Comments for Pooyie 05.11.11 at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 17 out of 17 comments http://www.theind.com Sun, 19 May 2013 10:20:38 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/pooyie/8267-pooyie-051111#comment-17802 heres the deal Michot for parish president, Durel for mayor of yongsville, Cortez for senate, Viator for state rep - the deal Wed, 18 May 2011 10:44:06 +0100 http://www.theind.com/pooyie/8267-pooyie-051111#comment-17797 No one is going to run against Joey. All poles show Joey with a negative 45% that the other canidate would get, but all the other canidates that might run didn't pole above 5%. Even after the trash video. - tif Wed, 18 May 2011 08:22:39 +0100 http://www.theind.com/pooyie/8267-pooyie-051111#comment-17753 Who owns ALLIED WASTE, The GreenAmbulanceMan, and the half bubble off surveyorman, and the yellow page lil frailie attorney what wears the zoot suits from JC Pe`ne` - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Mon, 16 May 2011 21:23:16 +0100 http://www.theind.com/pooyie/8267-pooyie-051111#comment-17752 Hee-Hee, everyone and anyone out there you could'nt swallow all the inhouse stirred bullshit that the Real Bush the Generic Bush and Obama administration put out over waterboarding, if you were Linda Lovelace.... - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Mon, 16 May 2011 21:17:40 +0100 http://www.theind.com/pooyie/8267-pooyie-051111#comment-17704 Leon Panetta's a supporter of waterboarding, Walter? I didn't know that. Thanks for clearing that up. - ragin_cajun Fri, 13 May 2011 17:32:38 +0100 http://www.theind.com/pooyie/8267-pooyie-051111#comment-17681 Well, ragin, if supporters of EIT say it works, it must be true. Thanks for clearing that up. - Walter Pierce Fri, 13 May 2011 10:43:47 +0100 http://www.theind.com/pooyie/8267-pooyie-051111#comment-17680 " serves to unjustly and subtly influence local opinions or at worst is an act of catering to an audience." I'll comment on it. The jury is NOT out on EIT. It works. I saw a journalist on CNN this morning who wrote a book about KSM, called The Mastermind, who said it works. Rumsfeld said it works. Leon Paneta says it worked and led to Bin Laden. As to the editing at the Advertiser...I think the Independent is calling out the Advertiser on this is a case of the pot calling the kettle black. I think theIND calling the Advertiser BIASED is just laughable given the attitudes of theIND as expressed by their reporters right here in print. Need I search through the articles to find the comments from reporters here, or will everyone just concede that theIND is biased and proud of it? - ragin_cajun Fri, 13 May 2011 10:39:15 +0100 http://www.theind.com/pooyie/8267-pooyie-051111#comment-17665 Our Parish administrator is a " Couillion, meaning to say "a well meaning but bumbling idiot, for he fails to observe that Stevie Wonder, could see his far range plan to insure Allied's financial support in his final attempt for full tenure and beau coup retirement pkg. from the parish. Now that farmland sinfully low taxed, located across from Joey's house, and owned by the Shaloom's or the Bust-any's, could be developed as the proposed Couillion-World, the Lafayette Parish tax-funded condign retirement home for ex-Lafayette mayors, and councilman. - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Fri, 13 May 2011 03:56:33 +0100 http://www.theind.com/pooyie/8267-pooyie-051111#comment-17590 Since no one else is commenting on this point, I just want to thank the Ind for reaching beyond it's local and state affairs scope to look at the disservice readers are getting from that particular edit job in The Daily Advertiser. From what I've read in the past, your intent of coverage here would be in holding a competing "LOCAL" publication accountable. When it comes down to the fundamental act of keeping our local public well informed, it would appear that the Advertiser piece is at minimum an unintentional error of omission and/or space constraints that serves to unjustly and subtly influence local opinions or at worst is an act of catering to an audience. This type of out of context quoting should not have a place outside of the opinion pages. A reporter could choose to cover these stories from a variety of journalistic perspectives, but I don't believe one should take liberty with the truth. This omission was not even by a local reporter but off the AP wire. That says more about the editing process. I'm disappointed to see what has become of the daily. To any extent your publication is willing to keep covering national affairs especially these that affect our soldiers, our common wealth and the ethical standing of our country, I'd encourage you to continue. As to whether this constitutes a "couillion" action, we could continue debating. Couillion: "a Well