Comments for A Stunning Lack of Incompetence at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 6 out of 6 comments http://www.theind.com Wed, 22 May 2013 17:56:04 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/re/5100#comment-3782 PMS BARBIE, ITS TIME FOR YOUR MEDS CHER, AW YOU SOILED AGAIN, BAD GIRL!! YEA!!!!! MYRIC6, "YOU JUST GOT IT" LET AH COUILLION SHERIFFS DEPUTY INJURE HIS CHILDREN IN A TRAFFIC PILE-UP AND DAT BOY GONNA BE AH WEALTHY BARNEY FIFE, COUILLION!!!! OH MYRIC6 NOT MANY READERS AROUND SO GET YOU VOTING-AGE FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND LETS CHANGE DEM GOOD OLE BOY COUILLION, MENTAL GIANTS IN OFFICE NEXT ELECTION !!!!!!!!!!! - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:20:10 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/5100#comment-3772 I look forward to the day when GPS systems are in ALL CITY OWNED VEHICLES, including ANYONE WHO GETS A SUBSIDY. I'M HOPING THAT MEANS THAT THOSE RECORDS WOULD BECOME PUBLIC and the public could see, in black and white, that police/sheriff's vehicles, fire dept vehicles, public works vehicles, administrative vehicles: for the most part TAXPAYER OWNED OR SUBSIDIZED VEHICLES are being used for personal business several times a day, every day. As I've said before, its particulary worrisome to me that they're used to drop off children or pick them up at school every day. Some days, I've seen more than one at some schools. I once read in the paper the sheriff's response to how that was acceptable and read a very vague response about being a sworn law enf. offical 24 hrs a day.... I think it will be a long time, and maybe a different mayor, before the taxpayer can find out what's really being done with their dollars by way of vehicle use. The administration really doesn't want to reveal that. - Myric6 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:04:24 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/5100#comment-3770 When to we get to grade the Independent staff? - PMS Barbie Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:36:39 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/5100#comment-3767 Obviously, as city/parish tax payers, we're being over taxed when they can even consider such add-ons as this GPS system. This sounds so much like another one of Durel's 'feel good' proposals at the tax payer's expense. Thank you for the speed cams and thank you for the LUS Fiber network but really Mr. Durel where or when does it stop? Anyone checked their property tax assessments lately? Not everyone here in Lafayette makes 6 figure incomes, drives around in a 40K suv or lives in a 350K home. Just look around at some of the road work projects - some almost look as if they are "make work" projects just to use up the appropriated funds, while other bigger picture projects go unattended...for years - as in the case of widening Verot School road. Someone needs to put a halter on whoever is coming up with the non-sense and put some focus on real problem areas without all the left / right hogwash politics that always skew the issues. Just do it, get over it and then move on to the next pressing issue. City/parish counsel members get over yourselves please, and do what needs to be done or get out of the way and let someone else do it. - hard nose Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:30:55 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/5100#comment-3756 We have been trying for the past 18 years to have our ditches cleaned out on our road in rural Lafayette, Days after a neighbor was elected to the city council his ditches were cleaned out but only from his house to the main drain. A process which took over a week 90% of the time spent napping in the truck. The GPS could maybe help the napping but not the arrogance and privilege of the city councilman. - Scott man Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:47:42 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/5100#comment-3740 It's that attitude - "if the wort that's happening..." is exactly the lackadaisical, dare I say it, laissez-faire mentality, that lowers the bar instead of striving to better. Thus, our public schools and public servants then see what more they can get away with, instead of having any motivation to do improve. Do you really want to set New Orleans public employees as the comparison rod? I know. I grew up in New Orleans and threw Carlos Marcello's newspaper as a boy. I'd rather see the work ethic and discipline, which results in a fine athelete like Drew Brees throwing touchdown passes. That's something we can all cheer about. - Citizen Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:29:05 +0100