tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post2832041921509089141..comments2024-03-25T18:16:27.930-05:00Comments on My Bossier: City elections around the cornerSmarterGeekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11769910200366947168noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-26527964246860549412013-03-31T21:29:00.466-05:002013-03-31T21:29:00.466-05:00YES IT IS.YES IT IS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-36059156609577498872013-03-24T15:10:00.463-05:002013-03-24T15:10:00.463-05:00Does anyone know if this is the same Mike Beam tha...Does anyone know if this is the same Mike Beam that was the SRO at Rusheon Middle?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-5484089498165735502013-01-29T02:38:09.720-06:002013-01-29T02:38:09.720-06:008:16,
Still waiting8:16,<br />Still waitingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-2991841005708184542013-01-28T21:29:52.741-06:002013-01-28T21:29:52.741-06:00I hear mayor will have opponent. I hear mayor will have opponent. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-74827706827685384652013-01-27T20:16:57.872-06:002013-01-27T20:16:57.872-06:00Hey Jim,
I will e-mail you the manning levels so ...Hey Jim,<br /><br />I will e-mail you the manning levels so 9:49 can realize that he does not have a clue about what he is talking about. Funding has been there in 2012 and is there for 2013. I'll get it to you tomorrow. Who they gone be mad at next?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-80207974787858165952013-01-27T11:15:24.886-06:002013-01-27T11:15:24.886-06:00The money is there for the officers. Unfortunately...The money is there for the officers. Unfortunately, the pay is substantially lower than competing agencies, so the department usually loses out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-8453815479917280672013-01-25T11:28:15.898-06:002013-01-25T11:28:15.898-06:00If only we could get the truth. Big sigh. Seems li...If only we could get the truth. Big sigh. Seems like we can't get straight talk any more, just big time spin.<br /><br />Maybe, Mr. Beam is the man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-22368248881989764932013-01-25T09:49:45.114-06:002013-01-25T09:49:45.114-06:00That is not true. I haven't seen anything in ...That is not true. I haven't seen anything in any budget that gives the chief of police money to hire 20 officers. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-33494207242896361372013-01-25T08:22:56.325-06:002013-01-25T08:22:56.325-06:00The budget presented by the mayor and approved by ...The budget presented by the mayor and approved by the city councilfor the last two years has money for an aditional 20 cops. Why does the department not hire them? That is not a City Council question. The money is approved and it is shown in publicly, monthly, in the finance report.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-62314200074830278762013-01-24T23:33:50.273-06:002013-01-24T23:33:50.273-06:00No I'm saying they don't have enough offic...No I'm saying they don't have enough officers on the street. They (elected officials) are constantly talking about how safe Bossier is but the fact is there is more crime today and it's getting worse. They use this figure they call "crime rate" to say what they want it to say. Ask any of them how to figure the "crime rate" and I bet they can't answer that. But yet every year they crime has decreased. All I'm saying is hire enough officers. According go my sources BCPD works with only 7 or 8 officers per shift. They have had to eliminate several divisions within the department just to be able to do that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-55719095646215582422013-01-24T20:27:20.831-06:002013-01-24T20:27:20.831-06:00Who are they? Bossier BD is doing a fine job with...Who are they? Bossier BD is doing a fine job with what they have to work with(hats off and a salute). It sounds like you are saying more crime creates more jobs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-3862683884695116472013-01-24T20:23:45.161-06:002013-01-24T20:23:45.161-06:00Would you vote for the rest of the city employees ...Would you vote for the rest of the city employees getting a raise, unlike the state law mandated First Responder annual wage increases?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-34024868445235012392013-01-24T20:07:30.247-06:002013-01-24T20:07:30.247-06:0080% of Bossier did on 5-1-09. They rolled taxes f...80% of Bossier did on 5-1-09. They rolled taxes forward on a tax specifically for police/fire. It was suppose to add $3 million a year to the budget. Yet there are less police officers and firemen on the streets in 2013 than they were in 2008. And they took a pay cut. Not to mention the firemen were getting screwed on a pay raise they received in 2006. What are they doing with that money? I voted for it to have good police and firemen. I'm not getting my monies worth. I blame the mayor and city council for that. You won't hear about it though.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-45238398669087518292013-01-24T18:46:25.106-06:002013-01-24T18:46:25.106-06:0011:20
