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re: EPA claims no knowledge of Mayor Broome’s stormwater utility fee NDA
Posted on 10/19/22 at 7:20 am to teke184
Posted on 10/19/22 at 7:20 am to teke184
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Fee is off the docket and SWB has thrown the parish attorney under the bus for the situation
Who thinks the "new buisness" part of the meeting will be brief?
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Posted on 10/19/22 at 7:26 am to udtiger
I think Lamont Cole is going to attempt to eject anyone attempting to discuss this situation issue claiming that it isn’t on the docket.
May work in the short term but will keep the issue simmering and will highlight the eligibility issues for his Council seat which could result in him being temporarily removed and losing the Pro Teme spot in the process.
May work in the short term but will keep the issue simmering and will highlight the eligibility issues for his Council seat which could result in him being temporarily removed and losing the Pro Teme spot in the process.
Posted on 10/19/22 at 8:09 am to teke184
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WBRZ has asked each Metro Council member how they plan to vote on the fee:
District 1: Brandon Noel - Undecided, but leaning no
District 2: Chauna Banks -
District 3: Rowdy Gaudet - Waiting to decide until public meeting Thursday
District 4: Aaron Moak - No
District 5: Darryl Hurst
Chauna being a blank is about perfect. She probably had no idea what they were even asking her about
Posted on 10/19/22 at 8:15 am to udtiger
We all can see Broome set up thus NDA so she could control the narrative.
Major questions:
What is she hiding? Is there really a deadline? She’s been mayor fir six years. Why hasn’t she produced a SWP?
Exactly what does the Fed want EBR Parish to do? Control pollution? Flood control? What?
How much money would it take to accomplish that? How can anyone know unless you know what the Feds want?
How much does EBR have in Federal grants presently and what were the plans for that money? Why isn’t that considered before a massive tax is passed?
Who designed that web page that indicated how much each property owner would pay and how much did it cost us?
Major questions:
What is she hiding? Is there really a deadline? She’s been mayor fir six years. Why hasn’t she produced a SWP?
Exactly what does the Fed want EBR Parish to do? Control pollution? Flood control? What?
How much money would it take to accomplish that? How can anyone know unless you know what the Feds want?
How much does EBR have in Federal grants presently and what were the plans for that money? Why isn’t that considered before a massive tax is passed?
Who designed that web page that indicated how much each property owner would pay and how much did it cost us?
Posted on 10/19/22 at 8:17 am to BilJ
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District 3: Rowdy Gaudet - Waiting to decide until public meeting Thursday
The man needs to stand up. Is he owned by the city hall crowd, or will he represent his district? We shall see Thursday.
This post was edited on 10/19/22 at 8:24 am
Posted on 10/19/22 at 8:17 am to djangochained
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HNTB is not local based on their website
They have a large BR office.
Posted on 10/19/22 at 8:19 am to doubleb
Broome and the democrats got caught with their pants down. What i find funny about Broome's response:
I wonder if Broome is going to now consider "not a journalist" and Murrow award winner Kiran Chawla, a journalist considering SHE is the reason this story broke. Not complicit WAFB, WBRZ, or the advocate, all trash leftist news sources.
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Today, a series of events have unfolded regarding the City-Parish effort to address compliance issues related to stormwater management.
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As the parish's chief legal counsel, we rely on the information they provide regarding the details of the NDA and its parties.
Unfortunately, an assessment of that information and that which has come to light today, has led me to the conclusion that I was misinformed regarding the federal involvement related to the NDA.
I wonder if Broome is going to now consider "not a journalist" and Murrow award winner Kiran Chawla, a journalist considering SHE is the reason this story broke. Not complicit WAFB, WBRZ, or the advocate, all trash leftist news sources.
Posted on 10/19/22 at 8:24 am to PhiTiger1764
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They have a large BR office.
They donate to local campaigns
Posted on 10/19/22 at 8:25 am to doubleb
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What is she hiding? Is there really a deadline?
It is apparent, and even admitted by Broome, there was no October 26 deadline. She said there was some EPA deadline but gave no indication of when that was.
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Exactly what does the Fed want EBR Parish to do? Control pollution? Flood control? What?
Has nothing to do with flood control. This is some EPA bullshite "stormwater runoff pollution". Basically, EPA red tape that while under Broome's tenure, we became out of compliance.
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How much money would it take to accomplish that? How can anyone know unless you know what the Feds want?
They never did a single study, consultation, or review of diagnosing 1) the cause 2) mitigation options 3) funding options. The fact they did NONE OF THIS, and was trying to force a fee as fast as possible, tells me and anyone with a brain, that Broome was trying to create a slush fund for a friend and get some healthy kickbacks once out of office. This reeks of corruption.
