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re: Rispone is bludgeoning JBE with the Trump ads
Posted on 10/21/19 at 11:00 am to chalmetteowl
Posted on 10/21/19 at 11:00 am to chalmetteowl
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Posted on 10/21/19 at 11:06 am to LSURussian
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I'm going to vote for him. Or, truthfully, I'm going to vote AGAINST JBE.
But Rispone is the biggest political black hole in our history when it comes to information about what he would do as governor.
You are not wrong. It might have been you that pointed out why. He wants just enough info to get people on board, but not enough to push them away.
For example:
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"Cut taxes" is not a plan. "I'll reduce the top income tax rate" would be a plan.
People can get behind cutting taxes. But if you say you want to reduce the top tax rate, people with lower incomes will complain. "Why do the wealthy get all the cuts! You don't care about the little people!"
Etc, etc.
Given that he is running against JBE, he can kinda get away with it. If the runoff was between Rispone and Abraham they couldn't just get by on "I am a conservative and pro-trump." They would need more details.
That said I personally would like more details. If he gets elected he needs to govern. So he needs to be able to claim a mandate.
What I would REALLY like to see is more about how he would reform education and workforce development. This is an area he knows a lot about probably even more than the current governor. If he can can open up another front on JBE he would seal the deal, imho.
Posted on 10/21/19 at 11:14 am to BigJim
Bottom line is, other than our football teams, this state is sucking in many categories with no obvious improvements on the horizon.
Vote the new guy in. If he is incompetent like JBE, vote him out in 2023.
Vote the new guy in. If he is incompetent like JBE, vote him out in 2023.
Posted on 10/21/19 at 11:16 am to 2Yutes
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Folks, think about this & let it sink in. 50th!
We don’t need to hear excuses for JBE. Raise your expectations & standards for the Governorship.
It’s time for change. Stop not caring about being last & losing!
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Folks, think about this & let it sink in. 50th!
We don’t need to hear excuses for JBE. Raise your expectations & standards for the Governorship.
It’s time for change. Stop not caring about being last & losing!
JBE has been governor for close to four years now, and he's had every opportunity to reform state government and state policies.
What has he done besides giving secondary and higher a little more money? There have been no reforms at all. Stats indicate just throwing money at the education hasn't worked. We have to hold educators accountable in some way. We the taxpayers need to know what we are getting for our tax dollar, and being number 50 doesn't spell success.
Posted on 10/21/19 at 12:02 pm to doubleb
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We have to hold educators accountable in some way.
Better yet, why not hold parents and students accountable?That is where 90% of the problem rests.
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We the taxpayers need to know what we are getting for our tax dollar, and being number 50 doesn't spell success.
You are right, but at the end of the day you'll continue to bitch about the "thieves" in Baton Rouge and how they are stealing without realizing that you, the taxpayer actually voted for a lot of the ballot initiatives that hamstring the governor AND the state legislature from allocating funds to areas that need it without raising taxes.
Posted on 10/21/19 at 12:46 pm to doubleb
quote:If we want to see improvement in our schools we have to hold PARENTS accountable in "some way."
We have to hold educators accountable in some way.
Posted on 10/21/19 at 1:16 pm to KiwiHead
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Better yet, why not hold parents and students accountable?That is where 90% of the problem rests.
Well then hold educators accountable for 10%, but when I hear a public school principal I know talk about how he can’t get rid of tenured teachers that are bad and how discipline reports have to be handled as not to look bad then I worry it’s more than 10% of the problem.
As far as students and parents go; other than grades and discipline how can you hold a student accountable? We need to do that of course. But what can you do to the parents?
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You are right, but at the end of the day you'll continue to bitch about the "thieves" in Baton Rouge and how they are stealing without realizing that you, the taxpayer actually voted for a lot of the ballot initiatives that hamstring the governor AND the state legislature from allocating funds to areas that need it without raising taxes.
