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Plutonic Panda
01-30-2013, 01:37 PM
Couldn't find a thread for this. Thought it deserved its own thread and I found these proposed renovations.

Rose State College officials in Midwest City propose $21.9 million bond issue | News OK (http://newsok.com/rose-state-college-officials-in-midwest-city-propose-21.9-million-bond-issue/article/3750181)

bombermwc
01-31-2013, 06:50 AM
Since it's a state school, why is the state not helping contribute to these projects? I'm not sure why the Mid-Del/Choctaw area is the only one being asked to pay for this. It's not as though OU bonds-out to Norman do they?

Plutonic Panda
01-31-2013, 12:45 PM
Since it's a state school, why is the state not helping contribute to these projects? I'm not sure why the Mid-Del/Choctaw area is the only one being asked to pay for this. It's not as though OU bonds-out to Norman do they?I kind of wondered about that.

ou48A
01-31-2013, 01:43 PM
Since it's a state school, why is the state not helping contribute to these projects? I'm not sure why the Mid-Del/Choctaw area is the only one being asked to pay for this. It's not as though OU bonds-out to Norman do they?On only one occasion that I know of did the city of Norman let bonds for an OU project?
It was for the Sam Noble Natural history museum. If I remember correctly it was $15 million.
Norman has cooperated with moving streets and utilities for OU projects.

Since my wife is an adjunct professor at Rose State it would be very nice if their professors received a nice raise.
There are many who are under paid for the work they do.

bombermwc
02-01-2013, 06:36 AM
Yeah right now, i'd vote no since it's scope of bond is so narrow. RSC isn't a school district. It shouldn't be limited to mid-del/choctaw.

Bimmerdude
02-01-2013, 01:24 PM
Well, they obviosuly have money to renovate the buildings along I-40.....

amanda_
02-02-2013, 10:46 AM
I'd vote no too. It seems like they should be taking care of this stuff anyway and not trying to tax us more. It is kinda typical for a government school...raise tuition, raise fees and tax everybody. I'll bet they will want more and raise tuition too! VOTE NO!

amanda_
02-03-2013, 11:06 AM
Let's all agree to vote NO since government can't seem to spend money well. What is a government bureaucrat's solution for hard times: TAX MORE!

bombermwc
02-05-2013, 07:21 AM
It's not that i disagree with the project. But i do feel like the scope of the bond should be larger.

ewoodard70
02-07-2013, 09:22 AM
I used to work summers in the maintenance department of Rose State, I know the budget for repair work is not what it needs to be. The department would get the new budget on July 1 and would have to work from that. However I do agree with Bomber that the scope should be larger and include Jones and Harrah as well.

Midtowner
02-07-2013, 10:00 AM
Since it's a state school, why is the state not helping contribute to these projects? I'm not sure why the Mid-Del/Choctaw area is the only one being asked to pay for this. It's not as though OU bonds-out to Norman do they?

For one thing, you have a number of legislators (a large number) who don't understand that revenue bonds are constitutional. For another thing, Mid-Del/Choctaw area folks are the only people attending Rose State. I'm willing to betcha Rose State doesn't attract a lot of students from all over the state like OU or OSU or even UCO. It's a community college serving a very local purpose. Apparently, Rose State also has tech-ed programs utilized by local HS students, so either improve existing facilities or lose students and dollars to UCO.

Midtowner
02-07-2013, 10:01 AM
Let's all agree to vote NO since government can't seem to spend money well. What is a government bureaucrat's solution for hard times: TAX MORE!

Do you think current money spent on community colleges is being mishandled?

If so, explain yourself.

bombermwc
02-08-2013, 06:56 AM
I can understand part of the use-tax idea there Midtowner, but i dont feel that education is something that gets to use use-tax. I went to a private university, yet i contributed and still to (in taxes) to public education which includes the universities. I'm not complaining about that, i think that's how it should be.

However, that's part of it being a state institution. If you want to work local donors for projects or take on debt for something like construction, that's your thing. But if you want to bond it out, then you need to have a STATE bond that has your projects in it. NOT focus it in one area and say, "you use it so you pay it". If they feel they need to recoup cost from the high schools using the pool, then charge them. You'll see them cut their swim teams (or the district will bond to build their own pool...but probably not from a liability standpoint) and then that cash will dissapear. But just because someone from Piedmont may or may not go to Rose, that doesn't mean that as a state institution, they should have the responsibility to help maintain the place. That's why it's a STATE school. It may be a community college, but it's still state. As far as I know, the EOC area doesn't pay a seperate tax to have the school there. If that's not the case, please educate me because that would alter my position significantly.

