Comments for Water Wars at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 9 out of 9 comments http://www.theind.com Sat, 25 May 2013 23:35:01 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/8443-water-wars#comment-20067 I was told by my marketing professor at UL that Lafayette would not accept the funding for the I-49 corridor because it would require a partial seizure of some small business owner's property along the Thruway, and that two out of the dozens of small business owners did not agree: the owners of The Waffle House and of I believe La Hacienda hotel. Lafayette has a bad/good record of catering to small business owners. Small town it is not, but small town it shall stay. - To Dudley & History Lesson Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:56:02 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/8443-water-wars#comment-18569 History Lesson, Fair enough. I was trying to illustrate (maybe I didn't do such a good job) how bickering between leadership (whether between public and private, public and public, or private and private) sometimes leads to missed opportunities that affects many others. I find it comical in a satirical way. I think Joey and Charlie show both be at the June 13 meeting at City Hall. Let's see if they can remain composed and actually come to some sort of agreement. - Dudley E. LaBauve, III Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:30:58 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/8443-water-wars#comment-18559 I also agree that communication is a great tool, but it should be noted that Mayor Langlinais does not get along with any of the mayors that surround his city. - History lesson Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:35:40 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/8443-water-wars#comment-18557 Dudley, Exactly! As I said, we did not have the population needed and we did not have a military presence, so we did not get a loop. It is sad, but the bottom line was that private industry stood in the way of Lafayette being able to annex the additional amount of people needed to reach the 50,000 mark. Thanks for the link. I think the judge is Kaliste Saloom, as he is a great history buff and an astute follower of the politics in the area. He has told me the story of the loss of the loop many times. He has never blamed it on the leadership of Lafayette during the Eisenhower years. Rather he usually suggests it was the utility companies that stood in the way. - History lesson Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:09:38 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/8443-water-wars#comment-18548 History Lesson, Here is an excerpt from an article that you may find interesting, and the link to the article follows: 'A retired judge who was active in civic affairs a half century ago has told Huval stories about the many battles Lafayette encountered in its quest to keep its municipally owned utility. Private utilities funded a lawsuit aimed at frustrating the city’s ability to annex areas that the IOUs wanted to continue serving. The unfortunate timing of the suit halted the city’s annexation efforts, resulting in Lafayette falling short of the 50,000 population threshold necessary for it to be declared a metropolitan area, as defined by the Eisenhower Interstate Highway Act. As a consequence, Lafayette missed many of the advantages of the interstate highway system, like multiple on/off ramps and an interstate loop around the city. “The investor-owned utility found a local citizen who was willing to file a suit on their behalf to keep the city from annexing IOU service territories. This suit delayed Lafayette’s annexation efforts sufficiently to cause it to lose millions of dollars of federal highway infrastructure—adversely impacting Lafayette to this day.” Huval said.' http://www.publicpower.org/Media/magazine/ArticleDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=19628 - Dudley E. LaBauve, III Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:48:13 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/8443-water-wars#comment-18547 History Lesson (Whoever you are), I've been told by a local attorney, and others, that Lafayette could have gotten that loop system, had it submitted the proper paperwork in a timely manner. If leadership could find a way to communicate more effectively with each other in the area, instead of getting into pissing contests, we might get more shit done around here. It was just an example related to the pissing contest between Durel & Langlinais. - Dudley E. LaBauve, III Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:32:06 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/8443-water-wars#comment-18537 Dudley, We did not get a loop in Lafayette because the highway bill required either a population of 40,000 or a military presence. Lafayette did not meet either requirement at the time. Lake Charles had a military base. Not sure what that has to do with the article, but there is your answer. - History lesson Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:02:41 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/8443-water-wars#comment-18533 The Ind has learned through a source in Shenandoah Estates that Durel and Bertrand will meet with residents on June 13 at Lafayette City Hall to discuss their concerns. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joey, stick to our guns..its our water, not theirs. Let them fend for themselves as they should have been doing all these years. - Southsider Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:39:14 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/8443-water-wars#comment-18531 What was the reason for Lafayette's lack of acquiring funding for an interstate loop system? Lake Charles has one, Alexandria has one, etc. I'm sorry, but this stuff is almost comical. We could probably start a reality TV show on Lafayette area politics and air it right before or after 'Swamp People.' - Dudley E. LaBauve, III Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:20:36 +0100