Oops, replied to wrong thread > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 12:33 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: What today means to me > Importance: High > > Didn't you have a max participants last year? Or are you planning on > profiting from this by getting as many as you can to participate? :) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 10:45 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: What today means to me > > Importance: High > > > > the only TRUE WAY to a chocolate city is to make stupid fucking > > decisions like that, right? > > > > On 8/30/06, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Did anyone here the story of a company in Houston that offered to pick > up > > > all of the abandoned vehicles and pay the city of New Orleans $100 each? > > > Good old C Ray blew off the businessman. Now the city is paying someone > > > over $1000 each to have the vehicles removed. and the idiots in the > city > > > re-elected him. > > > > > > It isn't all profiteering here. Labor costs are through the roof. I > can > > > get $10 and hour to flip burgers and $15 to stock shelves. Would you > pick > > > up trash for $7.50 and hour? The day labor rate is $200 a day and up. > > > > > > I'm glad I moved 50 miles away. > > > > > > > > > On 8/29/06, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > What is your feeling about profiteering? I don't like it. > > > > > > > > I don't mind paying high rates (remember that it is MY tax dollars > > > > paying). I do mind paying exorbitant rates. And I especially mind > > > > paying exorbitant rates to out of town "carpetbaggers". > > > > > > > > There is a difference between making a good profit, and making a > > > > ridiculous and obscene profit > > > > > > > > There is a difference between bottled water that sells for 99 cents in > > > > normal times going for $2.00, or even $3.00, or even $5.00, and that > > > > same bottled water going for $10.00. > > > > > > > > Tax dollars should never be used to pay that sort of markup. For any > > > > reason. > > > > > > > > That's my feeling. > > > > > > > > On 8/29/06, Casey Dougall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Moving trash has always been big money thing. Don't send troops who > can > > > > do > > > > > something that makes money for their local economy. Their going to > need > > > > the > > > > > tax rev. We don't make money with migrant workers, Iraq or other > things > > > > to > > > > > that nature, our troops are without a better way to say it (better > off > > > > doing > > > > > that type of work). > > > > > > > > > > I understand this was a disaster and everything but hey, where there > is > > > > > money to be made, why do something for free. At least we can't ship > this > > > > off > > > > > shore! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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