Comments for re: The Bar Code at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 10 out of 10 comments http://www.theind.com Tue, 21 May 2013 21:28:23 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/re/5319#comment-4812 ever heard of sales tax?? i'd bet a dollar that one bar alone makes more in sales tax in one busy night than ALL property taxes for the year. the majority of property tax goes to schools anyway. there's money well spent in these parts--NOT! sounds like you need the reality check!! - jared s Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:31:58 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/5319#comment-4746 jar: residentials bring in property taxes; older sections have paid for decades. They house people paying income taxes. Major rennovations can equal costs of new construction. Rennovators hire skilled craftsmen. Expensive studies indicate that we need to improve, and that would include promote (like fair media) the residential areas around downtown to enhance the inner core investment. Go back to sleep; didn't realize you were hybernating!!! - realitychecks Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:02:43 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/5319#comment-4736 "the vision for downtown Lafayette was of an arts and cultural revitalization"? Oh really?! If that was "the vision", then how did we end up with a new and improved McKinley Street Strip downtown? "And then something happened. A bar opened.". Who granted the occupational licenses? The liquor licenses? That didn't just happen. And now we act all surprised when downtown Lafayette looks like the French Quarter? "But it is what we deserved, by not realizing as the bars began to proliferate that too many of them in too confined an area could be a problem." What's this "we" stuff? I recall many people warned this would happen. But "the proverbial city fathers" wouldn't listen--because they knew better. LCG pays $400,000 a year for outside consultants to come in and advise LCG on zoning, planning, etc.? That's been going on for years, right? Nobody thought to look at the licenses being issued and stop too many bars from opening in an area? Don't we have a Planning and Zoning Commission? What do they say about all this? Could they have prevented 10-15 of these bars from opening over the past 5 years? Do they have any responsibility in this? Maybe what they should do is - ragin_cajun Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:20:53 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/5319#comment-4725 At great risk, NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN, ye of the upper-case, emphatic, vernacular comments: Thanks for rubbing it in. You're a weird mo-fo, but I LUVZ YA BRO!!! - Walter Pierce, Managing Editor Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:58:16 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/5319#comment-4716 WP, is it possible that you viewed sum homeys squating and assumed they were disburdening their bowels, when actually some homeys squat when relieving themselfs due to a lack of depth perception brought upon oneself with an ovah consumption of alcohol. Then again sum yuppie homeys squat when relieving themselfs so as not to have any droplets land on their HUSH PUPPYS................. - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:09:41 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/5319#comment-4684 realitychecks, just exactly how much money do you think residentials bring in comparison to businesses???? media follows money and controversy. wake up!! - jared s Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:36:17 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/5319#comment-4683 Yet, a critical element of downtown’s revitalization has yet to be realized: the residential component. *************** WRRROONNNGGGOOOO!! While the residentials never get anything approaching fair press, VAST AMOUNTS OF MONEY are being spent by individuals to refurbish the quaint and historic homes downtown!! Our media does not track in anyway the value of renovation and restoration. But it is happening!! LOTS AND LOTS!! Renovations usually occur to interiors first so it may not be apparent to the untrained eye; so keep your eyes open. Residential improvements are WELL UNDERWAY DOWNTOWN!! It's way past time for some reporter to take note!!! - realitychecks Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:55:12 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/5319#comment-4677 excellent article!! all the reasons you've illustrated are reasons why i don't partake in downtown anymore. living in okc for a few years where the law is 21 and up, bricktown (downtown okc) has flourished with four or five times as many establishments in the same space and nowhere near the troubles. lafayette take the hint or downtown will be a ghost town again! - jared s Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:48:58 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/5319#comment-4658 I did indeed mean bladders, hmmm. Good catch, and my apologies for the overly colorful misuse of language. The on-line version of my column has been edited. Sadly, my scatological slip will live on in the print edition. wp - Walter Pierce, Managing Editor Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:56:38 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/5319#comment-4657 "disburdening their bowels" - surely, hopefully, you mean bladders? - hmmm Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:42:07 +0100