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Broome selects Gissel as CAO of Baton Rouge
Posted on 10/13/17 at 11:57 am
Posted on 10/13/17 at 11:57 am
We gonna talk about this?
Broome selects Gissel as CAO of Baton Rouge
Hayride's analysis was that it was a payoff like Dardenne. Not sure I buy that.
I am very pleased with this move. I have moved from pessimistic to cautiously optimistic.
What say the Baton Rouge area members of the PT board?
Broome selects Gissel as CAO of Baton Rouge
Hayride's analysis was that it was a payoff like Dardenne. Not sure I buy that.
I am very pleased with this move. I have moved from pessimistic to cautiously optimistic.
What say the Baton Rouge area members of the PT board?
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Posted on 10/13/17 at 12:05 pm to BigJim
Baton Rouge is on a downward trajectory anyway.
The whites are in the surrounding parishes.
ETA: its just a fact jack.
Baton rouge is moving towards the typical American inner city model. not sure why the truth is hurting feelings.
The whites are in the surrounding parishes.
ETA: its just a fact jack.
Baton rouge is moving towards the typical American inner city model. not sure why the truth is hurting feelings.
This post was edited on 10/13/17 at 12:24 pm
Posted on 10/13/17 at 12:07 pm to BigJim
This is a surprisingly good move by an administration that hasn't done anything right yet.
Posted on 10/13/17 at 12:08 pm to BigJim
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I am very pleased with this move.
Based on what? His qualifications?
Posted on 10/13/17 at 12:13 pm to BigJim
Gissel is a great choice. He's a really nice, smart guy who believes in this town and has a massive stake in its success (owns half the rent-houses in downtown). He is one of the main visionaries, and also the first, that transformed downtown from a Scooby-Doo ghost town after the 80's oil crunch into the visibly vibrant city center it is today. He basically single-handedly gentrified Spanish Town.
I am shocked that she picked someone so competent.
I am shocked that she picked someone so competent.
Posted on 10/13/17 at 12:39 pm to BigJim
Maybe we can talk about this board swearing it would be a black guy and it wasn't.
Posted on 10/13/17 at 12:40 pm to kingbob
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He is one of the main visionaries, and also the first, that transformed downtown from a Scooby-Doo ghost town after the 80's oil crunch into the visibly vibrant city center it is today. He basically single-handedly gentrified Spanis
Sounds like a great resume for the director of the RDA who SWB just handed to another one of her campaign backers, Chris Tyson.
I've yet to see the qualifications or experience needed for handling the day to day functions of a parish with a budget of almost $1B and near half a million in population.
Go look at the resumes of other city managers like Austin and tell me he's as qualified.
Glad he's a nice guy though. That makes up for not having a background in public administration.
Posted on 10/13/17 at 12:41 pm to Mr.Perfect
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Baton Rouge is on a downward trajectory anyway.
The whites are in the surrounding parishes.
ETA: its just a fact jack.
Baton rouge is moving towards the typical American inner city model. not sure why the truth is hurting feelings.
It's not like I want any of the above to be true, but its spot on.
BR is just years away from being another cliche inner city wholly consumed by incompetency and crime.
Posted on 10/13/17 at 1:05 pm to swamie
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Sounds like a great resume for the director of the RDA who SWB just handed to another one of her campaign backers, Chris Tyson.
I've yet to see the qualifications or experience needed for handling the day to day functions of a parish with a budget of almost $1B and near half a million in population.
Go look at the resumes of other city managers like Austin and tell me he's as qualified.
Glad he's a nice guy though. That makes up for not having a background in public administration.
It's a good move politically too though. Broome went hard after the SJW crowd after the election. I guess to secure her base?
No mention of the turribleness of the Council on Aging. Every comment has been geared toward north baton rouge. Her first big initiative was a tax increase.
Gissel is hardly far right wing, but by picking a white moderate/republican, she at least has a chance to get heard by the half of the parish she was ignoring.
And he really does know a lot about Baton Rouge government (albeit from the outside). Not every nook and cranny, but public works and planning and taxes (since he was a developer). That's a pretty good base to start.
Posted on 10/13/17 at 1:23 pm to BigJim
You missed the discussion on the OT board.
I questioned whether or not Gissel would be a good department head/administrator because he had never been one.
I also think it could be a signal that Broome is seeing the error of her ways and this is an effort to get the BRAC/BRAF/downtown crowd on her side after her early efforts to govern failed miserably.
Apparently she sees that she needs help and this is a way to legitimize her administration.
It will work if city-parish services improve along with the crime rate, and the cop thing works out.
I questioned whether or not Gissel would be a good department head/administrator because he had never been one.
I also think it could be a signal that Broome is seeing the error of her ways and this is an effort to get the BRAC/BRAF/downtown crowd on her side after her early efforts to govern failed miserably.
Apparently she sees that she needs help and this is a way to legitimize her administration.
It will work if city-parish services improve along with the crime rate, and the cop thing works out.
Posted on 10/13/17 at 2:00 pm to BigJim
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Broome selects Gisele as CAO of Baton Rouge
FIFY
Solid choice.
Posted on 10/13/17 at 2:09 pm to kingbob
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He basically single-handedly gentrified Spanish Town.
This will be his problem. The NBR Economic Redevelopment folks will fight anything this guy does that's contrary to anything they want. And his race, gender, and economic status will be the main focus as they will insist that it is some sort of conspiracy.
Posted on 10/13/17 at 2:41 pm to BigJim
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It's a good move politically too though.
Don't disagree with that just by seeing the reactions of those who that felt smart voting for him because he was an independent.
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Not every nook and cranny, but public works and planning and taxes (since he was a developer). That's a pretty good base to start.
Will concede that as well, but I know a little about the UDC and certain codes in Baton Rouge too. Throw a rock at a Builders Association meeting and you'll find someone with those qualifications.
Just because someone turned a crime problem around by leading the Neighborhood Watch doesn't mean they would make a good police chief either.
A city as large as Baton Rouge deserves better, especially given the problems we face and the incompetent leadership he'll have to answer to.
This post was edited on 10/13/17 at 2:42 pm
Posted on 10/13/17 at 3:04 pm to BigJim
Darryl Gissel is a smart guy. Great choice.
Posted on 10/13/17 at 3:11 pm to swamie
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Sounds like a great resume for the director of the RDA who SWB just handed to another one of her campaign backers, Chris Tyson.
Tyson is highly competent as well, even if he is politically partisan. He is a renowned law professor and urban planner who specializes in real estate and urban redevelopment. Race-baiting politics aside, Chris Tyson is probably the most competent possible RDA Director anywhere near Baton Rouge.
This post was edited on 10/13/17 at 3:16 pm
Posted on 10/13/17 at 3:42 pm to swamie
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Go look at the resumes of other city managers like Austin and tell me he's as qualified.
The way Austin’s city government is setup needs an actual city manager. EBR CAO needs more than just experience with managing a municipal budget.
Posted on 10/13/17 at 4:35 pm to Mr.Perfect
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Baton rouge is moving towards the typical American inner city model. not sure why the truth is hurting feelings.
Baton Rouge is the new New Orleans.
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