To Mitch Landrieu: Is Public Housing / Mixed Housing really "OPPORTUNITY"?

Does allowing Mixed Income / Public Housing create a better life for those who  "really need" it?

Well, do the RICH, who spoil their kids, with cars, private schools, totally paid tuition for college and everything else, create responsible kids?  Obviously not.  And what about the GOVERNMENT who taxes the rich only to give to "poor"?  Do they really make life better for the "poor"? Obviously not. If government really did so, why did government abandon public housing for mixed housing?  And why did government change welfare dramatically to have limits and 'some' accountability?

And what is this "OPPORTUNITY" that Moon and Mitch Landrieu talk about? Are these mixed housing development really a REWARD for very BAD decisions these people made in life?

Moon and Mitch Landrieu seem to think "opportunity" is the key. Well, this "opportunity" has really been at least two (2) things.

ONE:
a disincentive for working and proper behavior. By essentially having really nice housing like you see in the new mixed development, the poor, just like the rich spoiled children, have no idea what it takes to make it in life or why the world goes round.

So what do you see in Mixed Housing? The same as you did in Public Housing. The poor sit on their door steps all day (and way way late at night) to save money by turning off the A/C. They let their kids run around OUTSIDE all day and so they can't possibly be a learning a thing. And when the drug dealer's flashy car comes around to TALK, the poor learn nothing but the bad.

TWO:
Political payoff to contractors, architectural firms, and free/public housing groups.

Look at the Hollywood celebrities like Kato Kaelin and Paris Hilton. They have been given more than enough to get started in the right direction and one can see what happened to them.

And let's get real and call government "out of control spending" what it really is. It's bleeding heart compassion from people who know very little about raising children the correct way. If they really did know something, they, the housing advocates, would have far more to show for all the billions of dollars spent and then completely WASTED.

If RICH parents can't simply throw money to raise their children in the proper way to become responsible, how can the government throw money, mixed housing, food stamps and the like, to raise the children of the poor?

(note to self: make illustration of carrot on a stick VERSUS a carrot 'without' a stick being already eaten by the donkey. 1st picture should show distance traveled and the 2nd picture should be no distance traveled.)

See No Evil Residents of Mandeville, LA versus the "It Is, what It Is" Saints Coach Payton

When has anyone ever wanted to raise their children in Louisiana?

Well, let's look at how GOOD Mandeville is when it came to the RECALL of Mayor Eddie Price. Well, this guy is clearly video taped driving drunk crashing into the Lake Pontchartrain Toll Booth and host of other things like stealing Christmas gifts from children, using campaign funds to pay gambling debts and so on. And guess what? After all that, the CITIZENS of Mandeville could NOT recall the guy/crook/drunk driver!!!

That failed recall showed the nation and the world, including the Paytons, what type of people live in Mandeville, LA.

See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil.

This is very similar to those in the Inner City New Orleans. That is the Mandeville White Flight residents who left New Orleans have something very in common with the Inner City Blacks and Public and Mixed Income Housing who never can find any witnesses and the 95 or more Jefferson Parish Managers and Supervisors who annually wrote ~$4500 Christmas gift checks to Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard with their new Christmas gift from Broussard, a shiny ink pen!

And did anyone remember the Movie Studio / Film Tax Credit / fraud / fiasco with Saints players and coaches? You try to invest in the community and guess what? All there are in NOLA are crooks and spineless residents.

Everywhere you look, there's one stupid thing after another. There is no ethics or morals in Louisiana, New Orleans, Jefferson or even Mandeville as you can see by the failed recall.

All they have is political "know it all's" and lawyers who twist and spin. Liberal types who convinced themselves there is no right or wrong. And conservatives who mind their own business and see and hear no evil. Big Talkers and Big Easy....great for raising kids, right?

And just what kind of careers can the Payton children look to besides sports? Low income tourism? Maybe a polically appointed position? Or maybe low income work at a casino or riverboat casino? Or perhaps get into a relationship with the low income service type who spends all their time and tips on video poker and still can't figure out why they are so poor? Wow, those low income type of jobs will make any mother excited to live in Louisiana!!!!

