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EBR Mayor-President race
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:03 am
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:03 am
All of the talk about St. George has me wondering about the upcoming race for Mayor-President. Can Ted James take out SWB? And if he does, will a Ted James administration be different/better than SWB?
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Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:04 am to Red Stick Rambler
Isnt he the big anti white racist? May be worse than Broome
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:07 am to MTNviewTiger
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May be worse than Broome
Is this possible? I don't know anything about him.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:08 am to MTNviewTiger
I don’t know much about Ted James but I figure Broome’s support is fractured enough she may not make it to a runoff.
Money men like Lipsey and Engquist have been throwing good money after bad trying to salvage the situation after she fricked up and caused St George to pass.
And on the other end, I think the other retards like Chauna Banks smell blood in the water and think they can muscle their way into a runoff and win.
Money men like Lipsey and Engquist have been throwing good money after bad trying to salvage the situation after she fricked up and caused St George to pass.
And on the other end, I think the other retards like Chauna Banks smell blood in the water and think they can muscle their way into a runoff and win.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:09 am to PetroBabich
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Is this possible? I don't know anything about him.
No idea, just going off some opinions I saw in the OT
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:15 am to teke184
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Money men like Lipsey and Engquist have been throwing good money after bad trying to salvage the situation after she fricked up and caused St George to pass.
This may have been explained in a thread before( don’t really feel like looking back for it), but why exactly didn’t the big money guys lipsey and engquist didn’t want St. George to Happen?
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:16 am to Red Stick Rambler
Getting rid of the consolidated form of government is more important than creating St George and should have been the focus for these many years.
Get rid of a mayor-president and have a president. One who is interested in helping all of the cities and unicorporated areas of the parish. Add a couple of at-large council members as well. Those who can vote for what's best for the entire parish, not just their district.
Get rid of a mayor-president and have a president. One who is interested in helping all of the cities and unicorporated areas of the parish. Add a couple of at-large council members as well. Those who can vote for what's best for the entire parish, not just their district.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:18 am to charliemurphy69
Engquist’s business model is based on pushing properties built as being in the “capitol city” but in unincorporated EBR in order to avoid the issues tied with actually being in BR.
They have also had some serious recruitment issues with getting quality employees to work in their BR offices because of the problems with the area. Having St George existing will put a laser focus on all the crime happening within the actual city limits of BR.
They have also had some serious recruitment issues with getting quality employees to work in their BR offices because of the problems with the area. Having St George existing will put a laser focus on all the crime happening within the actual city limits of BR.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:22 am to MTNviewTiger
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Isnt he the big anti white racist? May be worse than Broome
I've heard he has a "holistic" approach towards police work.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:24 am to Red Stick Rambler
I’m just glad that I now have St. George buffering me in God’s Country from the shithole Baton Rouge so I don’t care who wins that race.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:25 am to HeadSlash
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I've heard he has a "holistic" approach towards police work.
I’d imagine that’s gonna be a woke policy towards police.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:27 am to TDsngumbo
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I’d imagine that’s gonna be a woke policy towards police
We just came out of Murphy Paul being SWB’s hand puppet and refusing to punish crooks unless it involved his Q Dawg brothers getting ahead in the process.
Are we at bedrock suck here or could a Ted James run BRPD get worse?
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:32 am to teke184
Ted James is much more competent than Broome, but people keep forgetting that he is a true blue democrat and a race pimp when it benefits him. I keep trying to warn people that he could be worse than Broome, who is largely an issue from benign neglect.
I truly believe a decent republican candidate could actually win this election if they have some money and charisma and actually campaign. With the black vote split and the presidential election driving turnout in the open primary, a republican could make the runoff. In the runoff, turnout will be low which greatly favors republicans. However, all of the conservative “money” people are throwing their bucks around James. It’s insane.
I truly believe a decent republican candidate could actually win this election if they have some money and charisma and actually campaign. With the black vote split and the presidential election driving turnout in the open primary, a republican could make the runoff. In the runoff, turnout will be low which greatly favors republicans. However, all of the conservative “money” people are throwing their bucks around James. It’s insane.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:34 am to kingbob
The “money” people want what they consider the safe bet. If they were to fund someone like prior candidates Bodi White or Steve Carter and lose, they have no stroke with the new administration.
