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This is a ch__ch. What's missing?
Posted on 01/11/2006 6:46:22 PM PST by Libloather
So are elections. Good luck to you and your family in Dallas...
"Nagin in trouble"
Well that's an improvement.
I can see why the residents are ticked, but aren't most the houses ruined from flood damage - mold, etc? Don't they have to be bulldozed? Be gentle, I'm just asking.
I wonder what the lovely residents have in mind. More stores to loot?
Hulloooooo
Unfortunately, as long as Nagain has a D by his name, I'm suspecting he'll remain Mayor.
He might lose in the primary, which would be an improvement assuming the D is even remotely sane, but I don't see an R actually winning.
Flatten the place. Make it a refinery farm. How's that?
And the Saints are going to win the Superbowl in 2007.
Amen. May the people of New Orleans fire this crook.
Also, may the people of Dallas, or any other city, ever lift a finger to elect him to any public office for the rest of his miserable life.
Make it one big ship channel. The Port is more important than the City.
Sinking is sinking is sinking. It ain't gonna stop sinking. New Orleans is toast mud. Keep it out of the ship channel.
A lot of these places were ratholes built many years ago. Since then in most cities housing rules have changed. I dont know about New Orleans but in mostplaces new building codes have come into effect Codes on plumbing, electricity, the way the roof is put on ,square footage required and porches and decks. so many new rules and applying them takes money. Most of these residents probably didnt own the houses in the first place. many got cheap rent because the homes were rat traps. Rents are going to go up. Lots of problems. Saying it can be done and doing it are two different things.
I wonder what the lovely residents have in mind. More stores to loot?
To allow them to manage it - is criminal.
Semper Fi
Drill for it in the gulf. Refine it in the ex-New Orleans area. Ship it.
Where do I invest?
Let me preface my comments by stating that I am not now, and have never been, a "property owner".
If my apartment complex is destroyed, whether through an "act of God" or by criminal intent, unless I had purchased renters insurance, I will have lost all my personal possessions, and must begin anew to acquire "stuff" entirely by my own devises.
OTOH, if I own a designated patch of land, and even if the building(s) and/or contents were entirely destroyed, by either means, and even if I did not have insurance on them, the land itself is still mine, isn't it?
Someone explain to me again the joys and benefits of property ownership!
It appears to me that even if you "own" property, it is not really your property.
You just have to pay the government directly, and with a separate check, for a portion of your "rent".
Don't get me wrong, I am very much in favor of individual property rights.
I just don't see any actual evidence that such a "right" exists anymore, if it ever did.
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This is a ch__ch. What's missing?
TA-DA! In my state, they tax you on the value of the property, anything that sits on the property - including boats & sheds - and any rain (yep, precipitation) that may or may not hit the property.
And you got problems?
Some where around Baton Rouge. New Orleans is kaput. The ship channel is paramount. You don't build refineries where they are so vulnerable. Sinking land means sinking refineries, sinking terminals and sinking investments.
These people have every right to build on their own property, just don't ask me to pay for it.
FEMA's fault.
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