Comments for Why the Go Cup Matters at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 10 out of 10 comments http://www.theind.com Wed, 22 May 2013 14:56:27 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7169-why-the-go-cup-matters#comment-11900 MEN LIKE ANDY COULD MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE, IF THEY WOULD WALK THE WALK. If men with Andy's ideals would stand up and be counted, the others who are praying to be led would fall in line, and our precious Lafayette City, as we knew our city before the greedy money hungry elitist corrupted the leaders in the administration, dividing the parish into the haves and have nots by plying the administrators with beau coup tidbits, and in turn the administrators, sent every money-maker project in the city and the parish into their pockets. Lafayette is at the set mark, ready for honest leaders who will put the welfare of the residents first, and send the corrupt cronys to Baton Rouge with the other, Corrupt Ding A Lings. Dividing the populace into one side the haves, and the other side the have nots, is a divisionary tactic used by Government in every manner, in wealth status, in racial status and by so doing, big brother guarantees a division of the masses, reflected by our two party system, THE REPUBLICANS versus THE DEMOCRATS, and " Never the twain shall meet. - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:49:14 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7169-why-the-go-cup-matters#comment-11899 Every vote that the council splits on, such as the "GO CUP vote, clearly shows the ones getting the perks from Jodu'nt, for they vote Aye, Aye Sir.. and the ones getting the graft from the Joints, vote Non. - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:13:30 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7169-why-the-go-cup-matters#comment-11898 Ga, If I lived in that corrupt city of Lafayette, I would move...."AND, if any of the Lafayette( LCG) Administrators would attempt to move to my little prosperous little community, DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT, I would do like Troy and Jacob and """SHOOT EM ! Hang their ass on a hook fo da allygateahs,and "SHOOT EM,TOO - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:06:40 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7169-why-the-go-cup-matters#comment-11869 Whew! The overlapping levels of government going on in Lafayette are laughable. The article itself gave an advanced civics lesson without giving any pros or cons on the issue besides the obvious. Where were the business owners in the late 80's when I worked at Abdallas downtown? It wasn't safe to walk down there at night. The nightclubs were the turnaround. - Jason Deshotels Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:50:08 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7169-why-the-go-cup-matters#comment-11867 Andy has ben correct for a long time - who was responsible and why was he not allowed more than a 3 or 5 minute forum at council meetings without any council member acting in his behalf? There must have been unreported or undercover motives for our so called "brighest" and 'Chamber" to promote this; besides the claim of a 5 million savings, which did not materialize - then further compounding the situation was election of a non Lafayette citizen as mayor twice. Ha, what a joke. Only one thing to do - autonomy for City of Lafayette, no matter what it costs to convert - Mr Bacque is wrong! and is not what city residents want. - jmbo Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:28:00 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7169-why-the-go-cup-matters#comment-11860 please stop here- I believe the writer was using the word "constitutionally" to mean "as a body (you know, like when the Doctor refers to your constitution as your body)". You interpret it to mean that the writer is referring to the document, namely the U.S. Constitution, and then proceed to build on your wrong headed interpretation to make a (fallacious) argument about traffic cameras and how they somehow or another violate your constitutional rights. Duh. You can resume reading now which is one tried and true way that folks go about learning things. - Buckley Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:59:07 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7169-why-the-go-cup-matters#comment-11857 "It’s also about the will of a city that is constitutionally prevented from exercising its will. That’s why the go cup matters....." I have to stop reading here. You are really making the case that cups are about the constitution? WOW - why don't you but that energy into Redflex - which is about the constitution. Or better yet - why do you read the document your are referencing here. - Please Stop Here Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:38:14 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7169-why-the-go-cup-matters#comment-11855 Seems to me that the whole of the city-parish do not care. The town hall and commission meetings are only attented by a handful of interested parties. The parish population is over 100,000, I'm sure and less than a dozen even bother to show up. Of course, the Political and Cultural elites are watching with cautious optimism. But to most everyone else, things are working just fine. - Compassionate One Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:01:56 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7169-why-the-go-cup-matters#comment-11854 I ask the same question every time, and I still haven't gotten an answer that makes any sense--maybe I just missed it, or didn't read it. Can some PLEASE tell me--what was in it for the city? Andy's saying everyone knew full and well what a mess consolidation would be--I believe him--everyone knew. There were plenty of people saying it was a bad idea back then. What motivated so many people do ignore the problems and consolidate anyway? Was it a chance for LUS to make more money? Bigger tax base for the combined government? Protection from smaller towns annexing to box Lafayette city in? WHAT WAS IT?! Maybe Conrad Comeaux could explain why he thought it was such a good idea then? Ed Abell maybe? Maybe the Independent could write a little history lesson for those of us who weren't watching back then? - ragin_cajun Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:54:08 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7169-why-the-go-cup-matters#comment-11848 "Some of the city’s brightest lights favored consolidation. They didn’t see this coming, “this” being the city’s severely diminished ability to govern its own affairs." All of the problems were clearly spelled out in pre-consolidation Technical Report. The “problems” were well known by those who commissioned the Report, those who wrote the Report, and those who were presented with the Report. And since the City of Lafayette governing authority was legislatively denied from having any participation in an election, the City Council "due process" meetings held to publicly address those issues did not take place. It is not a "We failed", it was the "press/news media" failed to report and/or investigate. The City of Lafayette elected officials failed to enforce the legally required provisions of their Home Rule Charter concerning repealing it. Those of us who were raising the flawed issues were editorialized as "obstructionist" (The Daily Advertiser) or "extremist" (The Independent). - andymhebert Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:24:30 +0100