Comments for LUS budget under scrutiny Monday at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.theind.com Mon, 20 May 2013 20:04:58 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/6719-lus-budget-under-scrutiny-monday#comment-9406 I see alot of problems with the budget, and I've posted alot on these forums about it. Lafayette is becoming a very expensive place to live. We are starting to see people move out into the the parish and to other surrounding parishes, I hear Durel and the Council constantly saying there's not enough money. Durel already tried to get a tax increase passed and failed. He would have liked to have had a local gasoline tax, too--remember that? If I were you, if you've got a problem, then go to the Council meeting and tell 'em. Everytime I call a city-parish council member to complain, they say come to a meeting and speak. They're right. The Council and Durel would heel up fast if they thought the public was against all this. Nobody calls, very few people speak at the council meetings, very few people vote, so from their perspective, nobody cares. Ya got ta rise UP, my bruthah.... - ragin_cajun Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:38:26 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/6719-lus-budget-under-scrutiny-monday#comment-9390 Doesn't anyone see a problem with this? The white collar people at LUS got big raises, then they said the Utilities group needed more money to continue operations; aka like the federal gov't bailouts for Wall Street, the wealthy walked away even wealthier before declaring going broke. Once this 'passed' and the citizens funded more for utilities, now i read the Fiber group is going to borrow from the utility group? Is one to guess they may be ready to crash and burn????? - Gerald Bertholl Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:38:13 +0100