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re: Opinions on Kip Holden
Posted on 12/16/14 at 12:34 pm to Blue Velvet
Posted on 12/16/14 at 12:34 pm to Blue Velvet
My goal is to do one at 60.
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Posted on 12/16/14 at 12:34 pm to Jay Quest
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Posted on 12/16/14 at 12:35 pm to kingbob
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If you were in college in the late 90s-2007 or so, I can completely understand your opinion. However, Baton Rouge has done a complete 180 since then. It's actually almost ironically cool now. Downtown is unrecognizable compared to 10 years ago. Murders are down, food choices are up, entire neighborhoods are being gentrified all over the place, government street is booming, Nicholson is completely transforming and getting a street car (so is Government St), even the bar scene is improving! The suburbs and ghettos still suck arse, but that's kind of par for the course.
Some improvements are good, especially when led by business instead of government. But I am discouraged by the direction this city is going, and the fact that Obama won EBR in 2012 and Landrieu this latest election is very disappointing. Groups like Forum 35 epitomize what I dislike about what is going on in BR. I am glad I live in the St. George area and I hope that the vote is successful. Otherwise, I might be moving to Prairieville soon just to avoid my tax dollars being spent on things I don't care for or ever use, such as downtown.
This post was edited on 12/16/14 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 12/16/14 at 12:37 pm to Y.A. Tittle
quote:The vast majority of hikers are men right out of college or recent retirees. I hiked for weeks with guys that were close to 60. Also met the guy trying to break his own record for oldest hiker at 70-something. It's certainly doable and easier than you'd expect. The problem is that at 60 you have to go slower because of your age which results in more time for the wear on the mind. The mental aspect for a long hike at 60 has got to be pretty tough.
My goal is to do one at 60.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 12:41 pm to Blue Velvet
My brother did a 100 mile backpack hike in New Mexico back when he was high school. My SO and I are hoping that if we get married, that we can use our honeymoon to go to a bunch of national parks out west and hike and camp to our hearts' content.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 12:42 pm to Blue Velvet
I lived on Walnut, by that old 7-11 right by downtown. And then I managed apartments by the old Salvaggios off 28th off Baseline. Also Baseline/Manhattan and finally in Lafayette. Lived there 10 years. I take my kids back every Summer and it's their second home and Red Rocks is their shrine. My daughters think they are Boulder chicks (I know you know what I mean). My son wants to busker this Summer on the Pearl Street Mall with his guitar. They say "Dad, why did you move us away from here again?"...lol...
It is my DREAM to do the Appalachian Trail (not even the whole thing-just a 30 day hike).But alas my time is passing quickly....
The best thing I ever did was get a teaching job in Japan because I could use it as a base for cheap travel. And I met 20 guys from Western countries who thought just like me (except what you call my "Socialist" politics made me a near Neo-Nazi to them) who got me in all kinds of trouble....
It is my DREAM to do the Appalachian Trail (not even the whole thing-just a 30 day hike).But alas my time is passing quickly....
The best thing I ever did was get a teaching job in Japan because I could use it as a base for cheap travel. And I met 20 guys from Western countries who thought just like me (except what you call my "Socialist" politics made me a near Neo-Nazi to them) who got me in all kinds of trouble....
Posted on 12/16/14 at 12:43 pm to kingbob
Do it!
Posted on 12/16/14 at 12:45 pm to Lsupimp
P.S.
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Red Rocks is their shrine
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second home
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Boulder chicks
quote:I think it's great you raised your kids to smoke pot.
busker this Summer on the Pearl Street Mall with his guit
Posted on 12/16/14 at 12:55 pm to kingbob
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How did you afford that life style?
I got paid 36k for my teaching gig, and made crazy extra money teaching (like 100 an hour 20 years ago) private English classes under the table. Japanese women are STARVED for attention.
