Comments for Against all odds, LPSB voting on tax props at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 23 out of 20 comments http://www.theind.com Wed, 22 May 2013 17:35:13 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8571-against-all-odds-lpsb-voting-on-tax-props#comment-20884 Wow. Patriots, eh? Since when do "Patriots" not give a crap about our children's education? When it has to come out of the "Patriots" pockets. What a shame. - stacyc Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:18:27 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8571-against-all-odds-lpsb-voting-on-tax-props#comment-19346 Remember when Communists were our biggest threat and not taxes? Remember when communities took pride in their public school systems? Remember when civic responsibility extended beyond one's property line or immediate family? ... me neither. - rambeaux rawlings Tue, 05 Jul 2011 08:04:47 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8571-against-all-odds-lpsb-voting-on-tax-props#comment-19332 BoFred: And is that why he is now telling folks over 65 about the freeze on home assessment? Very strange, since this has been in place for many years now. I hope someone runs against the "I have never seen a tax increase I don't Like" assessor!! Then maybe he could try and get a real job!! - the original northsidian Sun, 03 Jul 2011 13:09:20 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8571-against-all-odds-lpsb-voting-on-tax-props#comment-19330 O. North., I hear Mr. Comeaux will have opposition in the next election.... At least you'll have someone else to consider. I heard tell that opposition is the reason the assessor's office was buying TV time for "public service announcements". - BoFred Sun, 03 Jul 2011 09:38:49 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8571-against-all-odds-lpsb-voting-on-tax-props#comment-19296 ragin_cajun: What about the tax loving Republicans, Democrats and let's not forget the ulitmate tax increase lover the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce. Lafayette is the only place in the USA that the Republicans love a tax increase!! Is it because they all own under valued FARM PROPERTY? WHAT SAY YOU, CONRAD COMEAUX??? - the original northsidian Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:38:45 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8571-against-all-odds-lpsb-voting-on-tax-props#comment-19276 Uhhhh.....I think it's safe to assume the TEA Party is against a tax increase. They got the name from "taxed enough already"....but you can always check their website...:) - ragin_cajun Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:58:11 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8571-against-all-odds-lpsb-voting-on-tax-props#comment-19270 The fact is we ELECT the LPSB and PAY them to be our representatives on the LPSB. It is sad, a community filled with an abundance of educated and hard working citizens elects a bunch of yahoos with limited education to run our schools. Many of us don't have the option of moving our children to private schools. It does not mean we don't care about their education. Voting yes to this tax compares to repairing the damage caused by a leaky roof and never repairing the roof. Until we "fix" central office, we will have the same result we have had for the last 30 years. - Pedro Fri, 01 Jul 2011 07:35:39 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8571-against-all-odds-lpsb-voting-on-tax-props#comment-19268 those bus drivers, and I love them as much as I love the cafeteria ladies, the janitors and the teachers, but BUS DRIVERS ON THE DROP PROGRAM??? How could I possibly trust LPSB with more money. Heck people, $500 a yr more, and more on top of that, will change my lifestyle completely: as in I'll be in the dark, sweating my behind off, reading by the lantern. Seriously, when milk is nearly $6 a gallon and a bread is $3, its tough to feed 3 kids. You know what school lunch is and you know what, THEY DON'T COOK IN SCHOOL ANYMORE; they open a huge can of cheese liquid crap, pour it over the chips they opened, open a big ole bag of lettuce and viola! YOU HAVE NACHOS! So I'm hesitant to apply for free lunch - I'm not a sucker. I don't suck off the system, I don't get food stamps. I work. I clean. I cook. We don't go on vacations. We visit relatives and call it a vacation.... I'm not crying, whining, I'm explaining. I saying why I don't want to lose my house because the swchool board has been negligent in its duties. I don't want kids in schools that are leaking, but there are buildings that don't leak. There is waste, waste, waste in the educational system! Clean up the back yard before you take more of my money. - Hope Fri, 01 Jul 2011 05:50:17 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8571-against-all-odds-lpsb-voting-on-tax-props#comment-19253 Where does the Tea Party, Republican Party,Democratic Party and the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce stand on the tax increase?? We already know how the bus drivers will vote!! - just asking Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:42:01 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8571-against-all-odds-lpsb-voting-on-tax-props#comment-19252 Why not tax the so called "Farm Land" for it's actual value. If the tax passes the Saloom property tax will go up .32 cents a month? And yours $450.00 a year? What's wrong with that picture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW MANY FRICKIN PROPERTY TAX INCREASES HAVE WE HAD IN THE LAST 20 YEARS>>>>>ANSWER: TOO MANY!!! Vote NO, for more leaking schools!!!!!!!!!!!! - the original northsidian Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:38:42 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8571-against-all-odds-lpsb-voting-on-tax-props#comment-19226 Let's also not forget, the second half of the Master Plan still has no funding, so, I'm sure another millage tax would be proposed in 5 or so years. - Dudley E. LaBauve, III Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:02:54 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8571-against-all-odds-lpsb-voting-on-tax-props#comment-19224 BoFred - A 40 mills increase on a $190,000 home would amount to $460 extra a year. 1 mill = 1/1000 of a dollar or $.001 $190,000(Assessed Value) - $75,000(Homestead Exemption) = $115,000 x 10%(Assessment Rate) = $11,500 x .040(40 x .001) = $460 Hope - Lafayette Tax Assessor claims average home value in Lafayette to be $150,000, therefore a 23 mills + 2 mills + 5.4 mills, which equals 30.4 mills, would be an annual increase of $228 per home in Lafayette. If I understand the article, the board would be able to levy up to another 6.6 mills