Comments for Sales taxes up; LCG pay raise proposed at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 17 out of 17 comments http://www.theind.com Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:21:05 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7416-sales-taxes-up-lcg-pay-raise-proposed#comment-13191 FYI-DETAILS The 3% sales tax increase is only for the “City of Lafayette General Fund Pro Forma” as shown in the supporting documents. There is no documentation showing what the Parish sales taxes will do or be. The title of this article should read “City of Lafayette Sales taxes up”. - andymhebert Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:44:41 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7416-sales-taxes-up-lcg-pay-raise-proposed#comment-13188 You can walk in off the street and you can call an agent on the phone and you can negotiate what you want for that amount of money. I have a major medical policy with a $3000 deductible, no co pays, I pay outta pocket every dr visit till I make the deduct, then I pay 20%. I have a coupla months on my contract, then it goes up to a little over what you pay and I'll have a higher deduct... so we may be in the same boat.... but hey, we're both free to try to negotiate what we can find... - Morrow Fri, 10 Dec 2010 05:27:31 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7416-sales-taxes-up-lcg-pay-raise-proposed#comment-13187 Welcome to the Real World, Mr. Reno? We are living in the real world and know only too well the harsh realities of the economy that we are living in. So excuse us very much if we act a bit grateful for any kind of relief that might come our way. In our reality, our insurance went up and the benefits went down and everything costs more. We have families to support and bills to pay. And, it frustrates me to no end to look at these comments and its all about the politicians and the what have you got vs. what I might get that you can't have. No Dude, its about real life, living breathing human beings who work in jobs that are geared to make your sorry life better. We're out there digging ditches, fixing potholes,answering alarm calls when your business is burgalized, and answering the phones when your lights are out. We are not Mr. Durel or Ms. Lalumia, we are just hard working people, not politicians looking for votes or whatever. We want to be paid a living wage that feeds our families and keeps them safe. The average LCG employee makes about $15 an hour, so we're going to have a great big 'ole party on our whopping 30 cents an hour or $624 per year, that the 2% will bring us. Don't bother to RSVP, I'll be using my money to pay toward the $1,250 a year increase in insurance premiums. So like I said, I'm grateful for whatever we are offered. And I suspect if your boss offered you 2%, you wouldn't spit on it either. So remember when you are being so callous toward LCG Employee 2, he knows the Real World. - Trixie Ledet Thu, 09 Dec 2010 23:54:39 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7416-sales-taxes-up-lcg-pay-raise-proposed#comment-13132 BoFred-- $900 a month? That's less than I pay for my family of four. Is that a lower rate for a group plan? Or can I walk in off the street and get a policy for that by myself? I pay almost $1100 per month for health insurance. - ragin_cajun Thu, 09 Dec 2010 10:36:56 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7416-sales-taxes-up-lcg-pay-raise-proposed#comment-13127 NO, NO, NO. There is so much that needs to be done in and around Lafayette and the only thing Lalumia can come up with is a raise? Ready to retire??? How about a one time bonus, if the govt really can't find anything that needs to be fixed.... Oh, and Employee 2, Blue Cross went up $160 a month for our family of four, so that means we will pay $900 a month in insurance alone... What are you paying? Wanna trade? - BoFred Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:25:13 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7416-sales-taxes-up-lcg-pay-raise-proposed#comment-13094 “The increase would cost LCG…” Cost whom? Do the math: 50% would come from the city general fund 30% from the (city) utilities and communications funds 5% would come from the parish general fund 15% from other smaller funds For a total of: 80% from CITY OF LAFAYETTE 5r;om the PARISH OF LAFAYETTE If you pay a City property tax and a Parish property tax for residing in the City of Lafayette you pay a total of 85%. If you don’t live in the City of Lafayette you pay 5%. Where is the LCG equal taxation? - andymhebert Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:30:25 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7416-sales-taxes-up-lcg-pay-raise-proposed#comment-13093 LCG Employee 2, welcome to the real world. - Clint Reno Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:56:01 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7416-sales-taxes-up-lcg-pay-raise-proposed#comment-13078 Insurance premiums went up nearly 60% for LCG families and benefits went down. A 2% pay raise barely makes a dent. - LCG Employee 2 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:48:22 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7416-sales-taxes-up-lcg-pay-raise-proposed#comment-13062 Where is the Tea Party? Do they only protest black people? - Where is the Tea Party? Wed, 08 Dec 2010 08:13:19 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7416-sales-taxes-up-lcg-pay-raise-proposed#comment-13057 Oh, for C's sake, this is NOT the time to be talking about pay raises! What give them a raise before the election? Is this about votes? The state is going into the toilet, and just 'cause Lafayette is holding its own, a few dollars come in and LCG is talking raises? It souinds so fiscally irresponsible, it must be for votes. - Morrow Wed, 08 Dec 2010 05:14:06 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7416-sales-taxes-up-lcg-pay-raise-proposed#comment-13053 You have got to be kidding me! Even our President has recommended no raises for the Federal Government employees yet our local government want to implement a pay raise. Give us a BREAK. - no name Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:04:36 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7416-sales-taxes-up-lcg-pay-raise-proposed#comment-13043 Taxes up, pay up! Taxes down, tax increases to have pay up again. When will it ******* end? - The Original Northsidian Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:49:40 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7416-sales-taxes-up-lcg-pay-raise-proposed#comment-13039 This is not a good idea. There are a lot of hard working people who will not see a raise and the tax payers are tired of being ridden for the benefit of everyone else. Save! Save! Save and reduce taxes. - leaving state Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:28:45 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7416-sales-taxes-up-lcg-pay-raise-proposed#comment-13037 "while the private sector continues to make cuts to survive".....here we go...:) - ragin_cajun Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:23:43 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7416-sales-taxes-up-lcg-pay-raise-proposed#comment-13032 Government employees getting pay raises (thank you tax paying citizens) while the private sector continues to make cuts to survive. - Clint Reno Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:42:50 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7416-sales-taxes-up-lcg-pay-raise-proposed#comment-13029 This is a bad idea. This is a very bad time to do something like this. - ragin_cajun Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:04:31 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7416-sales-taxes-up-lcg-pay-raise-proposed#comment-13021 This is good news for the very hard working, and sorely underpaid, LCG employees. Thank you Mr. Durel and thank you sales tax payers. - LCG Employee Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:02:20 +0100