I would vote for a cop / fire specific tax...11:20 <br /><br />I would vote for a cop / fire specific tax. Would you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-67419325479776482802013-01-23T23:20:30.249-06:002013-01-23T23:20:30.249-06:00I was KTBS web site and I saw the article about cr...I was KTBS web site and I saw the article about crime being down in Bossier. I said before this would happen. The bossier political machine would tell you crime is down AGAIN. But if you read the article you will notice burglaries and theft were UP. Crime down 4% but thefts up 8%. Ridiculous. Why can't they be honest with us? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-32825815640193194052013-01-23T19:20:49.815-06:002013-01-23T19:20:49.815-06:00That bar next to the cafe has nothing to do with p...That bar next to the cafe has nothing to do with public funds. To simplify this for you, no public funds were lost in Mike's decision to close the bar. Go ask Mike why he closed it instead of making wild assumptions. And if you must know, the bar is actually open....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-39998627230410792062013-01-23T12:14:10.124-06:002013-01-23T12:14:10.124-06:00It does not matter who gets elected. The police a...It does not matter who gets elected. The police and fire can only be paid from the general fund and a dedicated sales tax. Any additional money would legally require an increase in taxes. Think the citizens would pass one?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-36168257131204726332013-01-23T11:48:52.000-06:002013-01-23T11:48:52.000-06:00I'm willing to give anyone a chance over what ...I'm willing to give anyone a chance over what we have in there currently. We need someone that will go to bat for our police and fire departments. Being as they are the lowest paid in the area... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-21082789193177447042013-01-22T19:34:45.085-06:002013-01-22T19:34:45.085-06:00The only strings he has is to his heart! The only ...The only strings he has is to his heart! The only people who pull those are his 2 granddaughters! So I guess that is bad? Yea! Ok!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-18403842665109907892013-01-22T19:31:20.296-06:002013-01-22T19:31:20.296-06:00Yes he is qualified! Again there are facts people ...Yes he is qualified! Again there are facts people dont knowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-84242034059732248072013-01-22T19:29:43.602-06:002013-01-22T19:29:43.602-06:00Exactly! Lets bring up something that happened 28...Exactly! Lets bring up something that happened 28 years!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-22507643417074226912013-01-22T19:27:27.182-06:002013-01-22T19:27:27.182-06:00Ok so tell me your part in this? Were you there be...Ok so tell me your part in this? Were you there beginning to end? No I dont think so! That is the #1 problem now days people dont know ALL the facts! Sounds like you made up your mind! Why dont you quit bashing people and circumstances you dont know all the facts about!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-23171709570837181432013-01-21T21:35:53.098-06:002013-01-21T21:35:53.098-06:00I think mike is honest. I don't think he will...I think mike is honest. I don't think he will be a "yes man" to Jimmy Hall. I think he will stand up for what is right. He is not running for city council because his ego demands it. He was not asked to run for council by that group. They already have a clueless "yes man" in Irwin. Mike will be great for Bossier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-17636755557627372432013-01-21T07:58:15.283-06:002013-01-21T07:58:15.283-06:00Mike is a good guy. But look who pulls his strings...Mike is a good guy. But look who pulls his strings. Not good. Of course Scott Irwin is horrible. What to do? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191599071198288307.post-53704789954973949792013-01-20T15:40:16.004-06:002013-01-20T15:40:16.004-06:00Is your brother/friend qualified to spend millions...Is your brother/friend qualified to spend millions of dollars of taxpayer's hard earned money in the appropriate places?<br /><br />That bar next to the cafe did not last long.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com