Screw the Public; It Ain't Our $70,000!
In a marked schizophrenic move, the Lafourche Parish Council, by a 7-2 vote, decided to change the election date for a variety of parish-wide tax re-newals from September 30, a date they had approved earlier, to July 15. The move was made in order to improve the chances of passing the tax measures due to historic lower turnout for elections with few matters to be considered by voters and, in the process, subvert the democratic process and express how little trust Charorge's Misadministration has in YOU. Since there will be nothing else on the ballot, the State will not pay for the election. The $70,000 price tag will be footed entirely by Lafourche taxpayers.
The only two Councilmen voting against the proposal were Tommy Lassaigne and Daniel Lorraine. They argued that it should remain on the September ballot because more people would be voting and we have better things to spend the money on. (You know how many jacuzzis, bottles of whiskey and 23 year old statuesque red-heads you could buy or rent with $70K? Disclaimer: This was just an example for those of you who may partake in such frivolity. This blog is a work of serious journalism and does not condone or encourage illegal activities of any sort.)
Apparently, the rest of the Council got some convencing backroom deals, even our hero "Laptop Lindel" and "NO GO", who had sponsored the original amendment to place the whole shabang on the September ballot. What a little arm twisting can do!
If, like me, you vote against these tax re-newals simply on principal, you can't be faulted. It's a way to show your displeasure for the cavalier way our money is being squandered. Don't worry, they'll simply re-place the re-newals on a later ballot.
In a related topic, the Council took Charorge's $15.88 million miscarriage out of its misery by voting to remove it from the September ballot. Shucks!
In a marked schizophrenic move, the Lafourche Parish Council, by a 7-2 vote, decided to change the election date for a variety of parish-wide tax re-newals from September 30, a date they had approved earlier, to July 15. The move was made in order to improve the chances of passing the tax measures due to historic lower turnout for elections with few matters to be considered by voters and, in the process, subvert the democratic process and express how little trust Charorge's Misadministration has in YOU. Since there will be nothing else on the ballot, the State will not pay for the election. The $70,000 price tag will be footed entirely by Lafourche taxpayers.
The only two Councilmen voting against the proposal were Tommy Lassaigne and Daniel Lorraine. They argued that it should remain on the September ballot because more people would be voting and we have better things to spend the money on. (You know how many jacuzzis, bottles of whiskey and 23 year old statuesque red-heads you could buy or rent with $70K? Disclaimer: This was just an example for those of you who may partake in such frivolity. This blog is a work of serious journalism and does not condone or encourage illegal activities of any sort.)
Apparently, the rest of the Council got some convencing backroom deals, even our hero "Laptop Lindel" and "NO GO", who had sponsored the original amendment to place the whole shabang on the September ballot. What a little arm twisting can do!
If, like me, you vote against these tax re-newals simply on principal, you can't be faulted. It's a way to show your displeasure for the cavalier way our money is being squandered. Don't worry, they'll simply re-place the re-newals on a later ballot.
In a related topic, the Council took Charorge's $15.88 million miscarriage out of its misery by voting to remove it from the September ballot. Shucks!
posted by Carl A. Chauvin at 10:41 PM
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