re: Some takeaways from Q&A with Eddie Rispone for Governor

Centrist on what issue????

Where do centrist stand on school choice? Where do centrist stand on a constitutional convention?

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It didn't "cost" 14.5 million. They never would have gotten any of that money without ITEP anyways, but they will get ALL of that 14.5 (and then some) once the exemptions sunset. In the mean time, I assure you, the state and local governments made far in excess of $14.5 million in increased sales and income taxes due to the economic activity generated by building the facilities which qualified for that exemption.

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Can you read? There is ITEP ((Industyial Tax Exemption Program) and there's the Industrial Tax Equalization Program.

Quit trying to be the class brain and read what I'm saying. You keep hijacking my opinion and saying something else.

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There is ITEP ((Industyial Tax Exemption Program) and there's the Industrial Tax Equalization Program.

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My apologies. Once again, we wouldn't need the Equalization Program if not for our insane inventory tax system. All the Equalization program does is make the combined state and local taxes here the same as they would be in the state the business was considering. I would like to take a deeper look at how these exemptions are gotten and how long they last for.

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Education is his number one issue, particularly school choice and vouchers, high schools partnering with trade schools, and community colleges partnering with industry.

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This sounds like a practical approach I could support

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He came out emphatically for a Constitutional Convention to change the way we fund priorities.

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This has to happen before we make any progress whatsoever as a state

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When confronted with issues he wasn't overly familiar about, he didn't bullshite, admitted he wasn't well-versed, and said that he would defer to others.

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Ok, good, but then:

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He discussed criminal justice reform, tort reform, and coastal erosion in the context of number 7.

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He came out emphatically against legalizing recreational marijuana, admitted he doesn't know anything about marijuana, and then said he wants to know more about medical applications before taking a stance on our current medicinal set-up.

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He came out emphatically against legacy lawsuits and coastal erosion lawsuits against the oil companies.

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So he doesn't know anything about these subjects, but categorically opposes recreational marijuana, and is opposed to coastal erosion lawsuits. Doesn't sound like he is differing to experts on those issues. It sounds like he is basing his opinions from a baby boomer's facebook feed.

The legacy lawsuits is from a jobs perspective. Since JBE embraced the trial lawyers in those suits, even though there's plenty of activity going on in the Gulf for oil production, it's mostly happening on the Texas side of the maritime border. Companies are actively avoiding drilling in Louisiana due to those lawsuits, and it's seriously hurting the economies of towns like Lafayette, New Iberia, Thibodaux, and Houma.

We can do that without raising one dollar in taxes. Move to a completely voucher based education system and schools will adapt to the demand.

It is unbelievably stupid to spend the $300,000 or more per classroom we spend and not have the programs we need. We waste unbelievable amounts of money on overhead and unneeded services.

Go all voucher and vocational schools will arise. (Almost all truck driving schools are private now.)

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Legalizing marijuana is so far down the list of problems in this state.

We are losing population, those remaining are having to pay more for more government, and our infrastructure is crumbling.

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If only there was a way to bring in a new, growing industry that made $9 billion in 2017 while only being utilized by 9 states and 30 medicinally.

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The addition of the Golden State is huge for the industry and Adams estimates that national marijuana sales will rise to $11 billion in 2018, and to $21 billion in 2021.

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There has to be a way to get Louisiana in on this growing soon-to-be $20 billion industry. I can't think of a way to do this, but I'm sure our elected state officials will be the spearheads for progress like they always are.

If tomorrow weed were legal nationwide the profits from weed would collapse. The revenue to the state might be similar to revenue from cigarette or liquor taxes nothing more.

The arguments for weed should not include government revenue. It is an individual freedom issue.

We really should not tax inventory.

I support ending the homestead exemption, the industrial tax exemption and reforming the farmstead exemption while holding tax collections still allowing the millages to adjust much lower. This would add hundreds of billions of property to the tax rolls and dramatically lower millages making property tax bills for most taxpayers today lower.

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What candidate has stands you support???

JBE nor Abraham will never support legal weed.

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I don't care whether he supports it or not. Legalization is coming, and there is nothing entrenched evangelicals or baby boomer Republicans can do about that.

I find issue with the fact that he says that if he doesn't know the facts, he'll differ to others, then turns around and takes stances on issues while claiming to know nothing about them.