Comments for Government Intervention at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.theind.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:47:47 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/9899-government-intervention-#comment-25925 Before anyone takes any offense to my comment, try it on for size, if it does not fit you, then it is not directed towards you, and yours, if it does describe you and fits you then wear it, it was send for you. - chano leal Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:35:30 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/9899-government-intervention-#comment-25924 It is not a hidden, nor even camaflagued agenda by Durel and his cronys. the Lafayette Administration was nowhere to be found when Davidson, Lastrapes, T-Joe and a few other two-bit players involved in the biggest scam ever against the citizens of Lafayette parish, we're talking the Enfamous Horse Farm swap for Davidson property between Lastrapes and as I said a few two-bit thiefs, the scam was scuttled thanks in part to the public outcry of the citizens of the parish. It was certainly not because the city's residents have ever stood and rebuffed the Lafayette Parish Administration, hah, after all wolfs and lambs never partner up in any cause, surely not for the betterment of any residents of this parish. You can believe that everytime the wind changes and begins to blow across the Lafayette from the south it will bring with it the stench of decadence from the administrations headquarters emanating over the parish like a disease of greediness coupled with the foul odor of low-life antics by inbred thieves. - chano leal Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:30:18 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/9899-government-intervention-#comment-25923 "How does one measure a man's contribution to his community? Is it the land he gives for a hospital, for an auditorium, for an art center? Is it in the philanthropy that gives support to every worthy cause presented to him? Is it in the generous individual donations he makes to those more direly in need? Is it in the buildings he builds that are centers of employment and a source of prosperity for the city in which he has placed his faith. A man's contribution to his community is all these things and more. It consists of desire to help the lot his fellow man. It is a wish that is common to every man. That longing to improve one's station in life but to which is added a lifetime of effort to help others improve theirs as well." This is the plaque that is in the Maurice Heymann Memorial park. This is the park the City is trying to make commercial. This is the museum and auditorium that Mr. Heymann gave all of us in the City to enjoy and the City now wants it to be commercial. Even the Lafayette General Hospital benefited greatly from Mr. Heymann. This is the hospital trying to buy the land after the city steals it. This is the City Mr. Heymann put his FAITH in. The men that came after Mr. Heymann, Mr. Davidson and Mr. Durel have no grace or values like the man that came before them. The City that Mr Heymann loved has now sued all of us in the Girard Park area. Davidson and the City both sued the people living near Girard Park without the common decency to ask how we felt about their plans. Who knows, maybe those of us who live here would have allowed some of the land to be available to Lafayette General as we have always helped the hospital whenever they came to us. We will never know, as they simply sued us thinking we would not have the resources to stop them. I wonder what they will do with Mr. Maurice Heymann's plaque. This generous man will be forgotten completely after the Robber Barons finish pillaging the beautiful Girard Park area. Those of us in this area will fight with all our resources but even that might not be enough to save the park. Mr. Davidson claims he has over 50% of residents agreeing to his plan. That is true, but the names on his list included MANY who died years ago. A dead man's vote should not count especially if they had been dead for a very long time. That is what Davidson and the City want. That is why they have joined hands to defeat us. Let's save this land for all the students at UL who love it, all the joggers, the tennis players, the dog walkers, the children on the playground equipment, the festivals that happen there. A man that has a hidden a plastic factory in his backyard for years illegally and then gets it grandfathered in because "he hid it for so long" should not be allowed to decide what should go around our park. A mayor that runs the city and allows that city to sue residents around the park without explaining what is going on will never be someone you can trust. Jacklyn Sonnier Hirshberg - Jacklyn Hirshberg Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:24:07 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/9899-government-intervention-#comment-25893 What about the Lafayette in a Century that everyone is talking about. Are the powers that be trying to do a end around?????? Something smells, and it is the smell of #@!% starting to cover the mushrooms!!! - Michael A. Moss Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:01:54 +0100