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Post by Dorothy on Jan 22, 2007 19:02:49 GMT -6
Pat LeBlanc is a local architect who has made his fortune in the private jail business. To his credit, he did not go bankrupt like his father, the late "Jocko" LeBlanc, or brother Mike or other brother "Mo" Leblanc did when the oilfield crash happened.
He is a political activist and member of republican party as well as the Concerned Citizens for Good Government.
That being said, he wants to be an elected official, and has floated his name as a possible candidate for Congress should Dr B run for senate. Also has floated name for other local positions.
I believe he is playing the "good buddy" game and supporting the status quo in order to garner their support should he make said run. I personally am disappointed that he has taken this approach. The poll in question was an attempt to feel the pulse of local politics, however, polls like this are answered by people w/strong interest only, and are not relevant nor scientific to anyone but Joey D.
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Post by abbd on Jan 23, 2007 6:59:19 GMT -6
Ahha, typical lafayette hahahahaha republican. A lover of taxes and bigger government. Wonder if he's the "pat" ALWAYS calling moon griffon? Someone needs to tell these bozos that they are in the wrong party. Oh that's right, we don't have parties here it's a NO party party.
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Post by TBEAR on Jan 23, 2007 7:04:02 GMT -6
What poll, where did you see that I must have missed it, I also heard he was thinking of running for sheriff.
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Post by abbd on Jan 23, 2007 7:59:06 GMT -6
T, if ya go to the advertisers site there's a link to the article undeer the local news section. leblanc ran his own poll.
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Post by TBEAR on Jan 23, 2007 14:43:05 GMT -6
tks, Ill go check it out
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Post by Cajunguy on Feb 14, 2007 17:44:35 GMT -6
Another genius!!
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Post by quest on May 6, 2007 9:31:47 GMT -6
Oh, my gosh! OOPs!
Joey Durel has no opposition so no one looks when he breaks the law. Durel can break the law with impunity now? Shame on him. Shame on the reporter who wrote the article. Shame on Hannie and Associates. Hannie gave Durel $2750. Isn’t Hannie a lobbyist for the LCG. You would think that a lobbyist or Durel or somebody knows that you can only give Durel ( a district office candidate) $2500.00 per election cycle. A violation of the campaign finance and disclosure laws. But Durel has no opposition, so I guess its is OK, right?
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Post by zoe10850 on May 6, 2007 23:33:19 GMT -6
Therein lies the tragedy. The newspaper tells us how much money Joey has raised, and lets us know that he can raise more with a simple phone call. A few months back some slimy lawyer (Armentor) was telling us how great our mayor is (if indeed he is great, don't you think we would know ?).
Seems like an attempt to make certain that no one does run, because then the Administration might have to answer some tough questions. Mr Durel might have to revisit his previous campaign platform.
That is a sad day when the free press facilitates political ineptness and does nothing to hold politicians accountable.
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Post by guest on May 7, 2007 5:48:06 GMT -6
Armentor could always represent Durel befor the Ethics Commission, LOL.
You have a point, if Durel where such a fantastic mayor, he would need no one to ring his bell, toot his horn to let us know.
We would know already.
I think the point quest was trying to make was that reporters report on the laws, in this case the campaign reporting laws, and have absolutely no idea what those laws are. It would seem that at the very least, reporters would perform some basic research first.
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Post by ronnief on May 7, 2007 16:20:30 GMT -6
The real irony here is the newspaper makes money from political ads. You would think an intelligent editor (yes, Decker the liberal) would realize that contested campaigns are best for the people and best for the newspaper. I would, as editor, encourage as much public forum as possible and should controversy arise, so much the better. That is the people's right to be informed; not just regurgitated quotes from the politicians. Of course Joey Durel is for Joey Durel, he would be a fool not to be. It is Decker who I blame (see his editorial today ?) for not reporting the news in a fair and impartial manner.
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Post by guest on May 27, 2007 15:50:12 GMT -6
Does any else have trouble around the Northgate Mall with traffic. All of those new NUCOMM people are surely stacking up traffic. Remember, those 1000 new jobs. Has everybody forgotten already? Where are they? Mr. Durel.
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Post by zoe10850 on May 29, 2007 10:25:54 GMT -6
That is the problem with all of us; APATHY. We have short term memories and forget that we are treated like fools by the press and "in crowd" of politicos.
