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Voting yes to more BR road taxes today is like giving O a contract extension.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 9:35 am
Posted on 12/8/18 at 9:35 am
Change my mind.
This post was edited on 12/8/18 at 9:36 am
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Posted on 12/8/18 at 9:35 am to Tshiz
I'd much rather give O a contract extension...
Posted on 12/8/18 at 9:37 am to BurningHeart
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I'd much rather give O a contract extension...
Agreed
Posted on 12/8/18 at 9:38 am to Tshiz
A yes to both would put BR on the map for decades to come.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 9:40 am to Tshiz
I cannot imagine a more haphazard comparison. You’re still guaranteed to face the reality of terrible traffic if the tax fails whereas if you don’t give O an extension, there is still the element of uncertainty of LSU football moving forward at point.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 9:43 am to c on z
Hey Sharon
Posted on 12/8/18 at 9:46 am to Tshiz
I don’t want another tax
Posted on 12/8/18 at 9:49 am to OysterPoBoy
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A yes to both would put BR on the map for decades to come.
It would certainly erase any doubt of how stupid EBR voters are
Posted on 12/8/18 at 9:54 am to Tshiz
Went and voted no to both in the rain this morning. Poll was dead. Not looking good since I’m sure the culcha is being bussed to the polls and fed lunch for going
Posted on 12/8/18 at 9:57 am to shawnlsu
quote:Truth
It would certainly erase any doubt of how stupid EBR voters are
Posted on 12/8/18 at 10:05 am to Tshiz
IIRC they had a similar ballot initiave is in the early aughts and it passed. Yet traffic has not improved. The city's design is horrible to begin with. The "Center" of town is really on the outskirts of where people want to be. North of that is all bad. Like a whole forgotten area. You have a gigantic refinery downtown, which I think is a HUGE reason why BR downtown can never develop like in most other large cities.
You have three interstates, but only one place where two intersect. You have Airline as a large ground level highway, but nothing like that in the South except Perkins and Burbank. both of which were two lane roads not all that long ago.
You have almost every street change it's names at least once. Acadian is Stanford, College is Lee and Brightside. Siegen becomes Burbank. Coursey becomes Bluebonnet. It's confusing.
The interstate is horrible as well. It is practically one lane eastbound after the bridge. It can take 3-4 hours to get to New Orleans after a LSU game. Traffic flows in no real smart direction.
They need to use a very heavy handed immanent domain land grab and design some smart corridors or the city will have another 100 years of traffic nightmares.
You have three interstates, but only one place where two intersect. You have Airline as a large ground level highway, but nothing like that in the South except Perkins and Burbank. both of which were two lane roads not all that long ago.
You have almost every street change it's names at least once. Acadian is Stanford, College is Lee and Brightside. Siegen becomes Burbank. Coursey becomes Bluebonnet. It's confusing.
The interstate is horrible as well. It is practically one lane eastbound after the bridge. It can take 3-4 hours to get to New Orleans after a LSU game. Traffic flows in no real smart direction.
They need to use a very heavy handed immanent domain land grab and design some smart corridors or the city will have another 100 years of traffic nightmares.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 10:06 am to Tshiz
Just don't ever come on here and bitch about Baton Rouge traffic.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 10:13 am to TigerGman
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Just don't ever come on here and bitch about Baton Rouge traffic.
Send me a $1k check in the mail and I'll fix your traffic problems.
Don't trust me? Oh wait...
Posted on 12/8/18 at 10:13 am to BurningHeart
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Oh wait...
Exactly. How long do we wait?
This post was edited on 12/8/18 at 10:14 am
Posted on 12/8/18 at 10:19 am to Tshiz
Heading out momentarily. To vote NO.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 10:19 am to TigerGman
I'll be heading out around lunch to turn in my vote against.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 10:26 am to Napoleon
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The interstate is horrible as well. It is practically one lane eastbound after the bridge. It can take 3-4 hours to get to New Orleans after a LSU game. Traffic flows in no real smart direction.
Ha. Consider this:
West bound on I-10 goes from
- 2 lanes before Highland
- 3 lanes at Highland
- 4 lanes at Siegen
- 3 lanes at Essen
- 2 lanes at the 10/12 flyover
- 5 lanes at the merge to College
- 4 lanes at Acadian
- 3 lanes past Acadian
- 2 lanes at then 110 split
- 4 lanes at the bridge
- 2 lanes immediately after the bridge.
And that’s AFTER millions of dollars have been spent on road improvements.
Just saying.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 10:53 am to Tshiz
The school board will probably want a tax soon.
School board will want a tax soon
Then next year they will want a drainage tax wait and see.
Not to fear our Mayor hired a new CAO, Chief Community Service CAO this month.
This persons job is to coordinate community service projects.
Our Mayor is spending money like it grows on trees.
She needs more money to hire more friends and supporters.
School board will want a tax soon
Then next year they will want a drainage tax wait and see.
Not to fear our Mayor hired a new CAO, Chief Community Service CAO this month.
This persons job is to coordinate community service projects.
Our Mayor is spending money like it grows on trees.
She needs more money to hire more friends and supporters.
This post was edited on 12/8/18 at 11:04 am
Posted on 12/8/18 at 11:10 am to Tshiz
No, voting yes is WORSE than giving O another year.
A yes vote today means a 1.1 Billion dollar commitment plus a 30 year sales tax even if the plan goes south.
On the other hand, giving O an extra year doesn't commit us to an extra year of O if things go south, it just commits us to an extra year of salary.
Pay an extra 2.5 million or so and we are through with O, but you can't get out of the tax plan no matter what.
A yes vote today means a 1.1 Billion dollar commitment plus a 30 year sales tax even if the plan goes south.
On the other hand, giving O an extra year doesn't commit us to an extra year of O if things go south, it just commits us to an extra year of salary.
Pay an extra 2.5 million or so and we are through with O, but you can't get out of the tax plan no matter what.
Posted on 12/8/18 at 11:12 am to kadillak
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I'll be heading out around lunch to turn in my vote against.
Don't forget.
Small turnout today, each vote will count more.
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