They give no fricks about poverty pimp bullshite or anything else as long as they get sway on city government policy and contracts.
They give no fricks about poverty pimp bullshite or anything else as long as they get sway on city government policy and contracts.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:35 am to teke184
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Are we at bedrock suck here or could a Ted James run BRPD get worse?
It's an interesting question. Senator SWB was, for the most part, pretty moderate and about as pro-business as a black Democrat could get. The knock on her used to be she was an empty suit. Mayor-President SWB moved away from that some.
Ted James is very sharp, charismatic and hard-working. But he is more liberal/progressive than SWB he also has a history of being more combative.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:39 am to teke184
Bodi was such an awful candidate. Dude is actively racist and made his campaign about waging war on the city from the suburbs. Just a terrible message. Carter is dead. All Carter did was agree with Broome on everything and refused to really campaign. No shock he got trounced and then immediately died.
I wish I had the money to run. I’d probably lose, but it’d be really funny, and I’d take as many of those losers down with me as I could.
I wish I had the money to run. I’d probably lose, but it’d be really funny, and I’d take as many of those losers down with me as I could.
This post was edited on 5/1/24 at 11:44 am
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:42 am to kingbob
I didn’t advocate either run this time around as much as use them to express why a Ted James or SWB gets big money.
White in particular was at odds with the money men because he was tired of throwing money down the toilet that is downtown… then SWB killed it after getting elected in part to take shots at John Delgado.
White in particular was at odds with the money men because he was tired of throwing money down the toilet that is downtown… then SWB killed it after getting elected in part to take shots at John Delgado.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:46 am to teke184
In my opinion, SWB is the worst thing that’s happened to downtown since the oil crunch in the 80’s. She completely gutted third street, killed the light rail project, axed open containers, deleted several festivals, etc. She pretty much undid everything Kip had going.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:49 am to kingbob
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In my opinion, SWB is the worst thing that’s happened to downtown since the oil crunch in the 80’s. She completely gutted third street, killed the light rail project, axed open containers, deleted several festivals, etc. She pretty much undid everything Kip had going.
Single dumbest thing she did, IIRC, was kill the transit project between downtown and LSU that would have been federally funded because there wouldn’t have been stops in NBR.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:52 am to teke184
The worst part about it was that said tram could have just been phase 1 of a potentially much larger system that would have reached NBR.
If campus to downtown was done properly and had solid ridership, they could have expanded it to BTR, Southern, and/or BRCC eventually. These politicians have no vision and can’t think more than one media cycle ahead.
What I pictured was the light rail and the BR/NOLA commuter rail being done to integrate into one-another.
First length of streetcar runs from the state capital down third street and Nicholson eventually ending at Brightside.
Second length goes down north blvd or gov to connect to red stick social and the greyhound station.
Third length goes up 22nd St/Plank road to the airport
Forth length connects Southern to the airport
5th length connects the greyhound station with BRCC.
6th length Brightside to Laberge
7th length connects the state capital up to cheppewa st and then Plank
Meanwhile, the commuter rail has stops at red stick social, Southdowns, the hospital district, mall of Louisiana, and blue bayou
Then, all you need at that point is one more line, maybe running on Lee/Foster to connect LSU with BRCC or Gardere with Perkins Rowe and the Mall.
If campus to downtown was done properly and had solid ridership, they could have expanded it to BTR, Southern, and/or BRCC eventually. These politicians have no vision and can’t think more than one media cycle ahead.
What I pictured was the light rail and the BR/NOLA commuter rail being done to integrate into one-another.
First length of streetcar runs from the state capital down third street and Nicholson eventually ending at Brightside.
Second length goes down north blvd or gov to connect to red stick social and the greyhound station.
Third length goes up 22nd St/Plank road to the airport
Forth length connects Southern to the airport
5th length connects the greyhound station with BRCC.
6th length Brightside to Laberge
7th length connects the state capital up to cheppewa st and then Plank
Meanwhile, the commuter rail has stops at red stick social, Southdowns, the hospital district, mall of Louisiana, and blue bayou
Then, all you need at that point is one more line, maybe running on Lee/Foster to connect LSU with BRCC or Gardere with Perkins Rowe and the Mall.
This post was edited on 5/1/24 at 12:07 pm
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