Comments for Commish preparing separate city and parish charters at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.theind.com Thu, 23 May 2013 19:14:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7657-commish-preparing-separate-city-and-parish-charters#comment-14225 “I know it is a separate charter for the parish and for the city,…” “The nine-member panel comprising five city residents and four parish residents…” Why are City registered voters allowing non-City registered voters the opportunity to write or re-write their “separate charter”? “…that a city-parish president who isn’t from the city may not have the city’s best interests at heart.” Charter Commissioners who aren’t “from the city may not have the city’s best interests at heart” could that be the same case? Isn’t that what happened before, non-City writers of a City Charter? What will be the Legal fees to review 2 separate charters and who pays how much? Follow the Money. “… able to redistrict Lafayette Parish in such a way that five CPC/school board districts entirely within the city and four districts entirely outside the city…” Why wasn’t this done with the original Home Rule Charter? Or with the “Election held 10/1/94 prior to consolidation to substitute Council districts identical to Lafayette Parish School Board; …”? “…make a recommendation on future governance in Lafayette Parish - be it the creation of a separate council and mayor for the city of Lafayette,” Why isn’t it reported that the Commission is also making “recommendation on future governance in (The CITY of) Lafayette? Isn’t “a separate council and mayor for the city of Lafayette” affecting the CITY’s “future governance”? - andy hebert Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:37:07 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7657-commish-preparing-separate-city-and-parish-charters#comment-14207 Ga, I think of you " My Presidente, everytime, I hear that Kenny Rogers song, "You surround yourself with many, who demand so little of you. - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:12:04 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7657-commish-preparing-separate-city-and-parish-charters#comment-14206 " However some couillion commission members have expressed reservations, that a city-parish president who isn't from the city may not have the city's best interest at heart, "Now, where in the hell, did that ideology orginate ! Could it perhaps have been born from witnessing Joey Durel's constant biased brow-beating and ignor-ance of the repeated requests by councilman from outside the Lafayette city limit for assistance on maintance, utility problems etc which Joey never even took the trouble to set their requests on the back burner, he of the higher than any of his constituents, with the exception of bowing and genuflecting to Zooschlag and the Surveyman, among a few of his cronys, or should we call them, those under the table circlejerkers ? - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:08:14 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7657-commish-preparing-separate-city-and-parish-charters#comment-14205 Seperate entitles are the way to go. Hefner's best interest is to continue with the status quo. Living in Duson gets him and all the other towns city services without having to pay city taxes. Enough is enough. We want our city back. - Southsider Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:15:59 +0100