Trains and ferries are cheap. The ferry from Japan to Korea was like 100 bucks round trip back in the day and youth hostels were everywhere in Asia. It didn't take much cash to see the world. I know a guy who stayed in Japan for 25 years. He called it Camp Japan and lived like he was Camp Counselor. YA-If you want to go for real-even for like a week-we should talk. Drive to North Georgia and go for 10 days. I'll bring the Friedman you bring the Hayak. Blue Velvet can bring the Rothbard and tell us how we are no different than Marx.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 12:57 pm to Lsupimp
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YA-If you want to go for real-even for like a week-we should talk. Drive to North Georgia and go for 10 days. I'll bring the Friedman you bring the Hayak. Blue Velvet can bring the Rothbard and tell us how we are no different than Marx
This sounds like an all-time, great PT get-together, haha.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:00 pm to Lsupimp
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YA-If you want to go for real-even for like a week-we should talk. Drive to North Georgia and go for 10 days. I'll bring the Friedman you bring the Hayak. Blue Velvet can bring the Rothbard and tell us how we are no different than Marx.
I'm there. I want Friedman, though, dammit!
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:02 pm to Blue Velvet
quote:Let me be the first poster to thank you for leaving Baton Rouge.
Blue Velvet
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:03 pm to kingbob
We need to recruit about six more guys and at least one dipshit liberal who we can trade to the Hillbillies for butt sex purposes, if we run low on coffee.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:04 pm to Blue Velvet
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On the rectum. It's the worst city I've been to that isn't in the rust belt. My life's biggest regret was going to LSU in that shite hole.
You've never lived in Alexandria.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:05 pm to Lsupimp
Looks like the thread got derailed a bit but ill say I've met Kip a few times...same story super nice and very personable good guy
Oh and he LOVES the ladies...like always talking to one or two when I see him haha
Oh and he LOVES the ladies...like always talking to one or two when I see him haha
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:07 pm to Bard
Born and raised there.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:11 pm to Lsupimp
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We need to recruit about six more guys and at least one dipshit liberal who we can trade to the Hillbillies for butt sex purposes, if we run low on coffee.
Where's Rex when you need him!?
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:22 pm to Lsupimp
quote:I'd like to know who these "many people" are, excluding anyone who lives in what would be St George.
Many People (for right or wrong) now view him as largely indistinguishable from other black Democratic -Machine Mayors-
Kip takes the lead on beating down the race baiters on the CP council. When the Katrina trash moved to BR following the storm, he called them "thugs" and said the BRPD was not going to allow them to run the city. The "70802" policing project has been more successful than I ever thought it would. Baton Rouge still has crime, as does any city, but it's mainly confined to certain known areas and arrests are made almost daily.
Kip is no Eric Holder.
He has been very fiscally conservative, as evidenced by Baton Rouge being the only Louisiana city with a triple A credit rating, the highest rating possible.
He even turned against his own previous chief of staff who was running the redevelopment agency after Monsour requested guaranteed CP funding for his agency while he was making over $350,000 in total compensation. Monsour resigned and his resignation was precipitated by Holden's very critical comments of him, including saying Monsour never got his hands dirty working anywhere but would only just hold them out for money.
I voted against Kip's Downtown Disney tax proposals as did a majority of voters who voted. And I voted for Mike Walker in the last mayor's election mainly because I didn't want a lame-duck, term limited mayor in office.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:28 pm to kingbob
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If you were in college in the late 90s-2007 or so, I can completely understand your opinion. However, Baton Rouge has done a complete 180 since then
I agree with this. I'd say 2004 is when we started seeing noticeable results. As far as downtown specifically, moving the state office buildings downtown really sparked a big resurgence.
Between IBM, the hotels, condominiums, and the new grocery stores...there probably hasn't been this much investment going into downtown since I've been alive.
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Is it better than New Orleans?
To each his own. I love to visit New Orleans, but it doesn't appeal to me as a place to live....and this is coming from someone who has lived in a lot of different places.
I'd move back to Lafayette or Baton Rouge in a heartbeat though.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 1:31 pm to dewster
It's nice to see Downtown Baton Rouge become better. When I was at LSU 92-98 Downtown was dead and crime was horrible.
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