This is an election year, and no one seems to want to talk about political issues; If Jindal is to be crowned governor with only token opposition, he will make no promises. If Durel is to be re-crowned parish president w/ no opposition, why should he be accountable ? If no one competes against our assessor, he will continue to abuse property owners and favor business interests. If no one cares about rising crime in Lafayette, why should the sheriff ? If no one cares that the clerk of court raises his fees and then asks for a 25% raise, why shouldn't he ?
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Post by coolboy on May 29, 2007 15:01:21 GMT -6
You bring up a good point, zoe. I am no fan of Congressman Boustany, because he votes along party lines too much for my liking. He had little to no opposition last election, so we're in for more of the same for the next year and a half. Durel is too mighty for anyone to take down at this point. When a Republican candidate has influential Democrats throwing him fundraisers, his re-election is a foregone conclusion.
We love our elected officials no matter how corrupt or incompetent they may be. We have a school board that gave all its power to the Superintendant, a parish council with convicted criminals, and Democrats throwing fundraisers for Republican candidates! The No Party Party, what the heck is that about?
Lafayette has become a city of two types of people: - The Haves live in great neighborhoods, benefit from Bush's tax cuts, aren't affected by traffic, and welcome as much development as possible in Lafayette. - The Have Nots spend two hours a day in traffic, have trouble finding affordable housing, and weren't invited to the No Party Party.
On a side note, I think the LUS utility costs are outrageous! I thought by having local government in control would keep the charges low.
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Post by zoe10850 on May 30, 2007 11:08:59 GMT -6
That, my friend is the blather the city government wants you to believe. Anybody who is naive enough to believe that LUS can "compete" with a national company like Cox or the Bell/At & T without a cross subsidy from electric/water/sewerage/trash fees is living in a dream world. What that means is you will pay higher electric rates so that the city can employ people to work in an artificially competitive business.
I love it when some bureaucrat like Huval says he likes competition. What he means is when it favors him. Why not let us buy electricity from SLEMCO if we want ? Ooops, that is competition. Same as Acadian Ambulance; when they do not have the local franchise, they want "competition", when they have that franchise, competition dilutes the quality of service ?? Go figure.
We know, but we just do not care enough because caring and acting intrudes on our already busy schedules. I suppose we deserve it.
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Post by zoe10850 on May 30, 2007 11:14:09 GMT -6
And by the way Nick, we all benefitted from Bush's tax cuts. The people who did not benefit do not pay anyway, they just receive. They are unhappy because they will not get more for doing nothing. I watched some democratic senator complaining that the illegal immigrants were not receiving their "rightful" benefits such as health, education, social security etc. And we should be ashamed. Have you ever seen the immigration laws of Mexico ?
Part of the demise of democracy.
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Post by Dorothy on May 30, 2007 18:44:38 GMT -6
One would think cracking down on all illegals in a post-9/11 world would be a good thing. The fact is, the illegal immigration problem appeals to the republicans because many business' use the aliens as a supply of cheap labor. The problem also allows bleeding hearts to take in yet another oppressed group under their wing and give them benefits and earning their votes forever.
No country on this planet is as lax on immigration as we are. And we worry about terrorists ? The simple fact is if no one will do the jobs that Mexicans or South Americans, perhaps the pay scale is not sufficient. No one who can work should be allowed to live off the system while menial jobs are readily available. That is why immigrants come; They make more here on a menial job than any job they find at home. why not make it a felony to employ illegals ? That would stop it in a hurry. Why not hire an illegal if the alien is the only one who will do it ? Because if I hire them and get caught, I could go to jail and the immigrant would be deported.
Minimum wages should be above the welfare maximum.
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Post by quest on Aug 11, 2007 11:51:38 GMT -6
Do any of the local candidates for office have websites?
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Post by guest on Aug 12, 2007 10:47:44 GMT -6
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Post by quest on Aug 13, 2007 5:48:00 GMT -6
Looks like Joey Durel, flush with all of that campaign money did not manage to pay his web fees. joeydurel.com is no longer his campaign site. Beware, Full of pop ups!!!!!!! Probably other nasties, too.
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Post by MaryAnn on Aug 13, 2007 18:02:23 GMT -6
I would like to see more sites like louisperret.com. These monkeys need to be called to task for their records and performance. Doubling fees and charges and saving 1/2 in surplus is not good management, it is miss-management at its worst example and would more accurately be called theft.
And how is it possible that the parish decides to resurface a few roads right before election and tell us we should be grateful ? The amount spent on golf courses is a sin. That should be supported by users of the municipal courses. And you tell poor people who depend on public transport that they must assume more of the cost. Now that is fair.
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