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How much does EBR have in Federal grants presently and what were the plans for that money? Why isn’t that considered before a massive tax is passed?
That has been Graves' big thing. He said we just got $1 billion in federal grants, and we should have been in discussion with the EPA/DOJ in using those funds for this. He also stated, he spoke with the EPA/DOJ and they are very willing to work with us and provide suggestions on how to be in compliance. Even more proof that what Broome was doing was 100% corrupt and the ugly bitch got caught.
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Who designed that web page that indicated how much each property owner would pay and how much did it cost us?
New HNTB consultant to the mayor, Baron Shroome.
Posted on 10/19/22 at 8:25 am to doubleb
Didn’t he work for broome? He seems like a huge pussy
Posted on 10/19/22 at 8:26 am to doubleb
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"Is he owned by the city hall crowd"
He was chief administrative officer to Mayor Broome before he became a councilman. He is the definition of "being owned by the city hall crowd". He will be act non committal at first before placing his rubber stamp on whatever the mayor's office proposes.
Posted on 10/19/22 at 8:26 am to BugAC
1000% correct
It stinks
It stinks
Posted on 10/19/22 at 8:28 am to doubleb
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Who designed that web page that indicated how much each property owner would pay and how much did it cost us?
This is a good question. I sold a property in BR 9 months ago and I was still listed as the name on the stormwater fee. I'm assuming they either cloned the EBR tax assessor's office website or received a data dump from EBR tax assessor. Would be nice if low hanging fruit Nakamoto (this shite is right up his alley) could put a mic in front of the EBR tax assessor just to see if we can at least start to get some answers.
Posted on 10/19/22 at 8:32 am to Tomatocantender
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This is a good question. I sold a property in BR 9 months ago and I was still listed as the name on the stormwater fee. I'm assuming they either cloned the EBR tax assessor's office website or received a data dump from EBR tax assessor. Would be nice if low hanging fruit Nakamoto (this shite is right up his alley) could put a mic in front of the EBR tax assessor just to see if we can at least start to get some answers.
Obviously thus plan was started months ago, and under cover; but then was rushed out under the guise that the Feds were about to do us in.
There needs to be a real investigation.
Posted on 10/19/22 at 8:33 am to Tomatocantender
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Would be nice if low hanging fruit Nakamoto (this shite is right up his alley) could put a mic in front of the EBR tax assessor just to see if we can at least start to get some answers.
Has Nakamoto done any investigative pieces on EBR bureaucrats? He seems content with cat fashion shows rather than investigating corruption.
Let the real investigative journalist do her work. She's, literally, the only journalist that does her job in this state.
This post was edited on 10/19/22 at 8:34 am
Posted on 10/19/22 at 8:35 am to doubleb
so does every engineering firm in BR
Program Management is way more lucrative than actual design and engineering to these clowns
Program Management is way more lucrative than actual design and engineering to these clowns
Posted on 10/19/22 at 8:35 am to doubleb
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What is she hiding? Is there really a deadline?
She knows there will be scrutiny and public response to another tax. They're trying to avoid having real public input by creating an emergent scenario and then adding on layers (like the unnecessary NDA) their media mouthpieces will trumpet so the policy will pass without conflict or examination.
All governments want more power and money from their constituents. The problem is constituents don't always want to give them the power/money. This was a workaround to try to enact a tax without allowing the public to know anything or participate.
The legacy media in BR is the real villain. Not only do they continue to refuse to actually report on this shady government, but they willingly promote half truth talking points on behalf of the government to pacify the population.
Posted on 10/19/22 at 8:38 am to SlowFlowPro
The ballot box and the justice system are supposed to be checks on politicians.
If those don’t work, someone’s eventually going to find a workaround.
If those don’t work, someone’s eventually going to find a workaround.
Posted on 10/19/22 at 8:44 am to djangochained
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so does every engineering firm in BR Program Management is way more lucrative than actual design and engineering to these clowns
Understood
Donations
Jobs for friends
Jobs for friend’s businesses
C-P has money for all that, but no money to pay the cops, clean ditches or fix sinkholes.
Posted on 10/19/22 at 8:50 am to teke184
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The ballot box and the justice system are supposed to be checks on politicians.
There is a tipping point, though. Even if you don't elect high positions in the justice system, a dominant party will be the ones appointing them (see: Murphy Paul).
That is Louisiana's problem, generally. We are passed the tipping point and I don't think there is anything we can do to swing it back. Our incredibly high population share of lower class mentality people prevents any real development (because they destroy whatever is located wherever they are). This prevents population influx of people who will improve things. This creates an exodus of native population who could improve things, which increases the population share of the LCMs.
It's a death spiral.
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