Cedric Glover is the New Mayor of Shreveport

Isabella · 11-09-2006, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Al Swearengen

Im ashamed to admit I didn't vote...but I'd at least HEARD of Glover...just who IS Jones? Does anybody know?

People who don't vote, don't have the right to complain about our government. Jones is a great guy.

Neo · 11-10-2006, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Isabella

People who don't vote, don't have the right to complain about our government. Jones is a great guy.

Great guys do not always do great things.

Isaac-Saxxon · 11-10-2006, 03:35 PM

It does take a great guy to do great things. It takes someone with the back bone to do great things. I am a minority in Shreveport and I want my fair share of the entitlements.
Isaac

Neo · 11-10-2006, 05:06 PM

Where is my fair share. I am educated, serving the community in an honorable career. I guess my fair share is being in a high tax bracket. As minority status, according to shreveport census I am a minority as well

joepole · 11-10-2006, 07:33 PM

>People who don't vote, don't have the right to complain about our government.

Sure, they do.

>I guess my fair share is being in a high tax bracket

Our community doesn't have an income tax.

Neo · 11-11-2006, 12:13 PM

Our community still has to comply with all state and federal regulations. Our commmunity elects officials that particpitate in state and federal decisions.

rhertz · 11-11-2006, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by joepole

Our community doesn't have an income tax.

No, but it could be argued that a "sales tax" is just another form of income tax. Typically the more someone makes, the more they spend proportionally. Of course there are exceptions. But I don't know very many poor people who drive BMW's or rich people who drive Saturns. Most people spend in relation to what they earn.

I've never added up what I pay in income tax, plus social security tax, plus property tax, plus sales tax, plus inventory/property tax, plus payroll tax, plus plus plus... I'm pretty sure it's a substantial amount!

Al Swearengen · 11-12-2006, 07:39 PM

uh...nevermind

joepole · 11-12-2006, 09:17 PM

Sales tax isn't bracketed. Everybody in the city is in the same tax bracket sales tax-wise.

Isaac-Saxxon · 11-13-2006, 09:16 AM

Why would anybody not vote ? What about our friend Stelly the tax man. Not
everybody pays the same sales tax. You can go to Bossier to shop and pay
more or out of the city limits and pay less or out of state and pay nothing on
tax free days. I find it hard to take anybody serious that does not vote it kind of taints anything they write or say. I know if I did not vote I would not
tell anyone ! Sounds like a socialist idea.
Issac

enshreve · 12-18-2006, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Isabella

People who don't vote, don't have the right to complain about our government. Jones is a great guy.

Jones is an idiot.

rhertz · 12-18-2006, 09:11 PM

Jones is not mayor so his competience is none of my business since I don't pay his salary with my taxes. Glover now has his turn in the limelight. Glover is where the focus will be for years to come. It is probably too early ask what has he done so far, but I would like to know what his plan for Shreveport is? I like a politician who says "I'm going to do this, this and this" and then actually does it! Even if it is "I'm going to raise taxes, cut services, and build a hotel", as long as he or she does it, then at least they are honest and effective. I truly hope Glover is effective at making Shreveport a better place to live which is what it takes to attract new business and new and better jobs. (which makes it an even better place to live, and so on) Building a city is like building a snowball that is in competition with other snowballs.

LateNight · 12-18-2006, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by rhertz

Building a city is like building a snowball

now there's something you don't hear everyday

rhertz · 12-19-2006, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by LateNight

now there's something you don't hear everyday

OK, maybe that wasn't the best analogy. On the otherhand, I sometimes hear the term "snowballing" when describing a "vicious cycle" mechanism. That is to say that good jobs beget more good jobs, and so on.

LateNight · 12-19-2006, 08:18 AM

Yea yea, it's like making a snowball. The trick is to make many of them, then get them wet, and then let them freeze over night, then you're not just throwing 'snow balls' but instead throwing big round chunks of frozen ice, guaranteed to do some damage.. LOL HAHAHAHAHAHA.

11-10-2006, 03:35 PM	#3
Isaac-Saxxon SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 4,421 Rep Power: 340	Great guys do not always do great things. It does take a great guy to do great things. It takes someone with the back bone to do great things. I am a minority in Shreveport and I want my fair share of the entitlements. Isaac

11-10-2006, 07:33 PM	#5
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 281	Not Voting >People who don't vote, don't have the right to complain about our government. Sure, they do. >I guess my fair share is being in a high tax bracket Our community doesn't have an income tax.

11-12-2006, 07:39 PM	#8
Al Swearengen Advanced Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 849 Rep Power: 269	uh...nevermind Last edited by Al Swearengen; 11-12-2006 at 10:56 PM.

11-12-2006, 09:17 PM	#9
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 281	Bracket Sales tax isn't bracketed. Everybody in the city is in the same tax bracket sales tax-wise.

11-13-2006, 09:16 AM	#10
Isaac-Saxxon SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 4,421 Rep Power: 340	Everybody in the city is in the same tax bracket sales tax-wise. Why would anybody not vote ? What about our friend Stelly the tax man. Not everybody pays the same sales tax. You can go to Bossier to shop and pay more or out of the city limits and pay less or out of state and pay nothing on tax free days. I find it hard to take anybody serious that does not vote it kind of taints anything they write or say. I know if I did not vote I would not tell anyone ! Sounds like a socialist idea. Issac

11-10-2006, 05:06 PM	#4
Neo Advanced Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 261 Rep Power: 251	Where is my fair share. I am educated, serving the community in an honorable career. I guess my fair share is being in a high tax bracket. As minority status, according to shreveport census I am a minority as well

11-11-2006, 12:13 PM	#6
Neo Advanced Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 261 Rep Power: 251	Our community still has to comply with all state and federal regulations. Our commmunity elects officials that particpitate in state and federal decisions.

12-18-2006, 09:11 PM	#12
rhertz SBLive! Veteran Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,834 Rep Power: 316	Jones is not mayor so his competience is none of my business since I don't pay his salary with my taxes. Glover now has his turn in the limelight. Glover is where the focus will be for years to come. It is probably too early ask what has he done so far, but I would like to know what his plan for Shreveport is? I like a politician who says "I'm going to do this, this and this" and then actually does it! Even if it is "I'm going to raise taxes, cut services, and build a hotel", as long as he or she does it, then at least they are honest and effective. I truly hope Glover is effective at making Shreveport a better place to live which is what it takes to attract new business and new and better jobs. (which makes it an even better place to live, and so on) Building a city is like building a snowball that is in competition with other snowballs.

12-19-2006, 08:18 AM	#15
LateNight SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,609 Rep Power: 290	Yea yea, it's like making a snowball. The trick is to make many of them, then get them wet, and then let them freeze over night, then you're not just throwing 'snow balls' but instead throwing big round chunks of frozen ice, guaranteed to do some damage.. LOL HAHAHAHAHAHA.

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