Comments for Planning Momentum at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 12 out of 12 comments http://www.theind.com Sat, 25 May 2013 20:47:52 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/5967-planning-momentum#comment-6866 LAFAYETTE AND DUREL HAVE OUT-GROWN THEIR BRITCHES, LAFAYETTE FOR BEING SLOW IN ANNEXING THE OUTLYING AREAS DUE TO JOEY'S CRONYS NOT HAVING BOUGHT UP THR PRIME ACREAGE AND JOEY FOR HIS HALF-ASS, DEVIL-MAY CARE ATTITUDE, IN DEALING WITH THE COUNCILMEN IN A BETTER THAN THOU, KISS MY SOUTHSIDE MANNER............... THE WAY I SEE HIM, IS HE IS INSULTING ME AND YOU, WE ARE THE VOTERS WHO ELECTED THESE COUNCILMEN............... AS HE STATES ITS NO SWEAT OFF MY BACK.... I GUESS NOT, BECAUSE HIS CRONYS DO A GREAT JOB OF COVERING HIS BACK....... - EXISTENTIALIST MAN Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:10:52 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/5967-planning-momentum#comment-6826 What's the big deal about Conrad Comeaux's opinion? He is a professional politician and lick *** who never saw a tax increase HE DID NOT LIKE!! He needs to get a real job and then maybe I will listen to his opinions. - Northsidian Sat, 03 Apr 2010 17:48:44 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/5967-planning-momentum#comment-6814 I pray our neighbors in the unincorprated areas surrounding this Lafayette city, get their ducks in a row and plead with the nearest town, village to annex their land holdings, if they think that Lafayette city will ever consider their needs, following annexation of their lands, they need to examine their mental condition............. Lafayette at present has fully ignored any of the surrounding areas for any type of improvement,utilization, or promotion unless those areas have been grabbed-up, by their cronys. deeds in hand! What you landowners outside the Lafayette annexation ,need to know is that all the land/area surrounding the city of Lafayette,will increase so much in value in the next five (5) years, and every con-man, crooked land grabber will approach you with the most outlandish offers, realize this ,,,,,, if they offer you one million dollars for one acre," BEWARE ", they will have a LOCAL GOOD OLE BOY POLITICAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY, prepared to PURCHASE THAT SAME ACRE FROM THEIR CRONIES, ( THE NEW LAND OWNER WITH THE DEED IN HIS HAND ) FOR TEN (10) MILLION DOLLARS.......... YOU THINK " INFLATION, HELL YOU HAVE'NT SEEN ANYTHING .......... TONIGHT ,I ENTERED A LOCAL GRILL AND THERE ON THE COUNTER WAS A GLASS BOWL FULL OF CANDY SUCKERS, THERE WAS A LITTLE CARD ATTACHED TO THE BOWL, ON THE CARD, SOMEONE HAD PRINTED IN A CHILDS SCRAWL, FIFTY CENTS EACH, ($.50 ). I SAID TO THE CASHIER, A LADY IN HER FIFTYS, LADY...."I REMEMBER WHEN THOSE SUCKERS, WERE A "PENNY APIECE, SHE LAUGHED AND SAID, " HONEY, I REMEMBER WHEN THEY WERE FREE....................... TAKE A LESSON FROM THIS STORY, ANY LAND YOU OWN SURROUNDING LAFAYETTE, THE THIEVES WILL MAKE EVERY ATTEMPT TO STEAL IT, FROM YOU.... IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT, ASK THE PREVIOUS LAND OWNERS OF THE LAND UNLYING THE ACADIANA MALL, THE LAND UNDERLYING THE AMBASSADOR CAFFERY THROUGHFARE, AND THE ADJACENT LAND OF THESE AREAS........ FIND OUT FOR YOUR SELF HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS IN YOUR PARISH......ITS A DOG EAT DOG LITTLE PIECE OF THE WORLD, OUR LAFAYETTE, AND YOU AND I ARE ALPO BITS....................... """ HOLD ON TO ANY LAND YOU NOW OWN, AND YOU CAN NAME YOUR PRICE IN FIVE YEARS, IF YOU WANT TO SELL ! - EXISTENTIALIST MAN Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:23:50 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/5967-planning-momentum#comment-6809 AY, RAGIN CAJUN, I WILL ALSO PUT MY MONEY AHEAD OF MY MOUTH. I TRULY LOVE LAFAYETTE, AND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE HERE, WHO HAVE HAD THEIR FILL OF THE GOOD OLE BOY, POLITICS, WITH OUR LOCAL POLITICO'AS HANDS OUTSTRETCHED WAITING FOR THE CUSTOMERY (REIMBURSEMENT), ""THATS WHAT THEY TERM, THE UNDER THE TABLE EXCHANGE, HAH ! IN ANY SHAPE OR MANNER ! - EXISTENTIALIST MAN Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:20:02 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/5967-planning-momentum#comment-6798 E-Man-- When election day comes, rest assured, I will be ready with my time and money to unseat these street hustlers. - ragin_cajun Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:02:39 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/5967-planning-momentum#comment-6793 """" THE PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS SOME CHAMPION", ETC............. INDY, THANK YOU FOR PRINTING THE POST, YOU GUYS DON'T TAKE, SIDES, EH ? ITS UNIMAGINABLE THAT A NEWSPAPER ALLOWING READERS TO POST THEIR RAGE WITH THE CORRUPT GOINGS ON IN LAFAYETTE HAVEN'T BEEN RUN OUT ON A RAIL........YA'LL GOT GUTS, AMONG OTHER PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC'S......THANKS, FROM LAFAYETTE ! - EXISTENTIALIST MAN Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:09:28 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/5967-planning-momentum#comment-6788 """ THE PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS SOME CHAMPION WHOM THEY SET OVER THEM AND NURSE INTO GREATNESS......... THIS AND NO OTHER IS THE ROOT FROM WHICH A TYRANT SPRINGS, WHEN HE FIRST APPEARS, HE IS A PROTECTOR """""". *** LISTEN-UP AND STOP YAN-YANING , " GET A GRIP, YOU GO ON AND ON ABOUT DUREL, BUT WHERE WILL YOU BE WHEN THE TIME COMES THAT YOU CAN STAND UP AND BE COUNTED, AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE>>>>>>>> " THIS CITY IS COMPLETELY IN THE HANDS OF A FEW GREEDY POWER GRABBERS, WITH JOEY BEING MANIPULATED LIKE A PUPPET, BY THE MONEY BACKERS, WHOSE ONLY INTEREST IN THIS CITY IS TO SCRAPE EVERY CRUMB OFF THE PLATE WHILE JOEY AND STANLEY TURN THEIR EYES OR STICK THEIR HEAD IN THE SAND.....YOU SAY LAFAYETTE WAS A PLACE TO BE PROUD OF, YES LAFAYETTE WAS A CITY, WE COULD BE PROUD OF BEFORE THE THIEVES STACKED THE DECK IN THE POLITICAL SCENE, WITH PUPPETS THEY COULD CONTROL TO SEND THE ACTION THEIR WAY, HELL IT IS SO OBVIOUS HOW THESE COUILLIONS OPERATE ITS UNBELIEVABLE, " TRULY UNBELIEVABLE THAT THE FEDS HAVE'NT COME HERE AND BUSTED THEIR AMATEURISH OPERATION..................................... AY TRY TO KEEP IN MIND, JUST HOW SICK YOU ARE OF THE DAMN MESS THEY'VE MADE OF OUR TOWN AND MAYBE WHEN ELECTION TIME ARRIVES AND I JOLT YOUR MEMORY YOU'LL RESPOND, BY GETTING OFF YOU SOUTH SIDE AND FIX THIS TOWN FOR YOUR CHILDREN AND PUT THESE BUMS TO THE CURB......THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN THAT ARE FED UP WITH THE OBVIOUS CORRUPTION AND HOW THE ELECTED ADMINISTRATORS USE TAXPAYER MONEY FOR EVERYTHING FROM PARIS VACATIONS TO FREE MEALS, DRINKS, ETC . PRIME EXAMPLE LIKE THE POLITICO IN THE INDY WITH THE MISTRESS $ WIFE ENJOYING, TAX-PAYER PAID VACATIONS AND HIS CHILDS PROM FETE,,,, THIS IS WHAT A DOG TEACHES HIS CHILDREN........A LA LAFAYETTE MODO ! DON'T FORGET AND DON'T CRAWFISH WHEN THE TIME COMES, " THERE ARE MANY WHO ARE FEELING LIKE YOU ! - EXISTENTIALIST MAN Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:41:27 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/5967-planning-momentum#comment-6778 bye-bye durel-- me, too. I moved back here 5 years ago, and this is very different from the Lafayette I grew up in. There are alot of places in south louisiana to live, shop, and do business. No matter how many times Durel and Don Bertrand say it, Lafayette is not the be all and end all of the area. Sadly, Lafayette is not even like the rest