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re: What's the most corrupt city in Louisiana?
Posted on 8/12/23 at 12:42 pm to TigerWiz
Posted on 8/12/23 at 12:42 pm to TigerWiz
Seems people don’t understand the difference between corruption and incompetence.
Corruption is a form of dishonesty or a criminal offense which is undertaken by a person or an organization which is entrusted in a position of authority, in order to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's personal gain.
Incompetence is not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully.
Now an incompetent person can be corrupt, but t most of the corruption is at a state level.
Corruption is a form of dishonesty or a criminal offense which is undertaken by a person or an organization which is entrusted in a position of authority, in order to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's personal gain.
Incompetence is not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully.
Now an incompetent person can be corrupt, but t most of the corruption is at a state level.
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Posted on 8/12/23 at 1:19 pm to TigerWiz
Marc Morial and Mitch Landrieu even though extremely popular, both left town as soon as their mayoral terms ended, Ray Nagin and Oliver Thomas are no longer unjustly confined in federal prison for taking bribes, and Queen I mean Mayor Latoya Cantrell likes to spend time in the Quarter to be close to her people, honing her already impressive diplomatic skills.
Just a few examples proving it can't be New Orleans.
Just a few examples proving it can't be New Orleans.
Posted on 8/12/23 at 2:09 pm to TigerWiz
Seems like New Roads makes the paper for corruption a fairly good bit.
Posted on 8/12/23 at 2:36 pm to OKBoomerSooner
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It’s because they’re also incompetently managed that people actually want something done about it.
I’ll do you one better that really strikes at the psyche of people. It’s also (IMO moreso) because the official in question becomes an abusive rude a-hole.
Imagine the same Teedy but nice and aw shucks.
Broome seems like this.
In Tammany, Reed and Strain filed for decades but really evolved into insufferable assholes, to say the least. Then later it all comes out.
That’s my theory anyway, still to be fleshed out.
Be corrupt but cool and you’ll be okay. One exception (I think) is Eddie Price, former Mandeville Mayor. I never heard a rude or mean thing about him just that he liked his payolla shite and got taken down.
Posted on 8/12/23 at 3:14 pm to azcatiger
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Jennings
Jeff Davis 8 possibly murdered by LE, and evidence definitely burried
Posted on 8/12/23 at 3:29 pm to TigerWiz
New Orleans (Orleans Parish)
Jefferson Parish
St Bernard
St Tammany
Have the most convicted politicians than any other cities or parishes in the state
Jefferson Parish
St Bernard
St Tammany
Have the most convicted politicians than any other cities or parishes in the state
Posted on 8/12/23 at 3:36 pm to slackster
quote:fricking shite hole town if there ever was one.
Jeanerette
Only place we had to be escorted back to our bus after a game.
Posted on 8/12/23 at 3:36 pm to LSUA 75
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Rapides Parish sheriff was recently exposed for having never paid property taxes as far back as records available.His sisters didn’t pay property taxes either. The previous sheriff paid property taxes but it was a ridiculously low amount-$46.00
You will never hear me complaining about someone not paying taxes. frick the government, they don’t deserve any of my money and ain’t done shite to deserve it either. However, an LA sheriff not paying taxes when they’re the ones responsible for collection is pretty rich.
Posted on 8/12/23 at 3:38 pm to waiting4saturday
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Amite is another one- JBE & family we’re under FBI investigation.
North Tangi is bad.
From about Independence north to the state line most of those people's votes are for sale.
Here is one of shadiest characters in the Parish. Dude has been selling himself and buying votes for candidates for more than 30 years.
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Posted on 8/12/23 at 3:42 pm to Ponchy Tiger
For 30 years grambling had a corruption case annually. Seems like for the last 10 years they have been pretty clean.
Posted on 8/12/23 at 3:51 pm to TigerWiz
The Lebanese mafia run a few Louisiana cities.
Posted on 8/12/23 at 3:52 pm to TigerWiz
Not sure about most corrupt but the most racial would be Pitkin.
Posted on 8/12/23 at 4:00 pm to billjamin
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Some of those central La speed trap shite holes have to make a top 10 list.
Slow down and avoid being entraped.
Posted on 8/12/23 at 4:02 pm to TigerWiz
And the sad part is Louisianans actually vote these people in. I worked a few elections while I was at LSU (was a Poli Sci major) and the most common reason why someone voted for someone was because they or somebody else they knew were friends with the candidate's family (local elections of course). It was never about ideas or the intelligence of the candidate. This was pretty common across party, racial, or urban/rural lines.
Posted on 8/12/23 at 4:09 pm to billjamin
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Why is enforcing speed limits associated with corruption?
Because they will drop the speed quickly to get revenue for their shite hole town to run off of. Usually for the sheriff to run around like a big dog.
Not only that, they prey on the towns people. Grant Parish (and I am sure others) routinely do "Lace Details" or however it is spelled, which is they bring in the LSP for a set number of days to sit around and write as many tickets as possible to increase revenue for the Parish.
Posted on 8/12/23 at 4:15 pm to tgrbaitn08
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New Orleans (Orleans Parish) Jefferson Parish St Bernard St Tammany Have the most convicted politicians than any other cities or parishes in the state
I think corrupt politicians being convicted is a good thing. And difficult to do.
Perhaps you’re tilting on the wrong windmill.
Posted on 8/12/23 at 5:08 pm to TigerWiz
Plaquemines Parish. The whole fricking parish. Terrebonne Parish is a close second
Posted on 8/12/23 at 5:11 pm to LSU Coyote
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Central and North East part of the state.
winnfield
up the hill from ruston.
the trap just as you crest the hill at highway speed, suddenly 25.
cash
also paid cash in Mississippi for one i deserved.
neither went against my license record.
Posted on 8/12/23 at 5:31 pm to LoneStar23
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New Orleans, Latoya
Maybe. It’s definitely corrupt.
But it’s more incompetent than corrupt. It’s a close race between the two.
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