WildManGoose

The first three are must do's for the NFL and Goodell to maintain any sliver of the lowest degree of respectability. I'd replace the 4th with league driven measures to give the coaches more options for challenging field rulings. I'm not against allowing the booth to call non-line related penalties i...

It might have been a fix, but not because these guys are from LA. As stated already, Vinovich's regular crew were no supporters of the Rams. Also, just two years ago, the Rams were in St. Louis and had been for 20 years. That's a long time for these guys hearts to bleed for a team that was 1,800 mil...

Turkey Creek, Erath, Dequincy, and every town on LA1 south of 90....

It's just McDonald's bro. They're probably taking off to study for the ACT. Change out the grease traps and worry about yourself....

[quote]So, does this mean you support JBE changing the system and giving local governments control over approving or denying the exemption? Because up until this past summer, the local government had no control at all over this. [/quote] Yes, I do. My reason is because it's local government tha...

[quote]1) Charging 10 million in taxes, but the company has to go spend time and effort to get an exemption that lowers their tax bill to 1 million. [/quote] This gives local government more control over which industries they attract and the power to reward businesses that contribute more to the ...

If you want a balance sheet: Exxon puts ~$5,000,000/yr into EBR outreach. EBR denied Exxon a $290,000/yr tax exemption. So it looks like EBR stands to lose $4,710,000 if Exxon so decides. Do you think the parish will earmark to fill that gap? Exxon is really steam rolling this parish :roll...

[quote]ending of criminal penalties for self-abortion and harming or killing — with specific mention of “homicide” — unborn children.[/quote] So they're telling me that, based on the new law, a doctor that is charged with delivering the baby can actually just go in there and scramble the thing up...

[quote]Took me several weeks to compile the data from the tax assessors office and thru public records requests. [/quote] Was that for a TBR presentation? Why would a nomral MAGA Joe submit public records requests?...

Tell the bishop to GFH then enroll at Eunice High. St. Eds is 3rd rate anyway....

That's great, but companies don't plan new-construction packages as percentages of global revenue. There are budgets. Tax incentives are factored into site studies during Fel-1 to produce initial cost and ROI estimates. The Corpus project isn't a PE plant. It's a cracker if I recall correctly....

[quote]Exxon doesn’t need EBR like EBR needs Exxon[/quote]...

70MM x 10 is 700 million dollars. That's almost 10% of project cost. Am I wrong in thinking that's substantial?...

Texas does exemptions locally...

Formosa and Methanex are recent. But that pales compared to the development in TX....

[quote]ExxonMobil will continue to expand in the region.[/quote] What expansions? They just sold an asset a few years ago. They're actively retreating....

[quote] They don't have the pipeline infrastructure we have[/quote] They have 3x the NGL pipeline. They also have the Port of Houston, rail, and and logistical advantages by proximity. ...

Ha I agree but EBR is not like those you listed. It would be more fair to compare those to the AP, St. James, St. Chuck, and Calcasieu parish councils (or however they are set up...municipal/parish)...

[quote]but I am firmly against local control because of this. [/quote] Plenty of states, Texas as the prime example, grant tax exemptions locally....

[quote]SaDaTayMoses[/quote] [img]https://i.imgflip.com/2rszml.jpg[/img] ETA: My lifetime average is shit, but my post/week is on an upswing. I'm about quality over quantity. ...