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Landry is so bad I may vote Democrat next time to send a message. He's the epitome of the stupid Republican, tilting at silly culture war foolishness, while ignoring real problems and fellating the PI bar. He's a Temu John Kennedy.

I have yet to meet anyone who will admit to liking him in private.

Wrong. There's a big difference between tossing out throws and trying to hit people with items never intended to be thrown. Water bottles, grosses, etc. Everyone knows the difference

I've never flushed it. It's been squirrelly in the past, but no significant issues.

17 year old gas hot water heater has started passing what look like fine particles of rust. No leaks or strange sounds, but thinking it's time to change it. To the extent it matters, GE brand, 40 gallons, and natural gas. No issues with cold water.

Any disagreements or other thoughts?

What does Cleve ostensibly do to earn a living. Some sort of consulting I'm sure?

I like the library. I'm probably in the Goodwood branch once or twice a month, and I use its online services. Every time I've been in the Goodwood branch, it's busy. I've noticed similar things at other branches. But I think we can agree that even if the downtown branch needed a renovation, it became a boondogle of a vanity project that was bad PR. I"m not accusing you; don't know if you were even on the Board. But that project will haunt the Library.

The bigger issue is that we as a population are heavily taxed and see few benefits from it. I'm sure someone will roll in shortly and claim we are not taxed highly by national standards. But compare us to any other state, and tell me we have better infrastructure based on what we pay. Look at our per-capita tax collections compared to other states.

The reality is that our elected officials have a history of mismanaging tax dollars. So no one wants to put money into a general fund; it's all dedicated taxes. It's sad that the Library's comparative good fiscal management (backstopped by some overfunding) made it an attractive target for a cash strapped city. I won't hold that against you. But I join the guy above who said that now that the library has made known that it can operate on 8.3 mills, I better not see an ask for more without a good explanation.

Good luck, and thank you for sharing. We need more good civil discourse.

Thank you. Other recs are appreciated too. Guess I'll have to call around

This is a great post. It's very sad that the spectrum of what is classified as hazing is now so broad that it includes a lot of what you described. In particular sober rides program, cleaning the house, being yelled at, and beer drinking.

Jeff is at best a caricature of a conservative.

New Orleans has the government it deserves, not the government it needs.

What did they charge you per square for standing seam?