doubleb
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re: Vote NO on Thrive Theft
Posted by doubleb on 11/15/25 at 7:45 pm to TeddyPadillac
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A no vote means it isn’t renewed, so it’s going back into my pocket unless a new proposal comes along that we vote yes on.
A no vote and the surplus isn’t going anywhere.
A no vote on the library and the library will not be funded unless another election is held and the tax passes.
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The library tax is coming up and could have been split into a general fund millage and a library millage. That’s where most of the money is coming from anyway. The mosquito and COA tax comes up next year, but that could have been an early renewal and split out the general fund. This feels like they are trying to trick people into voting for money for the general fund by wrapping it in a library fund.
Could they have tapped into the surpluses that way?
Would all three entities have agreed to do that?
I had a torn meniscus years ago. Fluid swelled up and they drained it with a huge needle.
Then they did orthoscopic surgery and sent me home. I rested for a few weeks and that was it.
Then they did orthoscopic surgery and sent me home. I rested for a few weeks and that was it.
re: Vote NO on Thrive Theft
Posted by doubleb on 11/15/25 at 7:18 pm to TeddyPadillac
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But the reality is the money is just going into a fund that can be used however the hell they want.
And now it’s going into a fund where it piles up and people you didn’t elect spend it on libraries we don’t need, or helicopters.
Or if Thrive passes it will no longer sit there and people who we elected will spend it on things we need or parish debt.
re: Vote NO on Thrive Theft
Posted by doubleb on 11/15/25 at 6:39 pm to Huey Lewis
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If Thrive fails it is bad news for the whole parish
If Thrive fails, and I think it will, the Library will still have a huge surplus, MARC will still have a big surplus and the COA will have more money than they need.
Taxes will be the same for a short while until the Library tax expires. Then the Library will lose their funding unless they quickly call for another tax election.
Meanwhile, storm water plans won’t progress, the DA will be short of staff and EBR Parish will be hurting.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by doubleb on 11/15/25 at 1:20 pm to VolSquatch
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Point out where I said I believed that please, thanks
Sorry, so what direction are things trending?
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by doubleb on 11/15/25 at 8:39 am to VolSquatch
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What are the trends telling us?
The war is going to be over in four more years? 5? 6?
You tell us because the trend has been months and years of a stalemate.
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The disinformation coming from both sides is off the charts. Basic, verifiable facts have told us this is trending a certain way for several months now.
And what verifiable facts are there that leads you to believe that the war is nearing completion?
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by doubleb on 11/15/25 at 8:14 am to trinidadtiger
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The headlines from the BBC:
You picked a bad time to source the BBC.
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re: Gayle Speaks
Posted by doubleb on 11/14/25 at 1:57 pm to LSUFanHouston
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he mistake she made was letting him oversee the rebuild.
She made a mistake when she let Payton go and kept Loomis.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by doubleb on 11/14/25 at 1:00 pm to LSURussian
Too much Vodka?
re: EBR needs to build a bigger prison. I’d vote a tax for that or use of library funds
Posted by doubleb on 11/14/25 at 11:06 am to UptownJoeBrown
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EBR needs to build a bigger prison
Probably so
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Raid dedicated parish wide tax funds for this. I would even vote for a new dedicated tax for this.
Let’s see how this Thrive thing goes. BREC should be the next target.
We don’t need higher taxes, we need to shuffle the deck and prioritize where our tax dollars go.
Still fighting in Pokrovsk. Russia still wants a complete Ukrainian capitulation, Russia still committing atrocities while calling out the US and Russian industry still getting punished.
ISW update
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Key Takeaways
Russian forces continue to advance and to intensify offensive operations in the Hulyaipole and Velykomykhailivka directions, exploiting the effects of battlefield air interdiction (BAI) and poor weather that hampers Ukrainian drone observation.
Russian forces continue to advance in the Pokrovsk direction as Ukrainian forces continue counterattacks. A Russian milblogger complained that recent footage of Russian forces conducting logistics into Pokrovsk under the cover of fog allowed Ukrainian forces to interdict the effort.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reiterated that the Kremlin remains unwilling to compromise on its long-held maximalist war aims that amount to Ukraine’s complete capitulation.
Ukrainian forces continued their long-range strikes campaign against Russian energy infrastructure on the night of November 12 and 13 with the second known use of FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles.
Russian forces continue to commit war crimes against Ukrainian civilians.
Ukraine’s European allies continue to provide monetary aid to Ukraine, including to support military requirements.
Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Velykomykhailivka. Russian forces recently advanced in the Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka tactical area, near Pokrovsk and Hulyaipole.
ISW update
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by doubleb on 11/14/25 at 9:19 am to VolSquatch
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Ukraine is really investing in retaking it considering how unimportant it supposedly is.
Yes, the Ukrainians must believe the price Russia is paying in men and material far exceeds the price Ukraine has to pay to try and keep Pokrovsk.
It was reported that Russia has diverted assets to Pokrovsk from elsewhere and that has weakened the Russian efforts in other sectors.
It had appeared Pokrovsk was going to fall in October, but here it is mid November and Russia is still struggling to take it all to meet Putin’s demands.
With all the havoc Ukraine is bringing across Russia, Russia looks to be going all in on Pokrovsk to get a big propaganda W.
Russia has no legitimate complaints. They kill civilians on a daily basis.
I believe that wd already have most of that already.
Pure propaganda.
Is the average Russia better off today than he or she was in 2021?
Is the average Russia better off today than he or she was in 2021?
re: Metro Council OKs tax breaks for two mystery music acts at Tiger Stadium in 2026
Posted by doubleb on 11/13/25 at 8:07 am to KamaCausey_LSU
Why does a city support outside developers and give them tax breaks and not locals?
re: Baton Rouge Country Club
Posted by doubleb on 11/13/25 at 8:04 am to tigerforever7
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Awful location? Like right in the middle of Baton Rouge?
BRCC is not in Baton Rouge.
re: NOLA secures state approval for $125M loan needed to pay city workers, fund operations
Posted by doubleb on 11/12/25 at 3:21 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
It’s s as good thing that New Orleans hosted the Super Bowl!
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