And did anyone mention that the only thing teenagers want to do in Louisiana is DRINK alcohol or get into a BAR? Would any "real" mother want their kids growing up with other kids in Louisiana who's only ambition and challenge in life is to get into a BAR in New Olreans or the party nature of LSU or Tulane? Or maybe the 5% graduation rate of SUNO? Or maybe the number of Fortune 500 Companies they could possibly work at, which is ZERO.

So while we are on this, let's look at the 2010 Census on the high percentage of children leaving the area. Around 50%!!!

So the Saints are one thing, but Paytons future of their children is far greater.

So if you are going to get mad at the Paytons for buying a house in Dallas, you should also get mad at your own relatives, Louisiana college graduates, who also left Louisiana for a far better life. Why not get mad at the 130,000 who left after Katrina and STILL NEVER came back after 5 years!

Actually, you should be mad at yourself for being a part of the anti-family Louisiana and New Orleans culture.

If the residents of Louisiana and New Orleans wanted to MIND their OWN business when it came to the crooked politians and so on. SHOULD NOT these same residents MIND their OWN business and keep their opinions to their self when a coach of a sports team buys a 2nd house in a different city?

If Saints FANS want get into someone else's PRIVATE business like a 2nd house in Dallas, why don't they voice their opinion on Louisiana's anti-family culture? It's because they are either another crook, SPINE-LESS, None of my business type, or two-faced.

Buying House in Dallas a Slap in face to NOLA......NOLA needs a slap in the face

Some commenters on NOLA and Saints fans think that Sean Payton buying a house in Dallas is a slap in the face of New Orleans and Louisana resident.

Well, New Orleans and Louisiana needs a SLAP in the FACE.
If you live in Mandeville, LA, it's somewhat boring. AND if you want avoid New Orleans because it's has the HIGHEST crime rate, anti-family French Quarter, and T-Shirt /  Daiquiri / Liquor Dump. And if you want to just stay alive and not get shot, life is even more BORING in Mandeville, Louisiana.  Ask former Saints coach Jim Mora (and Jim Finks) when there were HELD UP at GUN POINT in the coaches home!!!!

But people say New Orleans is exciting. Well, yes, it's different, but SHALLOW.
It's all about alcohol, alcohol, and more alcohol with drugs.

So what mom wants to raise their kids in an area where other kids only ambition in life is to get in to a bar and drink. Seriously!

Guess what NOLA residents? life does not revolve around alcohol and gambling.

But let's briefly delve into the  kind of conversations that take place in the Mandeville, LA community. It goes something like, "let's get a drink, goto a bar, where is the cheapest keg?"

Or, "We have a party this weekend, and guess what? We have BEER!!!!"

The topic of conversation is same old thing all over NOLA.
"Who got shot, who got killed driving drunk, what politician got indicted, or what short-sided mixed level housing thing had it's funds embezzled, or the token delay, excuse, delay, excuse in levee protection."


And if you add in gambling, it goes something like, "I was up 200 dollars on the video poker machine..." Or I had "so-and-so hand playing black jack..."

Basically, the same old alcohol or gambling conversation week in and week out in Mandeville when you hook up with the residents in Mandeville, LA.....regardless of the school you send you kids to.

List of Louisiana Coaches who have LEFT, "ADIOS", Louisiana

Mack Brown - Tulane Football Coach, 5th Bowl Appearance in 40 years....Left Louisiana

Tommy Bowden - Tulane Football Coach, 12-0 season....left Louisiana

Nick Saban - LSU Football Coach, National Championship.....Left Louisiana

Les Miles - LSU Footbal Coach, National Championship.....Interview with Michigan

Thousands and thousands of LSU and Tulane Graduates.......Left Louisiana to find a decent job

Fortune 500 companies.......All left Louisiana

If residents of Louisiana cannot get their own children to stay in Louisiana, why should they expect anything different from anyone else?

Do you really need a college education to work at a casino or a riverboat casino?

Hey JINDAL, instead of challenging the college graduates to stay in Louisiana, how about challenging all those politically connected, appointed, and elected about "TRANSPARENCY" via publishing their tax returns and requiring any of their private business that get's tax payer dollars, profit and NON-profit, to be PUBLIC "internet accessible" RECORD.

By the way, Mandeville is more of a "rural town". And in Louisiana and Mississippi, that means alcohol, more alcohol and even more alcohol with drugs.  Lots of family values there...