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Bring Kip Holden Back

Posted on 10/28/22 at 10:20 pm
Posted by TigerInHaiti
Member since Oct 2018
29 posts
Posted on 10/28/22 at 10:20 pm
That is all.
Posted by TigerOnTheMountain
Higher Elevation
Member since Oct 2014
41773 posts
Posted on 10/28/22 at 10:24 pm to
No kidding. I was at a party once with Kip and he was complaining about a headache. I told him I had some Tylenol he could have if he needed it. He said yeah, I’ll take it, but I ain’t picking the cotton out

Posted by facher08
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
5154 posts
Posted on 10/28/22 at 10:25 pm to
His health is not good.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
150930 posts
Posted on 10/28/22 at 10:26 pm to
even william holden would be an improvement
Posted by supadave3
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2005
31168 posts
Posted on 10/28/22 at 10:29 pm to
quote:

His health is not good.


I hate to hear that. I had the pleasure of serving cold beverages to Kip at 2 different establishments over the years. He is a very nice and personable guy. Very genuine, very humble. I also thought he did a damn good job as Mayor. Downtown was back. Conventions at the River Center, strong Police.

We need Kip back. Does he still own that bar in Baker?
This post was edited on 10/28/22 at 10:30 pm
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
70402 posts
Posted on 10/28/22 at 10:29 pm to
quote:

even william holden would be an improvement
Would you be mad as hell and not going to take it anymore if I told you that you got to know when to Holden?
Posted by LordSaintly
Member since Dec 2005
40654 posts
Posted on 10/28/22 at 10:30 pm to
Posted by 3nOut
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Jan 2013
30787 posts
Posted on 10/28/22 at 10:31 pm to
Sometimes I’m fully convinced that we’ll always take a previous version of our political opponents over the current version.

e.g. leftists today look more kindly on Bush, McCain, and Romney than they do Trump. There’s already articles about DeSantis being worst than Trump. I look more kindly on Obama than I do Biden. I look more kindly on Clinton than either of them.
This post was edited on 10/28/22 at 10:32 pm
Posted by Rekrul
Member since Feb 2007
8774 posts
Posted on 10/28/22 at 10:33 pm to
Kip set up near us at a live music thing they had going on in downtown BR years ago, bullshitted with him for almost an hour. He’s a solid down to earth guy and was a fantastic mayor.
Posted by TigerOnTheMountain
Higher Elevation
Member since Oct 2014
41773 posts
Posted on 10/28/22 at 10:36 pm to
He really is a good guy. I was 19 I think at the time of that story. My parents were hosting some party and me and buddies were there with our gf’s for clout trying to get laid and he made a point to bullshite with us all. Kip is the only democrat I would vote for. But he’s not really a democrat by todays standards.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
68304 posts
Posted on 10/28/22 at 10:36 pm to
My mother loves her some Kip Holden.
Posted by REB BEER
Laffy Yet
Member since Dec 2010
17140 posts
Posted on 10/28/22 at 10:37 pm to
I had a mutual friend with Kip when I lived in BR. Our friend used to have pretty big parties at his house that Kip attended. This was before he was mayor and he was a really nice guy. But he did run with a “ghetto” type of crowd.

But Kip was always a very down to earth type of guy.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
150930 posts
Posted on 10/28/22 at 10:41 pm to
quote:

I look more kindly on Obama than I do Biden
let's not go overboard
Posted by Giantkiller
the internet.
Member since Sep 2007
23488 posts
Posted on 10/28/22 at 10:43 pm to
Kip was the best mayor BR has had in my 40+ year lifetime. He was a genuine guy who honestly loved and cared for Baton Rouge. I miss him and I swear I'd vote for him for life if it was possible for him to hold office here that long.

The mayorship should beg to have even half of whatever Kip had to make the wheels turn here. He was a treasure and his time at the helm is missed dearly.
Posted by RammrJammr87
Le Moyne, AL
Member since Sep 2019
13 posts
Posted on 10/28/22 at 10:44 pm to
I saw Kip Holden at a Rouses one time. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
Posted by TigerInHaiti
Member since Oct 2018
29 posts
Posted on 10/28/22 at 10:48 pm to
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
108194 posts
Posted on 10/28/22 at 10:58 pm to
You're not being very racist saying that.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
150930 posts
Posted on 10/28/22 at 11:02 pm to
quote:

TigerInHaiti
haiti's gonna hate
Posted by Cycledude
Member since Jul 2018
1991 posts
Posted on 10/28/22 at 11:03 pm to
He never let being married keep him from having an active dating life. He did seem like a good mayor though, and loved being in the spotlight!
Posted by TexHoss
BR
Member since Mar 2008
438 posts
Posted on 10/28/22 at 11:07 pm to
"Put Nuss in!"
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