Comments for City seeking $9.2 million in stimulus grants to address digital divide at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 8 out of 8 comments http://www.theind.com Sat, 25 May 2013 23:41:19 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/5886-city-seeking-92-million-in-stimulus-grants-to-address-digital-divide#comment-6661 I AM VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT A NEW CROP OF INBRED COUILLIES HAVE BEEN GENERATED THIS FINE SPRING....... WHOSE YA DADDY ? I CAN TRUTHFULLY SAY AND BET MY LAST $.10, LAFAYETTE HAS THE MARKET ON COUILLIES, WHO HAVE NOT A THING TO CONTRIBUTE OTHER THAN TO FOOLISHLY DEBATE THE MOST MEANLESS SHALLOW POINTS..... - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:23:54 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/5886-city-seeking-92-million-in-stimulus-grants-to-address-digital-divide#comment-6543 Rajun, Great points!! - TheMassesAreIgnorant Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:04:44 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/5886-city-seeking-92-million-in-stimulus-grants-to-address-digital-divide#comment-6532 Masses--Grant and subsidy are pretty much synonymous. I've found 2 different places on the web that use the word subsidy in the definition of grant, like this...http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/grant.html JP--Does that definition from businessdictionary.com satisfy your requirement for "facts" and "information"? I personally don't take money that I did not earn. It's a point of honor. I'd like to see my values reflected in my local government. Every nickel that LCG takes from the federal government is an unearned nickel that someone else was forced to pay by law. If people want Internet access, they should earn the money to pay for it. LCG nudging up to the national trough like some greedy piglet is embarrassing, demeaning, and contrary to the personal values of our people. - ragin_cajun Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:55:33 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/5886-city-seeking-92-million-in-stimulus-grants-to-address-digital-divide#comment-6530 I know I have a technological deficit disorder, but the amount of money sounds astronomical to me. Would it really take that amount of money, or are they just looking for places to spend that amount of money? The number of units sounds large to me, but my biggest gripe is that I think the libraries already collect an enormous amount of money from my property taxes. I grew up with ONE library in Lafayette, and somehow we survived, got an education in the public school system and went on to college and earned a degree. Hard work that. SO I HAVE A BIG PROBLEM GIVING THE LIBRARY ANY, REPEAT, ANY MORE MONEY - PERIOD !!! I THINK THIS IS DO ABLE, THE LIBRARY PART, WITHOUT ANY ADDTIONAL FUNDING. - Morrow Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:48:15 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/5886-city-seeking-92-million-in-stimulus-grants-to-address-digital-divide#comment-6513 Now, now. Limited Liability and his cohorts don't want to hear any of them dang ole "facts" and "information." That stuff tends to get in the way of partisan ideology. Who needs rational explanations when you have thought-stopping cliches? - JP Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:29:04 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/5886-city-seeking-92-million-in-stimulus-grants-to-address-digital-divide#comment-6502 First of all, it's not a subsidy. It's a grant. If you need help with the definition of a grant, see wikipedia. Secondly, did Cox apply for the grant? No. And why not? They are not interested in communities taking their future into their own hands and not being so dependent on their over priced services. - TheMassesAreIgnorant Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:44:03 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/5886-city-seeking-92-million-in-stimulus-grants-to-address-digital-divide#comment-6501 There was nothing to prevent Cox from applying if it wanted it to do so. There were a number of non-government telecom companies that were awarded stimulus grants the first time applications were made. - Huh? Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:36:08 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/5886-city-seeking-92-million-in-stimulus-grants-to-address-digital-divide#comment-6484 So will Cox get this government subsidy too? Government subsidy equals boondoggle. - Limited Liability Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:29:52 +0100