Comments for Charter commish gets first taste of issues at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.theind.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:53:51 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/6690-charter-commish-gets-first-taste-of-issues#comment-9316 Sounds like Don has a good alternative proposal being hinted at: One, we keep a Mayor-President of the City and Parish of Lafayette with consolidated administrative services. Two, we create two separate councils, one making policy for the city and one making policy for the parish as a whole. Where some pieces of policy overlap other means can be engaged to resolve disputes. Not a perfect solution, let's just think about land use rules being different, even as the city grows into some parish areas with weaker standards. Also what if Lafayette has a NON-Mayor again who's priorities are at least indifferent to, at worst, hostile to the City of Lafayette? We really can't have that. We must have whole sovereignty unto ourselves, not a hybrid. Let's just do this right: 1.) FUlly Consolidate 2.) Deconsolidate or 3.) remove the City-Parish President from being a position in government, replacing him with a hired manager employed by the council. It works for many cities in the USA, it works for school boards. It would be no less politically stable than any arrangement now via an elected officeholder. Granted, the council's manager would still be subject to majority domination. Maybe the candidate for hire could be approved by both councils. Hope this helps. - Former Broussardian Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:07:53 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/6690-charter-commish-gets-first-taste-of-issues#comment-9278 When my rep(mr. Patin) gets to vote on issues involving Youngsvill and Broussard, then we will have consolidated government. - Southsider Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:27:35 +0100