Comments for Durel defends stand on downtown bars at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 8 out of 8 comments http://www.theind.com Tue, 21 May 2013 10:41:17 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/home/5296#comment-4652 Ya sound like the ranter on PBS at 3:00 AM wid da camoflauge shirt and jim bowie coonskin cap, just stoppin your raving ta hone ya buck knife like you are ahn EAGLE SCOUT! Talking trash bout da flag and Tammy BAKER, being false accused of embezzling your Parrain's money! WHO CARES ! - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:39:05 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/5296#comment-4633 Yosmamaspajamas, Aren't you the KREWE CAPTAIN/RECOVERING COUNSELOR, co-ordinator for the FREEDOM RECOVERY CENTER's, MARDI GRAS FLOAT ? - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN : Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:39:35 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/5296#comment-4540 Yeah, great idea. Let's blame the victims. - Really? Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:45:42 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/5296#comment-4530 Criminals go where the money is and right now the people with money are downtown drinking and at the Mall shopping. Watch the crime stats re: shopping centers, they're gonna see an increase as well. Moving people from downtown bars to somewhere else is only going to move the criminals to somewhere else. Want to fix the problem.. ... Add some lights, lots of lights. the stickups are in the dark areas and some surveillance cameras and everybody carry a gun. Problem solved. - yomamaspajamas Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:02:10 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/5296#comment-4529 Plumpy, you are once again completely misguided. I guess being wrong is just in some people's nature. The crimes that are commited down town are not a result of the patrons of the bars. They are the result of a homeless shelter that is placed in the heart of a growing mid-sized town. It is simple, take way the criminals and the crimes will deminish. I used to hang out at the "Strip" and I used to hang out down town. Down town is a well established center for arts and entertainment. Closing the bars would be like cutting off your hand to save a finger. Here is a little information that you probably didn't think about. In the mid eighties and early nineties, it wasn't safe to go down town at night. After street scape, the place lit up. The down town area is a success story that most towns would pride themselves on. Find another town in this area that has an art walk. The crime was always there because of the homeless shelter and the bus station. Move those, and the crime goes away. - Solutions? Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:14:47 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/5296#comment-4525 democrat great idea. Because time has proven they are financially sound people right.. have another calzone plumpy - Plumpy Plumpy Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:45:08 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/5296#comment-4516 Lord Durel want's to keep downtown bars and drunks coming so they can keep paying sale taxes its all about money..Time to elect a democrat to replace Lord Durel... - Plumpy Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:44:18 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/5296#comment-4513 This resident is in full support of Mayor Joey Durel and Chief Jim Craft. I agree with them. Enough is enough is enough. Thankfully, they have stood by the residents when everyone else has abandoned us. - Julie Calzone Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:29:59 +0100