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re: Add $1 to every LSU and Southern football game ticket to pay for BR to NOLA rail?
Posted on 4/25/23 at 8:41 am to Mr.Perfect
Posted on 4/25/23 at 8:41 am to Mr.Perfect
Will provide easier movement of thugs from both cities to infiltrate smaller towns, etc. How about take 2% of the annual pay from our beloved politicians and take a royalt fee from the Pelicans and Saints tickets?
Why just Baton Rouge based teams? How about Tulane (oh, that's right that would be all 350 screaming fans) and UNO?
Why just Baton Rouge based teams? How about Tulane (oh, that's right that would be all 350 screaming fans) and UNO?
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Posted on 4/25/23 at 8:57 am to Mr.Perfect
I like infrastructure but lets be real, it would ultimately just be another place for crime to occur
Posted on 4/25/23 at 9:30 am to Mr.Perfect
Sat a.m. gameday train ride from Nola to BR would be lit
Posted on 4/25/23 at 12:54 pm to Mr.Perfect
It died because just like always new orleans wants the benefit without paying the tax. Saints/Pels millionaire should be funding this
Posted on 4/25/23 at 1:09 pm to MrWalkingMan
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Should make the saints do this. Taxpayers have been paying to keep them here for years anyway
Think you’d be in for a ride awakening if they left for San Antonio …
Posted on 4/25/23 at 2:02 pm to Sleepy_Tiger
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Nola Politics / Problems in BR
Of course there will have to be NOLA/BR Rail Commission with political appointees that would have the public's best interest as their only reason to serve on said commission.
Posted on 4/25/23 at 2:06 pm to ninthward
This train sounds like the kind of think you take once just for the fun of it then never again. It'll turn to trash in no time at all once nobody rides it anymore
Posted on 4/25/23 at 2:10 pm to Mr.Perfect
add about $100 to every landowner in a tax subsidy. Commuter trains are a drag on money. If 5-7% of the population does not ride everyday you are losing money and taxes have to prop it up. Louisiana will be lucky if they get 2% ridership.25 would be about 20,000-30,000 out of the populations between NOLA and Baton Rouge. And you have no park and ride locations yet.
Posted on 4/25/23 at 2:25 pm to Mr.Perfect
Dude thought out the box to try and get something done that he believed had merit or benefit for citizens. It didn’t make it out of committee, but, apparently has folks talking about non-traditional ways to generate funds for infrastructure outside of tolls with 30 year sunsets.
Posted on 4/25/23 at 2:39 pm to Hmerly
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Our government cannot spend money in any whatsoever way responsibly. Get your head out of the sand and fight against any and all such proposals.
This is why you will sit in traffic the rest of your life, and your children will sit in traffic their whole lives etc. You have to trust government and pay taxes for good things like public transportation, thats just the way it works. It's sad that Louisiana voters never want to pay for public works and everyone suffers.
But hey I live in Houston where we regularly vote for things like light rail. Try it the next time youre here its awesome, you can park next to Hermann park, take the rail to the game and be back nice and easy.
Posted on 4/25/23 at 3:44 pm to Jabontik
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You have to trust government and pay taxes for good things like public transportation, thats just the way it works.
LOL
And again, our politicians need to focus any and all dollars on building a new bridge for the BR area
Posted on 4/25/23 at 5:10 pm to LSUSkip
Thugs lurking around train stations would love this.
Posted on 4/25/23 at 5:31 pm to Jabontik
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This is why you will sit in traffic the rest of your life, and your children will sit in traffic their whole lives etc. You have to trust government and pay taxes for good things like public transportation, thats just the way it works. It's sad that Louisiana voters never want to pay for public works and everyone suffers.
But hey I live in Houston where we regularly vote for things like light rail. Try it the next time youre here its awesome, you can park next to Hermann park, take the rail to the game and be back nice and easy.
What total nonsense there is more than enough money to make it work already. Why would support even an extra cent in taxes is beyond me
Posted on 4/25/23 at 5:35 pm to Pelican fan99
I dunno man. Infrastructure costs are crazy. Let’s just do this thing and see how it goes. There’s tons more waste in government than something solid like a railroad.
$1/game isn’t oppressive.
$1/game isn’t oppressive.
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