meaning but bumbling idiot" or willful actor? - Jason D. Faulk Thu, 12 May 2011 00:24:41 +0100 http://www.theind.com/pooyie/8267-pooyie-051111#comment-17558 ANd they all smoked cigars together. - matteroffact Wed, 11 May 2011 11:59:40 +0100 http://www.theind.com/pooyie/8267-pooyie-051111#comment-17554 Just checked, and Waste Management gave to DUREL'S first campaign and Allied gave to Weber. This might prove that Durel put the people ahead of politics. What politician would ever give a contract to his opponents supporter. Maybe Durel did look at it from a business perspective and did what was right for the people? - Actually... Wed, 11 May 2011 10:36:24 +0100 http://www.theind.com/pooyie/8267-pooyie-051111#comment-17550 "I wouldn't go back to the old service, with old gross trash cans and garbage in the streets. " That's not at all how I remember trash collection in Lafayette before Allied. I remember having very nice trash cans, more than one, because I chose them myself. They were small and my kids could easily handle them, so I could just tell them to go put the cans by the street. The small size wasn't a problem because the trash truck came TWICE A WEEK! And the twice a week service actually costed less than the current once a week service. I remember the panic about fuel prices at the time, and I never understood why that mattered. There was already a contract in place with the twice a week company, so I never did understand the rush to end that contract and go to some other contractor--DURING THE ABSOLUTE HIGHEST FUEL PRICES IN YEARS. That didn't make sense to me, I called my Councilman (Bertrand), and he talked for a long time and never really explained it. But, that's OK. It'll all come out in the election. I can't WAIT for election day. Is anybody running against Bertrand in District 7, yet? - ragin_cajun Wed, 11 May 2011 09:40:25 +0100 http://www.theind.com/pooyie/8267-pooyie-051111#comment-17547 Really? No coverage during the negotiations? I remember front page coverage and contentious council meetings. And in the end, the council voted 7:2 to renegotiate because Lafayette would pay less than every other comparable big city in Louisiana. Go back and check your own paper's coverage. asleep at the wheel? Are u a new reporter? I wouldn't go back to the old service, with old gross trash cans and garbage in the streets. Never! - Trashtalk Wed, 11 May 2011 08:00:32 +0100 http://www.theind.com/pooyie/8267-pooyie-051111#comment-17546 "not an eyebrow was raised by Lafayette’s sometimes asleep-at-the-wheel news media — The Independent Weekly included — when City-Parish President Joey Durel et al were negotiating the contract" 1) There was no real "negotiation". The politicians who wanted the policial contributions gave Allied Waste what they wanted. 2) The media (except for talk show DJs on that wasteland KVOL) did not investigate the emergency meeting to sign the contract and other odd events that allowed the boondoggle to take place because the Lafayette media likes to keep its nose in the rear of the Durel Administration. - Oh Really? Wed, 11 May 2011 07:39:30 +0100 http://www.theind.com/pooyie/8267-pooyie-051111#comment-17544 It is election season and the democratic party is at work! The latest news "the dems calling for dee Stanley to stop working on durel's campaign" was just as disingenuous as this video. What campaign? Does durel have competition? Fyi: Glen weber, the last democratic candidate for c/p president worked full time on his campaign while he actually had the job of cao. - Political observer Wed, 11 May 2011 07:32:26 +0100 http://www.theind.com/pooyie/8267-pooyie-051111#comment-17541 Well I agree you guys should have been watching the garbage contract negotiations! I will refrain from commenting about your head and Durels hind side. This was the typical "crisis". We had to hurry and renegotiate because the price of resins were going up, says Don Bertrand. "Negotiating will only cause us to pay higher prices" was the mantra. There was a huge turnout to protest higher prices and half the service. You were remiss. And, I should point out that Allied Waste was a contributor to Durel's re-election campaign. - Compassionate One Wed, 11 May 2011 06:28:48 +0100 http://www.theind.com/pooyie/8267-pooyie-051111#comment-17540 Now The Ind is taking Mike Stagg seriously? What a joke! The contract was discussed extensively, so I suspect the reason it wasn't questioned that much by the media at the time, was because they understood it was a good deal for Lafayette. Now, two years later Stagg gives out misleading information and THAT makes news? Wow! Why not do real reporting based on real journalistic research, then do a story, if there is a story. Maybe just a lazy mans way to try and sell newspapers. - You are a joke... Wed, 11 May 2011 05:51:12 +0100