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re: Politico: FL public schools face staggering enrollment declines; school choice working
Posted by BigJim on 5/26/24 at 11:10 pm
Very interesting article, but it's missing any mention of how well the students are doing in the new schools.
If you are just rearranging the deck chairs then you aren't making any progress.
Now it may very well be the case that students previously enrolled in public schools are doing better i...
re: Love seeing LSU getting umped and coach tossed!
Posted by BigJim on 5/25/24 at 4:47 pm
[quote]Love seeing LSU getting umped and coach tossed![/quote]
[quote]I really hope LSU loses like this![/quote]
Oh, that's beautiful!
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re: Kennedy supporters are planning to disrupt Trump's speech at the Libertarian Convention
Posted by BigJim on 5/25/24 at 4:43 pm
This will benefit both Kennedy and Trump as it gets them both free media.
Biden will be left out....
re: Jeff Landry in trial lawyers pocket
Posted by BigJim on 5/23/24 at 12:06 pm
He clearly tanked some insurance reform bills to keep the trial lawyers happy. Mostly on the auto side.
But I doubt he would veto any bills, that would just be too upfront and have his fingerprints. Right now, he has some deniability.
[quote]Is Jeff Landry as conservative as he claimed in t...
re: Job recovery data for each state
Posted by BigJim on 5/22/24 at 9:14 am
[quote]People moving to Texas. It's just too easy for LSU and other Louisiana college graduates to find jobs in Houston. One, there are good paying jobs in Houston and two, they are not far from home.[/quote]
Pretty much this.
John Bel's economic track record was :yack: . Look at the ITEP ch...
re: The state of Louisiana just voted to BAN the WEF and WHO agenda.
Posted by BigJim on 5/20/24 at 7:05 am
This was a performative, symbolic action designed to elicit the exact response demonstrated in this thread.
Congrats on being sheep. ...
re: Should Trump pull an EWE and not offer a defense?
Posted by BigJim on 5/19/24 at 11:46 pm
ISWYDT...
re: Non leftists that are Pro Palestinian
Posted by BigJim on 5/18/24 at 9:24 am
[quote][quote]Is it simply contrarianism?[/quote]I think quite a bit.
I can argue this the other way, though.
[/quote]
This made me chuckle.
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re: Louisiana lawmakers pass bill to protect ‘freedom’ to buy gas vehicles
Posted by BigJim on 5/18/24 at 9:18 am
[quote][u]this is a[/u] middle-man requirement similar to the archaic booze laws in the state,[/quote]
FIFY
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re: St. George and the future of EBR
Posted by BigJim on 5/18/24 at 9:09 am
[quote]
The corruption runs so deep it’s only a matter of time (if not from the start) before they control St. George too.[/quote]
Who is "they?"
Not saying whoever runs St. George will be perfect (of course they won't) but if they make a decision you disagree with, it won't be because th...
re: Governor Landry pushes for use of public funds for private or home schools
Posted by BigJim on 5/17/24 at 10:10 am
[quote]I pay property tax and my daughter goes to private school. Just give me back what I pay I school property tax which is about 3K a year and I’m good.[/quote]
My kids are grown. Using your logic, I should not have to pay school taxes.
Or adults without kids. Etc.
Remember, your school ...
re: St. George and the future of EBR
Posted by BigJim on 5/17/24 at 10:05 am
[quote]I have read that approximately 65% of the tax base for EBR is gone now.[/quote]
I don't think that is right.
[quote]The roads and infrastructure are already in terrible condition.[/quote]
That's a parish issue (for the most part), so that should not change...which is not to say the r...
re: What will this board look like when Biden takes Trump to school?
Posted by BigJim on 5/16/24 at 12:06 am
Meh. Trump and Biden supporters will each say their guy won.
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re: Landry Is No Conservative
Posted by BigJim on 5/16/24 at 12:03 am
[quote]OP’s point is partially true. Landry is a social conservative but not on business/small government issues. What OP—and many on this board—aren’t getting is that Landry needs the conservatives on his side to win again. [b]People need to let their State Senators know they want the Insurance Com...
re: Landry Is No Conservative
Posted by BigJim on 5/16/24 at 12:00 am
[quote]Tort reform isn’t dead.[/quote]
A lot of bills that will affect property and casualty passed.
Auto...not so much.
Still, advances were made.
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re: Landry secretly boosting gaming chair's salary
Posted by BigJim on 5/15/24 at 5:50 pm
[quote]Larvadain’s House Bill 316 did not include those extra benefits when he introduced the bill or when it passed the House. In an unusual move, Larvadain offered an amendment to add them before the Senate Judiciary B Committee, which approved the change without any explanation of what senators ...
Landry secretly boosting gaming chair's salary
Posted by BigJim on 5/15/24 at 4:44 pm
[link=(https://www.nola.com/news/politics/jeff-landry-wants-to-give-higher-pay-to-gaming-control-chair/article_7564fafe-12ec-11ef-b724-a33f538b41ce.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share)]Getting an extra $12k and retirement benefits[/link]
[quote]Rep. Ed Larvadain, D-A...
re: Trump accepts invite to Libertarian Conference
Posted by BigJim on 5/11/24 at 11:45 am
[quote]
They never learn. The maganecks will never buy into ancap philosophy. Rothbard and Lew Rockwell tried it with the newsletters, and it didn't work[/quote]
Is that the point?
Or is the point to get third party voters to vote for Trump over Biden?...
re: Incumbent Sharon Weston Broome behind in fundraising
Posted by BigJim on 5/11/24 at 11:43 am
[quote]
The only interactions I have with him have been good. He'd be a breath of fresh air.[/quote]
Personally, I like him had have had good interactions with him as well.
He is smart and hardworking. I think he wins in the competency arena over SWB.
But he is much more to the left in ...
re: Medical Debt Should Not Ever Be Used to Harm Credit Worthiness
Posted by BigJim on 5/9/24 at 8:24 am
[quote]My wife works for a doctor that had $250k of student debt cancelled[/quote]
Because the doctor was just that awesome? Or you leaving something out?
Like-he worked in a rural or underserved area for so many years.
Or the hospital/practice paid his debt because they wanted to hire him a...
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