, but now you have to live with it. That is what you get for years of bush bashing. Sorry honey! Sorry about the mispelling, I was taught in the public school system. Is it "comrade" smartie chick - pedro

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Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:21:33 +0100

You know boys, here's another one of your guys - Pedro - carrying your water and doing the Glen Beck knuckledragger two step. "I would rather the color green than the color red comrad (misspelled of course) Joey." What thoughtful analysis. Joey Durel the commie. This is what happens when you o.d. on too much cable news. someone could make a lot of money opening a re-hab clinic- Fox Detox. - Daisy doo

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Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:57:53 +0100

So the councilmen are green Huh? I rather the color green than the color red comrad Joey! - pedro

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Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:35:19 +0100

OK WALTER< EASYYYYYY! DON'T CATCH A MELVIN< MY MAN "MONEY" GOT DA "NUT". - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN

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Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:26:37 +0100

To address the article: great piece. I've been hearing almost everything discussed above for the past couple of years, at least. To those criticizing the links between government officials and NPO, I'll say this: how do you suppose those links originated? Most of these orgs sprouted while LCG was nothing but good-ol'-boys, which means if you wanted to get anything done in this town that required LCG, you'd better have some sort of "in." I'm not saying the orgs came into existence that way, but it could explain how people closely connected to gov. officials came to be the ones in the driver's seats of those orgs. Just food for thought to hopefully deter anyone from taking the intellectually lazy equivalent of shouting "Conspiracy!" In my opinion, those trying to claim Comeaux's biased towards the arts because his wife gets paid through the arts simply have a case of "monkey do, monkey see": the biases they're guilty of having are causing them to project bias onto others. Then again, there is the possibility that I'm wrong. Of course, that would mean that Comeaux attends numerous arts events (regardless of the org presenting them) purely to mask his secret hatred for the arts. If that's the case, I'd like to nominate him for most dedicated husband of the year. Concerning taxes, yes, Lafayette's a conservative city and yes, the citizens will vote for a tax when they understand it's necessary. But most conservatives I'm familiar with tend to have a knee-jerk reaction towards taxes, which makes it difficult to get them to understand the need. I'm guilty of doing the same thing with respect to things like cutting education budgets, so please don't think I'm trying to point fingers...merely pointing out how things tend to play out. I think there needs to be more focus on finding clear-cut and easy to understand means of explaining the necessity for taxes, as well as a better effort from everyone to educate the public on them. In fact, the best way to begin may be to simply develop a new means of actually educating the public on anything (keeping in mind the more personal the experience, the better the education, regardless of topic). I think the people against taxes going to fund NPOs should rethink their vision of what's actually happening: it isn't taxpayer money going to fund an organization, but taxpayer money to pay for the services those orgs provide. Example: your taxes technically go towards paying for the fire department, but really, you're simply paying for the service of having fires put out. It's also been said/implied that these organizations are a selective group and that the funding is shady in some way. Personally, I'd like to know what organizations have been DENIED funding. Only then could I (or anyone else, for that matter), make an informed decision as to whether or not it's actually a selective bunch. Personally, I suspect that there simply are not that many service-providing non-profits in the area. - timmy