on top of the 30.4 for a potential grand total of 37 mils, which would equate to an annual increase of $277.50 per year for the average household. Use the formula above to calculate for your own home. Oh, and commercial property owners don't get the homestead exemption. - Dudley E. LaBauve, III Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:25:11 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8571-against-all-odds-lpsb-voting-on-tax-props#comment-19214 So....uhhh....think this tax will pass?..:) Seriously, though. It's like the LPSB is politically tone deaf! This is the worst time in American History to ask voters to approve a tax increase. Why would they go through with this? I wonder...how much does an election like this cost? I hope not much, because reading comments from readers, it sure seems like this tax increase is doomed. Even theIND says it's "against all odds". What are they thinking? They can't be this stupid. - ragin_cajun Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:18:44 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8571-against-all-odds-lpsb-voting-on-tax-props#comment-19210 Ugiveit, I agree with you, let the parents who send their children to these schools pay for it. Parents who care about their children pay enough by sending their children to privite schools. They should have to pay for the education of their children that attend the school. If they had to pay for their childrens education they would demand a better edusation for their children instead of using the system as a baby sitting service until they go to jail. - ben Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:36:05 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8571-against-all-odds-lpsb-voting-on-tax-props#comment-19203 I heard one of the #s, "on an average house, the tax liability would go up $200 a year". Well, that is an ENORMOUS AMOUNT to me! My homeowner's insurance has increased twice in the past two years, & its roughly $200 a month now. That additional two hundred bucks doesn't include the ANNUAL INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX due to inflationary property values... ITS GOT TO STOP SOMETIME AND I WANT IT TO STOP NOW. I have in the past called them Tea Baggers, but since I'm becoming one, I'd have to stop. I am absolutely embracing the The Tea Party movement. Ms. Walker, whom I saw give a statement on TV, is welcomed to give as much as she wants to donate to the school system, but I'm tapped out. I do not want to lose my house cause the school board is negligent in maintaing their buildings. (DROP THE DROP PROGRAM!) IT LITERALLY IS GOING TO BE A MATTER OF IF I TAKE MY MEDICATION or pay Ms. Walker's new property taxes. - Hope Thu, 30 Jun 2011 05:31:02 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8571-against-all-odds-lpsb-voting-on-tax-props#comment-19199 Mz Walker, these are NOT my schools & I'm totally against giving the LPSB ANY more of my money to waste. Sorry. Close down some of those specialty schools, start school on a later date (have the laws changed since test scores have NOT improved in 20 yrs), go to a 4 day week if you have to, but DO NOT TAKE ANY MORE PROPERTY TAXES FROM ME!!! I will never support any more LPSB taxes until that entity is more fiscally responsible with that money. Ms. Walker, the LPSB has NOT maintained the schools so WHY THE HELL SHOULD I BELIEVE THEY CAN BE TRUSTED TO DO SO WITH MORE MONEY AND MORE SCHOOLS? YOU GIVE THEM ALL THE MONEY YOU WANT BUT DON'T TAKE ANY MORE OF MINE. THANK YOU. - Ugiveit Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:15:54 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8571-against-all-odds-lpsb-voting-on-tax-props#comment-19192 Northsidian, you are correct about "quality teachers who have educational skills to teach"!!! Several years ago, my GED mother got a job "tutoring" @ Myrtle Place Elem. after school hours, twice a week for an hr each day. She quit after a few weeks because she had a child with a behaviorial problem that she was not trained to deal with. She was shown the books, but was never given any training and was certainly not educated in spec ed and had no educational training much less a degree in education. She felt as if she would do more harm than good and refused to suck a paycheck from the educational system. So I'm not real inclined to trust the Laf Parish educational system.... - BoFred Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:14:53 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8571-against-all-odds-lpsb-voting-on-tax-props#comment-19171 DAS AH GIMME, Even Lafayette voters can get it right after being flim-flammed over and over by the LPSB, No more asinine taxes, taxes which are never dedicated for their original purpose, which always seem to be put to use on failed programs, *baby sitting for Wal-Mart moms shopping outings, etc. HaH, the joke is always surfacing, *Special K programs and the LPSB failure to use tax monies to upgrade facility's, or to provide quality teachers who have the educational skills to teach our young, Oh, and I could go on and on and on with pointing out the sorry state of our state's educational system, and the mismanagement of educational funds which have never arrived at the neediest point. - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:04:47 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8571-against-all-odds-lpsb-voting-on-tax-props#comment-19148 I hope this initiative does not go through. I'm sure if it doesn't the LPSB will dog us to death, vote after vote, till it dogs us into giving in. What is it with education that it refuses to be fiscally responsible???? From the bus driver, ON THE DROP PROGRAM, I MIGHT ADD (What special degree do you have to get to drive a bus??? That's just sucking the taxpayers to the bone!) - to the clerks in the administrative office, they absolutley disregard the tax paying public. And to such a ENORMOUS extent? PRE K IS NOT A NECESSITY. THE DROP PROGRAM IS A SHAM! SPECIALTY SCHOOLS ARE A HOAX; go to trade school or college! LPSB should be told to maintain what is has within the budget it has and quit adding to the tax burden of home owners. I hope Lafayette parish homeowners turn out to vote in favor of keeping their homes! - Hope Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:29:12 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8571-against-all-odds-lpsb-voting-on-tax-props#comment-19141 Never has Tax money for Teacher's raises ever been directed towards this end result, the LPSB has always managed to divert the monies to their special pork projects. HELL, NO MORE TAXES ! - NORTHSIDIAN SHOTGUN Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:50:29 +0100