Comments for An Offer They Can Refuse at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 14 out of 14 comments http://www.theind.com Sat, 18 May 2013 20:18:10 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/re/8190-an-offer-they-can-refuse#comment-17192 Ragin, I'll not glorify you, nor will I allow you one iota of credence, your existence is moot, you are here in this one dimensional plane, stretched out to the limit and you are going no where, anyone who constantly steps in it blindly parrying with Walter, well ? Ref. Queenbee, no I have no friends, nor acquaintance's in this circle jerk panel, I am alone soaring above the questions and answers, indifferent to the one dimension in which you exist, up and down, like a Duncan Yo-Yo. - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Tue, 03 May 2011 07:22:18 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/8190-an-offer-they-can-refuse#comment-17182 Why do you think the election was held the same day the Festival International was taking place? Do you think it just happens this way. These people are not dumb asses!! We are the dumb asses!! Just look how many tax increases these ya-hoo's have passed in the last twenty plus years. Walter (or anyone) can you find out how many tax elections we have had since the late 60's? - The Original Northsidian Mon, 02 May 2011 19:23:36 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/8190-an-offer-they-can-refuse#comment-17128 I will not vote to renew property taxes for the school board. The LPSB has conisitently collected more funds from sales taxes and property taxes and never, never, never have enuf. So I hope the renewals fail. It will give LPSB something to worry about. They NEVER have enough money and never try to be conservative with taxpayer money. They've conisitently failed to serve the public trust & with all that money, test scores are still an abomination. More money is NOT the answer! In fact, we've given more than they needed already. Time to cut, cut, cut! - BoFred Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:24:38 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/8190-an-offer-they-can-refuse#comment-17091 I HOPE THE RENEWALS FAIL FAIL FAIL!!!! Maybe then the new property tax proponents will shut the hell up! I DO VOLUNTEER AT MORE THAN ONE SCHOOL. And my kids go to private school which is OLD and has been maintained by students, teachers, parents, donors. I know how a school can be cared for when someone cares. AND I WILL NOT LOSE MY HOUSE TO PROPERTY TAXES CAUSE THE SCHOOL BOARDS DIDN'T CARE. If anything has a prayer of passing, maybe a sales tax, but I won't support that either. The school board gets recording breaking amounts of money! NO NO NO no more money School Board. Fix what you have money for and do what you can with the rest. It will be a cold day in hell before I'll support the public school system with more money. - NoNewTaxes Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:40:46 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/8190-an-offer-they-can-refuse#comment-17079 How do you know she doesn't volunteer? Do you know her personally? - ragin_cajun Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:20:14 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/8190-an-offer-they-can-refuse#comment-17074 Queenbee, the 100 BMGL are demographically representing the fact that they and their progeny are in the swamp up to their ass and trying to stay afloat, why don't you volunteer and help drain the swamp. Thats the problem here, everyone wants a part of heaven on earth, but nobody wants to work for heaven on earth. You go Walter, " ya got the fuzzy ones. - HARDHAT Thu, 28 Apr 2011 02:55:36 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/8190-an-offer-they-can-refuse#comment-17069 "Our school system does a great job of educating our best students"....this statement is not correct, Walter. Not all of our "best" students are in the gifted program. LPSS is failing to offer honors and regular students more challenging and innovative classes/teachers. There is a gap in education exposure for students not in "gifted" classes. The "at risk" students are not the only students suffering in our system. - Pedro Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:54:55 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/8190-an-offer-they-can-refuse#comment-17068 I think other civic organizations are not speaking out about this because the Chamber of Commerce already got burned the last time they weighed in on this. They demanded change in exchange for publicly supporting LPSB's sales tax increase. LPSB never delivered. They got used. Also, why would civic organizations wade into a mess like public education? It's all wrapped up with desegragation, achievement gaps, fiscal mismanagement, poor people may not be getting treated quite right--it's just a huge mess with no easy answers, and alot of ways to wind up under the bus. They don't comment on TIF's, zoning, government spending, the Horse Farm, or any of the hot button issues in local politics, either. There's not much in it for them. - ragin_cajun Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:29:30 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/8190-an-offer-they-can-refuse#comment-17066 What would we think of group named 100 White Men of Greater Lafayette? Could they have a meeting? Would we take them seriously? Would 100 Blind Men of Greater Lafayette even see difference? - Bow Tox Wed, 27 Apr 2011 20:38:10 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/8190-an-offer-they-can-refuse#comment-17065 The issue is the same as it has been for decades. How do we spend our money on educating kids? "at risk" students are predominately from the poor. The institutional solutions are distribute the money or the kids. Neither will work and no matter how many times we reshuffle the cards, it will always come out the same. It is the institution of public education that doesn't work, because of the feeling we need to save the institution. Save the kid. Time to scrap the system of public education for a system of public funding of education. Create an environment that supports each kid to attend the best school they can. And that decision should be left to their parent. Not the school board. The massive over enrollment in the at the schools of choice/academy is proof that parental choice works. - tim s Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:09:24 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/8190-an-offer-they-can-refuse#comment-17053 Thanks Walter, I almost forgot about the vote. - SBD Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:48:37 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/8190-an-offer-they-can-refuse#comment-17049 while we're giving Walter his "flowers"...and I admit that I am. You know what is disconcerting to me? Why aren't other civic organizations speaking out. ya know.. Kiwanis, Rotary, Chamber of Commerce to name a few. As much as I hate groups that reflect only one demographic, I do have to give a thumbs up to the 100 Black men for keeping their hands to the plow. Walter, please find out what other "civic" organizations feel about School board leadership, or the lack thereof........please respond - queenbee Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:39:39 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/8190-an-offer-they-can-refuse#comment-17048 As a teacher, as much as this disappoints me, is TRUE. Good article... - queenbee Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:41:57 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/8190-an-offer-they-can-refuse#comment-17047 COUNT ME IN, NOW THE 100 BMGL HAS GROWN TO A DISSIMILARILY, YET SAME PAROXYSMAL, NUMBER OF 101, LAM THAT ! I will now ask my brother in " DISTURBIA, " THE ORIGINAL NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN, TO GIVE US HIS LEARNED TWO-CENTS ON WHY BONAPARTE LEMOINE NEEDS TO GET HIS unproductive, ASS OUTTA THE TROUGH AND LEAVE THE POSITION TO A PERSON WHO CAN TURN THIS HALFASS SCHOOL SYSTEM INTO A PRODUCTIVE LEARNING FIELD AND SURPASS THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR ANY AND ALL, we need to run the old obstinate fossilized fools outta our children's educational system and remove the barriers of learning which is blocking progress for the children of the lower-income familys in the parish.....Enough is enough ! Walter, don't fng cut my legs off here. You're talking a good game and you are in a position to investigate and publically enumerate on the disparity of schooling available and or extended to the sons and daughters of the lower income, and the premium quality of schooling extended to the sons and daughters, of the well-to-do, stand up man, be counted.....make us proud. - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:40:44 +0100