Comments for Lafayette solons split on prisons sale; Hardy gets last laugh at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 9 out of 9 comments http://www.theind.com Fri, 24 May 2013 15:13:56 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8451-lafayette-solons-split-on-prisons-sale-hardy-gets-last-laugh#comment-18590 The privatization of state prisons will remove any worry on the tax payers mind regarding the treatment of the inmates. I would think that a privately owned facility whose purpose is to make mega-bucks incarcerating felons would not fall under federal or state agency's supervision, but rather left to the pre-approved Republican Party tactics of waterboarding, etc ....... - HARDHAT Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:24:54 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8451-lafayette-solons-split-on-prisons-sale-hardy-gets-last-laugh#comment-18546 I am absolutely AGAINST selling state prisons to private companies. I detest private jails. I've never had a friend or relative been in one, but I remember the juvenile prisons and how children suffered under those. Someone stands to make huge fortunes at the suffering of others in this deal. I absolutely don't trust that private companies would allow the examination of the facilities or the books. I absolutely don't trust Governor Raj - he's been so approachable to the public and forthcoming in his term. That's exactly what I expect from and endeavor he makes. - BoFred Thu, 09 Jun 2011 06:10:00 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8451-lafayette-solons-split-on-prisons-sale-hardy-gets-last-laugh#comment-18522 UH, thats " he heels and bays, Aworoooo ! - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:14:08 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8451-lafayette-solons-split-on-prisons-sale-hardy-gets-last-laugh#comment-18512 Since Cortez's contention is, and his statements at the committee meeting reflect, "that [selling the prisons] is not a sound financial decision," then he should have voted to defer. His asinine statement to "The Independent" that his vote not to defer "was simply to give [the administration authority]" to do the RFP. By giving them the authority to do the RFP, you begin the process to make the sale of the prisons inevitable. Cortez is a lap dog of the governor and, though he will try to deny it, his actions and his votes as a member of the legislature show that he sits up and yips when the governor snaps his fingers. - That's the way it is! Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:12:18 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8451-lafayette-solons-split-on-prisons-sale-hardy-gets-last-laugh#comment-18511 So Rep Cortez apparently is for the sale of prisons before he plans to be against it. He would be better off "manning up" and standing by his vote no matter how wrong it is. And it is wrong simply because the Jindal administration has proven twice in just the past week that it can't be trusted. First, it refused to release the "independent" Chafee report that didn't support Jindal's plan to privatize the state employee health insurance program and then it refused to divulge the firm chosen to receive a multi-million dollar contract with DHH. Trusting Jindal to conduct the state's business openly is like asking Sarah Palin for a history lesson. - rambeaux rawlings Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:01:24 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8451-lafayette-solons-split-on-prisons-sale-hardy-gets-last-laugh#comment-18502 Selling prisons sets a dangerous precedent. If the company that buys them is publicly owned, then how do they show growth to their investors? One way is acquisition, another is lobbying for harsher sentences and mandatory minimums. If we spent more on education, the prisons wouldn't be so crowded. - Rinkelstein Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:38:37 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8451-lafayette-solons-split-on-prisons-sale-hardy-gets-last-laugh#comment-18496 neutral party: Ricky Hardy speaks for the people not your politically elite friends!! Get over it, we don't give a s%!t what ya'll think!! - The Original Northsidian Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:29:59 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8451-lafayette-solons-split-on-prisons-sale-hardy-gets-last-laugh#comment-18495 Ricky The Court Jester i tell jokes to deflect my short intellect and non verbal skills. - neutral party Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:50:33 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8451-lafayette-solons-split-on-prisons-sale-hardy-gets-last-laugh#comment-18493 Rep. Hardy must be related to the legendary Paul Thibeaux - the House Rocker. He rocked the House Appropriations Committee with his analogy, and saved a lot of prision workers' jobs. - yesidoknow Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:05:33 +0100