tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post7382537125579201181..comments2024-03-29T08:01:26.952-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: The man who sold out his cityPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-91098634274479246892016-03-30T21:25:26.913-05:002016-03-30T21:25:26.913-05:00Hey, speaking as a former (til 5ish months ago)
S...Hey, speaking as a former (til 5ish months ago) <br />Saint Louisan, Saint Louis has nothing on New Orleans when it comes to corruption, in my opinion. Sure, Saint Louis *city* has its issues, and plenty of them, but compared to Chicago and New Orleans it's a freaking utopia! *shakes head* No, *Chicago* is corrupt *by nature* Saint Louis is corrupt only when it's not incompetent. Lol. But Saint Louis *county* is very different from the city proper. If *shudder* God-forbid they manage to force through the long-desired (by STL city politicians and liberal idjits) "merger" of STL City & County the famous *mostest dangerous-est city!* crime rate would drop like a rock. But either way, I shan't be there to see it. It just ruffled my feathers to see my hometown, for all her many flaws, compared to New Orleans and Chicago, heh. She may not be perfect, but she's not (yet) a hellhole. North County, OTOH, and Ferguson etc...yeah, they're hellholes. Some good folks there though. God bless! Bibliotheca Servarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11643412827583261562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-48760234950567452502016-03-30T15:53:48.776-05:002016-03-30T15:53:48.776-05:00The sad thing is that when Nagin got elected, a lo...The sad thing is that when Nagin got elected, a lot of people in N.O. hoped he could reform things. He had cross-racial support, he was already wealthy, and he replaced the last vestige of the corrupt Morial machine. <br /><br />But apparently the urge to feather his nest was too hard to resist, and then after Katrina he went Full Mau-Mau, campaigning in a dashiki and blathering about the "chocolate city." Jean-Baptiste Sieur de Bienvillenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-59501138456169744732016-03-30T12:38:41.221-05:002016-03-30T12:38:41.221-05:00That dumb SOB should have concentrated on fixing t...That dumb SOB should have concentrated on fixing the roads down there. what a cluster...jwontheriverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08085330015176212794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-88650814701052938782016-03-30T12:01:40.033-05:002016-03-30T12:01:40.033-05:00Turned? *Turned* corrupt? When was he not?Turned? *Turned* corrupt? When was he not?Javaheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14922782424313956036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-6245474436123174072016-03-30T09:37:26.899-05:002016-03-30T09:37:26.899-05:00They'll never quit voting democrat, so the cor...They'll never quit voting democrat, so the corruption will never end.Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-61431635902615221852016-03-30T09:00:14.243-05:002016-03-30T09:00:14.243-05:00"Problem? What problem? I don't see any..."Problem? What problem? I don't see any problem that needs fixed. Other than my wallet is a little thin. Do you think you have something that could help remedy that problem?"<br /><br />Why fix a problem when you can make money off of it? Politicians will never fix the problem until someone makes it painfully obvious that there are consequences to not fixing the problem. It really will take something on the order of an event like that dramatized in the book "In Broad Daylight" in which a small rural town shot the local bully and EVERYBODY swore they didn't see a thing. Something like 167 signed statements they were hiding under the pool table in the bar when the shooting started. And the FBI still comes back and questions people 30 or 40 years later.Brucenoreply@blogger.com