I didn’t vote to hamstring the governor. Maybe you did, but I did not. If Edwards believes his hands are tied shouldn’t he try to reform education?
This post was edited on 10/21/19 at 1:33 pm
Posted on 10/21/19 at 1:18 pm to LSURussian
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If we want to see improvement in our schools we have to hold PARENTS accountable in "some way."
If we could, we should; however, unlike educators the parents do not work for the govt.
What could you do to make parents care about and push their children’s education?
Posted on 10/21/19 at 1:33 pm to doubleb
quote:It's obvious you've never actually worked in a public school classroom. I have as a VIPS (Volunteer in Public School).
If we could, we should; however, unlike educators the parents do not work for the govt.
So, it's the teacher's fault when a third grader refuses to do what the teacher tells him to do by yelling at the teacher, "You can't tell me what to do, bitch!"??
It's time for the parents to be brought in and told either discipline the child or the kid is kicked out of school. And if the kid is kicked out of school and the parents refuse to do anything about it, then the parents need to be locked up and/or fined for encouraging truancy. And make it so that school fines against a parent can be deducted from their government benefits in a kind of garnishment.
But right now, if a child is expelled, it counts negative points against the school's letter grade rating.
Posted on 10/21/19 at 1:48 pm to LSURussian
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It's obvious you've never actually worked in a public school classroom. I have as a VIPS (Volunteer in Public School).
So, it's the teacher's fault when a third grader refuses to do what the teacher tells him to do by yelling at the teacher, "You can't tell me what to do, bitch!"??
It's time for the parents to be brought in and told either discipline the child or the kid is kicked out of school. And if the kid is kicked out of school and the parents refuse to do anything about it, then the parents need to be locked up and/or fined for encouraging truancy. And make it so that school fines against a parent can be deducted from their government benefits in a kind of garnishment.
But right now, if a child is expelled, it counts negative points against the school's letter grade rating.
Where did I ever say it’s the teacher’s fault in such an instance?
And I have no problem in instituting your solution to the problem.
And if a child is kicked out of the school, it shouldn’t count against the school’s grade.
So as a taxpayer wanting public education to be better (La. spends 28th most per student) and is ranked near the bottom on almost all if not all measures of education what should I expect from educators?
And educators are not just the teachers. They include the school boards, administrators and principals too.
We all know of teachers who do a good job, but why are they left out to dry when students act up? Why do they have to put up with the same kids acting up all the time? Why aren’t the bad teachers replaced?
You worked in a school so tell me why is it so bad in EBR?
Posted on 10/21/19 at 2:52 pm to udtiger
JBE can only hope to increase the turnout from Orleans Parish. The primary turnout was relatively low.
He has a real uphill battle but I suspect that there will be some tricks up his sleeve along the way
He has a real uphill battle but I suspect that there will be some tricks up his sleeve along the way
Posted on 10/21/19 at 4:44 pm to LSURussian
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But Rispone is the biggest political black hole in our history when it comes to information about what he would do as governor.
So, 8 years of a Cuck RINO at war with the House conservatives or 4 years of gridlock ending with a consolidated and unified GOP.
Sounds like an easy choice.
Posted on 10/21/19 at 5:30 pm to Rock the Casbah
quote:Edwards is a Dem.
So, 8 years of a Cuck RINO
Posted on 10/21/19 at 5:36 pm to LSURussian
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Edwards is a Dem.
and Rispone is a “Republican”. Thanks for the tip.
Posted on 10/21/19 at 5:40 pm to Rock the Casbah
quote:So who is the 'cuck RINO' you referred to?
Edwards is a Dem.
and Rispone is a “Republican”. Thanks for the tip.
Posted on 10/21/19 at 5:42 pm to LSURussian
lol - there’s only two candidates, so...
Posted on 10/22/19 at 7:32 am to Rock the Casbah
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and Rispone is a “Republican”.
thank you
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