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    Re: Ouachita folks, you ready for a ULM tax????

    One more thing....you can bet every university prez is following this issue unfolding in Ouachita. If it passes there, then every prez will propose the same property tax in their school's home parish. And, as I already mentioned, why stop at just the parish where the university is physically located? Surely neighboring parishes benefit from the presence of the school. So, they should contribute to the cause too. Raise property taxes in every parish in the region.

    Just taking this insanity to its logical conclusion.

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    Re: Ouachita folks, you ready for a ULM tax????

    Quote Originally Posted by Mad Italian View Post
    Update: Bruno tells faculty that a 'no' from OPPJ is 'denying you your right to vote'

    Police Jury looks opposed to this tax:

    https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/ne...al/2608577002/
    They haven't voted yet. Updated article says Bruno declined to delay the vote, is pushing for a vote Tuesday, and emailed all employees pressing them to contact their police jury. Told them a no vote is denying ULM employees their right to vote. Wow. Total shakedown of the good people of Ouachita parish!

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    Re: Ouachita folks, you ready for a ULM tax????

    Several of our posters like FIM and DFM have told us over the years that nlulm was in a serious bind and that the public would never hear about until it was too late to fix it. This proposal not only saves them on the backs of Ouachita Parish property owners, but it kicks the can far enough down the road that the next couple of generations will be stuck fixing it.

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    Re: Ouachita folks, you ready for a ULM tax????

    it boils down to one key item - allocation to a limited group of universities. We need

    Louisiana State University
    Louisiana Tech University
    University of New Orleans
    Univeristy of Louisiana - Lafayette

    The remaining universities would serve non traditional students as satellite campuses. LSU will need to get their heads around SE in the near future.

    To see LSU, ULL and Tech bust their butts to have high improving academic standards and be pawns in the political system is so frustrating.

    If I was a ULM booster, I would be pushing the same agenda.....because it is the last hand I have left to play.



    Quote Originally Posted by PawDawg View Post
    Several of our posters like FIM and DFM have told us over the years that nlulm was in a serious bind and that the public would never hear about until it was too late to fix it. This proposal not only saves them on the backs of Ouachita Parish property owners, but it kicks the can far enough down the road that the next couple of generations will be stuck fixing it.

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    Re: Ouachita folks, you ready for a ULM tax????

    Would we all be opposed to a tax like this if Tech tried to pull this stunt?

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    Re: Ouachita folks, you ready for a ULM tax????

    Quote Originally Posted by Blue Dawg View Post
    Would we all be opposed to a tax like this if Tech tried to pull this stunt?
    We've never been this desperate. Think Lincoln Parish property taxes vs. Ouachita Parish. Then they preach to the PROPERTY OWNERS that ulm is vital to the economy of Ouachita Parish.

    I can count the number of ulm employees I know on one hand.

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    Re: Ouachita folks, you ready for a ULM tax????

    Quote Originally Posted by Blue Dawg View Post
    Would we all be opposed to a tax like this if Tech tried to pull this stunt?
    Yes. As are quite a few ULM non-employee supporters I know. Outside of it being ULM, this is just terrible policy locally and state-wide for so many different reasons. Throw ULM in as the instigator and the fact that school leaders are personally publicly pushing it, it's peak ULM.

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    Re: Ouachita folks, you ready for a ULM tax????

    This is what's most disturbing about this story. As they've taken more and more heat about their plan, they've changed it and then acted as if nothing's happened. I mean, you can't make this stuff up.

    https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/ne...al/2608577002/

    The plan keeps changing


    ULM will celebrate its centennial in 2031, hence Vision 2031 is meant to launch the institution into the next 100 years of its future by enriching facilities, expand health science programs and funding scholarships. Advocates started presenting Vision 2031 to business and community groups late last year. Bruno and a contingent of supporters came to the OPPJ meeting Jan. 17 to support the introduction of the issue, but no one spoke about the proposal at the time.

    At that meeting, ULM representatives provided the media with a detailed written copy of the plan. While presentations since then have a seven-point initiative, there have been revisions to the seven points. Notably, the mid-December information included updates to athletic facilities including Malone Stadium, Warhawk Field, the ULM Softball Complex and the the youth baseball park. That version of the plan mentioned updates to campus faculties as part of making ULM a medical and health sciences hub, but it did not specifically cite Caldwell and Sugar Halls. In a Jan. 3 presentation at the ULM library, the plan called for enhancements to "other academic and student facilities" but not the ball fields or Malone Stadium. Upgrades to Caldwell and Sugar Halls were part of expanding the university's health sciences appeal.October: ULM alumni center is testament to decades of devotion, friendship.

    On Tuesday, Bruno presented a Vision 2031 to the media during a round-table discussion.He told our media partners at KTVE: "It doesn't go to the medical school. It doesn't go to the university's operation, it does not go to athletics. It is purely an investment in facilities to expand the programs and number of students we can operate as well as scholarships."
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    Re: Ouachita folks, you ready for a ULM tax????

    It nothing but an avalanche of lies now - the truth is coming out. Next we will learn the money is to service cash flow for existing bond debt. They are in a damn mess.

    I hope the OPPJ files a formal complaint against Bruno with the ULS system.

    Matter of fact, I am going to heavily persuade that Bruno be publically reprimanded for stunt filled with lies.

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    Re: Ouachita folks, you ready for a ULM tax????

    I think the police jury meet tonight?

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    Re: Ouachita folks, you ready for a ULM tax????

    Quote Originally Posted by Blue Dawg View Post
    Would we all be opposed to a tax like this if Tech tried to pull this stunt?
    Yes -

    And this comes from a parish administrator

    Property taxes have it's place if done correctly and for the right purpose, which parishes tend to fail at the vast majority of time in my book

    I would have no problem with a sales tax proposition for university support on motel/hotel/entertainment districts since they benefit most from the captured audience that the university provides from students, visitors etal
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    Re: Ouachita folks, you ready for a ULM tax????

    Name me a school with worse alumni/community relations than ULM.

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    Re: Ouachita folks, you ready for a ULM tax????

    The JUCO asked the police jury to pull the property tax proposal from the agenda and will reintroduce it at the "next best opportunity" after they convince Ouachita voters that they were previously misinformed.

    http://media.graytvinc.com/documents/Letter+to+OPPJ.pdf

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    Re: Ouachita folks, you ready for a ULM tax????

    They are gonna try to sell this crap again. They wanted to invest $32 Million on Fant Ewing! Geez.

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    Re: Ouachita folks, you ready for a ULM tax????

    Quote Originally Posted by Dwayne From Minden View Post
    Yes -

    And this comes from a parish administrator

    Property taxes have it's place if done correctly and for the right purpose, which parishes tend to fail at the vast majority of time in my book

    I would have no problem with a sales tax proposition for university support on motel/hotel/entertainment districts since they benefit most from the captured audience that the university provides from students, visitors etal
    I had hoped the answer was yes - I don't want to be hypocritical about stuff like this. Easy to put my foot in my mouth.

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