furrydogs

Moved here 30 years ago from Louisiana of all places. We are moving before the end of the year to a close, but more fiscally sane state.

It is hard to describe the change here in CO with a 30 second sound bite as the changes are more a death by a thousand cuts. I will try and explain as succinctly as possible some of these things that have driven us out and lots of other productive residents. If you take these things individually, it doesn't seem like a big deal, but they start to add up:

-Additional employee and employer payroll tax to pay for family leave and childcare provided and mandated by the State.
-Free school lunch for all. Paid for by removing the Federal itemized and standard deductions from the CO tax return for higher earners (above $300k). Basically, your Federal AGI is now your State taxable income. IN the past, Federal Taxable income and State Taxable income were the same. 95% of the general public won't understand this, but it is significant.
-Property taxes have gone through the roof as local school districts don;t make tough financial choices with declining enrollment and instead put questions to the voters who then vote for increased property taxes that "other" people pay. Specifically commercial real estate.
-Our tort system is becoming quite friendly to the trial bar over the last few years. Reminds me of LA when I left. My umbrella policy went from $1800 three years ago to $4900 this year. The main cause was increasing non-economic loss of up to $2,125,000 starting January 1, 2025 (previously the cap was $679,990). The legislature and governor are democrats, which love the trial bar.
-I will get a ticket for having my dog off leash at some open space, but the homeless camp I am walking by with my off leash dog goes undisturbed by the authorities.
-Idiotic, virtual signalling laws that accomplish nothing but feel good. For example, local city council exempted feminine personal hygiene products from the retails sales tax and crowed about how important this was.Needless to say the bums have free reign around our city.
-Public schools used to be top notch, not so much anymore. This is from first hand experience. Gifted and talented was quietly disbanded so that some kids didn't get their feelings hurt.

It's a lot of little things that start to add up but is hard to explain to your average Joe and doesn't make for a nice "gotcha".

This gives me chills......thinking I could still be living in Marrero.

Visited St.Maarten island recently and asked if they had any venomous snakes. They replied they have no snakes after they brought mongoose to the island. Not sure what the mongoose are eating now but we did see one in the wild. Wonder how mongoose would do in Florida?

That's everywhere dude. Here in Colorado you take your life into your hands every time you drive I-25. Here our problems are with F250 and bigger. Usually white males with those skeleton stickers on the window. Don't have the Nissan Altima problem here.

That's a blast from the past. Had my very last class at LSU with him in summer '94. It was a small, 4000 level management class with about ten people in it. He was a pretty laid back dude.

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Some of you young kids may not remember a time where the QB would have to throw it OOB to stop the clock.

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I forgot about this. Did this change in late 80s?

Regarding the Chimes, usually when a company branches out I've seen quality suffer. Glad to hear they are still recommended. They didn't seem like the kind of place that would expand.

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Chimes

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Holy Crap. Chimes is still there? Is it at the same spot as it was in the 90's?

Going to the Vanderbilt game next weekend with my high school aged kids and haven't been in Baton Rouge since graduating in 94. We arrive at MSY at 11am and I'm looking for a good seafood lunch spot somewhere just off the Interstate between the airport and Baton Rouge. My ideal spot would be a hole in the wall with great po boys or LA classics like gumbo, creole or a fried platter.
If you have suggestions, also looking for dinner Friday night and breakfast Saturday morning. We will be staying near the LSU lakes so something nearby would be cool.
Finally, if you have any advice to graciously approach locals and tailgate at the stadium that would be helpful. More than happy to pay or bring liquor. I'd like my kids to get the full LSU game experience. The weather looks awesome so this is going to be fun.
Thank you!

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Good lookin black chick

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Shelby Steele? She is hot..

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Rosenberg's, Rosenberg's…

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......1825, Tulane