of the area--not culturally, not ideologically, and not historically. - ragin_cajun Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:01:02 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/5967-planning-momentum#comment-6774 So people should only be free to choose if they choose what you think they should? Or what consultants and city planners think they should? "We" possess nothing collectively. Free individuals possess land, not city-parish government. Where does anybody get off making decisions about "our future"? But, hey! It's no big deal. It's not central planning. It's really just urban planning. It's not arrogance. It's really just enlightened leadership. - ragin_cajun Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:39:04 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/5967-planning-momentum#comment-6773 Why don't we fix what we have? I'd rather not pay a pile of cash for a master plan of whatever they are trying to do. Police corruption, government corruption, poor existing infrastructure, piles of new "fees", taxes, rate hikes, terrible schools who have to cheat on standardized tests, trash service that is more expensive and less effective, red light cameras that function solely as a money grab. I moved back to Lafayette two years ago after being gone for four years, and have pretty much been disgusted and truly saddened about where I'm from. Lafayette residents are smart enough to know when they are getting hoodwinked by the people they elected to "represent" their best interest. I don't know when the paradigm shift occurred but the town I grew up in wouldn't allow this crap to exist for very long. I,for one,have had enough. The master plan should involve the young professionals in this town to bring fresh ideas to the drawing board only after they untangle the mess. As for Durel, your arrogance is shameful! I'll be glad to see you go. - Bye-Bye Durel Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:27:16 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/5967-planning-momentum#comment-6770 Ragin_Cajun hit the nail on the head on why we need a comprehensive plan when he wrote: "Maybe in a free society, people should be free to make their own decisions about how to develop land, even if they make unwise decisions." There is nothing "free" about making "unwise decisions" about our future and the limited resources that we possess in the fourth-smallest-land-mass parish in the state. Wake up! - Huh? Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:34:59 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/5967-planning-momentum#comment-6765 "I’m not ever asking them to put up tax dollars to do this." Durel is a complete hustler. Whether you call it taxes, or a permit fee, it's still unearned money that city government has taken from the people it governs. Taxes or fees is mere semantics. If Durel can't see that for what it is, and then tries to play a semantic shell game with the money being used to pay for this master plan, his credibility is shot to hell. Durel's arrogant dismissal of very valid points by Conrad Comeaux is also disturbing. He basically doesn't care what objections Comeaux makes, and he won't refute them, other than to say that developers are stupid because Lafayette is better. Maybe land is TOO expensive in Lafayette, and that's why developers would prefer to be in unincorporated areas. Maybe people don't like a comprehensive master plan from LCG telling them what they can and can't do with their land. Maybe the planners aren't smarter than everybody else. Maybe the government isn't, either. Maybe in a free society, people should be free to make their own decisions about how to develop land, even if they make unwise decisions. - ragin_cajun Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:46:25 +0100