Comments for Caveat Emptor at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 16 out of 16 comments http://www.theind.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:02:58 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/re/6992-caveat-emptor#comment-11139 Walter, why do you hate animals? Frogs are God's creatures too. - PETA Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:15:31 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6992-caveat-emptor#comment-11062 I can't totally disagree with you, ragin, although it might be said that as a community Lafayette bought into good ideas with the best of intentions and things haven't worked out as planned. I tend to think of it as placing a frog in a pot of cold water and turning on the burner. By the time the frog realizes it's a goner, it's too late. But in the case of Lafayette, I don't think it's too late. - Walter Pierce Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:24:42 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6992-caveat-emptor#comment-11058 Walter -- I finally got around to looking up what "caveat emptor" means, and it's "buyer beware". But that doesn't apply when the seller actively misleads the buyer, or fails to disclose known defects in the product, or flat out misrepresents the product. I contend that the Chamber misrepresented, and concealed defects in, consolidation. Voters would not have overwhelmingly approved what we have today. Same for downtown. Nobody would have approved funding for streetscape if they'd been told it would be a real nice, updated version of McKinley Street Strip. If the seller intentionally misleads the buyer, that's just plain old fraud. - ragin_cajun Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:04:57 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6992-caveat-emptor#comment-10972 Walter "I would invite you to drive down Jefferson Street at 1:45 a.m." ------------------ Set my alarm but just couldn't do it. Who went? - Pinball Wizard Mon, 04 Oct 2010 07:31:55 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6992-caveat-emptor#comment-10951 Go cups cause a lot of litter and need to go. But this is true for the whole parish. Make it universal to make it easier to enforce. - realitychecks Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:23:43 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6992-caveat-emptor#comment-10914 I once again agree with ragin_cajun. With hundreds?, or thousands?, of laws on the books in this city and state, can't we find an acceptable method of dealing with this issue. Are we that inept? It's college age folks drinking and raising a little hell - deal with it. Jeez... - What the? Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:17:19 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6992-caveat-emptor#comment-10913 Thank you RCajunRunner for pointing out the obvious. We are making more money off of the red light camera systems. The bars are paying the extortion money that Craft requires. They should be able to put a couple under cover guys on the streets writing littering tickets down town. Also, all community service that is handed to any offender for any crime that is commited down town should be used down town to clean the area. Stop writing ineffective ordinances! - Rinkelstein Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:56:08 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6992-caveat-emptor#comment-10912 I agree, ragin, that just a little testicular fortitude by the council would go a long way in addressing the "issues" downtown. However, I would invite you to drive down Jefferson Street at 1:45 a.m. on a Sunday morning to get a sense of the magnitude of what's happening downtown. It's more than "a couple of bars," and when those bars shut down at 2 a.m. and show their patrons the door, the dozen or so police officers on patrol definitely earn their overtime pay. - Walter Pierce Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:20:01 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6992-caveat-emptor#comment-10911 It's pretty pathetic that an organization with the budget that city-parish government has, with the "years of experience", with the brash, confident, business mayor that we have, with such an effective police chief, can't figure out how to effectively police a couple of bars in the middle of town. there's alot of ways to do it, many solutions to the problem, JUST PICK ONE and DO IT! If, for whatever reason, they don't have the nerve to deal with it, then the council and the administration need to SHUT UP about it. With all the really HARD problems I'm sure they have at City Hall everyday, this one seems like a really simple one to me. It seems to me like SOMEBODY down there oughta be able to handle it. - ragin_cajun Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:07:19 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6992-caveat-emptor#comment-10910 Yes, irony. It is the manic depression inside of all journalists. - Lock and Load Thu, 30 Sep 2010 07:33:57 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6992-caveat-emptor#comment-10904 Caveat Emptor, that's Latin for empty the cup, right? - Krusty Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:11:04 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6992-caveat-emptor#comment-10902 Justice man: Is it too much to ask that the CURRENT litter laws be enforced and stiffen the fines so that throwing down one plastic cup becomes very expensive? Why start making new laws until the current ones are effectively enforced? - RCajunrunner Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:53:40 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6992-caveat-emptor#comment-10897 Theriot and Belland are easily the most arrogant, ill informed , and do it have to say it, dumb councilman serving. Shelvin also fits quite well into this group. Where in the world did these guys come from? Theriot is so full of himself and Belland is just plain dumb. When the Police Chief ask for a tool such as not allowing go cup, then i think it is emcumbent upon those making laws to try to accomodate the Chief. They could have approved the proposal for a trial period , say 3months to see how it worked out. These guys need to wake up. - justice man Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:51:52 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6992-caveat-emptor#comment-10894 Walter says what he wants write what he wants TOUCHE YOU SAY - neutral party Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:54:21 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6992-caveat-emptor#comment-10892 Touché, irony! - Walter Pierce Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:30:45 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6992-caveat-emptor#comment-10890 Walter hints that Lafayette residents' priorities are out of place in this editorial. Meanwhile, the Cover Story of this IND issue is about pace de jour to go out drinking in town. Awesome! - irony Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:43:11 +0100