Midtowner
02-08-2013, 07:19 AM
I can understand part of the use-tax idea there Midtowner, but i dont feel that education is something that gets to use use-tax. I went to a private university, yet i contributed and still to (in taxes) to public education which includes the universities. I'm not complaining about that, i think that's how it should be.

However, that's part of it being a state institution. If you want to work local donors for projects or take on debt for something like construction, that's your thing. But if you want to bond it out, then you need to have a STATE bond that has your projects in it. NOT focus it in one area and say, "you use it so you pay it". If they feel they need to recoup cost from the high schools using the pool, then charge them. You'll see them cut their swim teams (or the district will bond to build their own pool...but probably not from a liability standpoint) and then that cash will dissapear. But just because someone from Piedmont may or may not go to Rose, that doesn't mean that as a state institution, they should have the responsibility to help maintain the place. That's why it's a STATE school. It may be a community college, but it's still state. As far as I know, the EOC area doesn't pay a seperate tax to have the school there. If that's not the case, please educate me because that would alter my position significantly.

All schools are state institutions.

Local schools receiving bond money is routine. Why is this different?

amanda_
02-08-2013, 08:02 AM
All schools are state institutions.

Local schools receiving bond money is routine. Why is this different?

Local K-12 schools. UCO doesn't tax and issues bonds taxing Edmond property owners--and Rose shouldn't tax us! When I was a student at Rose, there were LOTS of students from other than Mid-Del. My dad lives in Choctaw and they don't pay property tax to Rose. I live in MWC and I get taxed for a Choctaw student? It smells like you know what......

Midtowner
02-08-2013, 09:51 AM
Comparing UCO to Rose State is just ridiculous. UCO has students who come from all over the state, some from out of the state and out of the country. It is of statewide importance. UCO is currently working on securing a revenue bond to begin construction on a $38MM Medical Examiner's office to be connected with the OSBI office and the UCO Forensics programs which are nationally recognized. Rose State, on the other hand offers a few Associates degrees, you can get a Bachelor's (through UCO) and is basically a glorified high school. Local high schools do make use of Rose and many of their Tech Ed programs. Rose has a huge impact on the Mid/Del economy and it would be economically beneficial for you to expand operations there and try to serve as many students as possible. These students eat in your restaurants, buy things at your local stores and buy gas at your gas stations.

This isn't just a bond on MWC. It's the Rose State Tech Ed district. You see, many high school students attend Rose during school hours to learn things like welding and autocad. These students come from the Tech Ed district, which includes Del City, parts of OKC and Choctaw. The tax would be applied to those areas as well, not just MWC. The amount of the tax is negligble. $1.67 per month per $100,000 home.

The basic assumptions you have made are wrong. Go read the article the OP posted. At least attempt to know what you're objecting to.

amanda_
02-08-2013, 01:06 PM
I don't buy your arguments--and I DID READ the article. You come across as some paid government hack for RSC. How much are you getting from the bond? Schools, the government -- all of them need to live within their means. VOTE NO!


Comparing UCO to Rose State is just ridiculous. UCO has students who come from all over the state, some from out of the state and out of the country. It is of statewide importance. UCO is currently working on securing a revenue bond to begin construction on a $38MM Medical Examiner's office to be connected with the OSBI office and the UCO Forensics programs which are nationally recognized. Rose State, on the other hand offers a few Associates degrees, you can get a Bachelor's (through UCO) and is basically a glorified high school. Local high schools do make use of Rose and many of their Tech Ed programs. Rose has a huge impact on the Mid/Del economy and it would be economically beneficial for you to expand operations there and try to serve as many students as possible. These students eat in your restaurants, buy things at your local stores and buy gas at your gas stations.

This isn't just a bond on MWC. It's the Rose State Tech Ed district. You see, many high school students attend Rose during school hours to learn things like welding and autocad. These students come from the Tech Ed district, which includes Del City, parts of OKC and Choctaw. The tax would be applied to those areas as well, not just MWC. The amount of the tax is negligble. $1.67 per month per $100,000 home.

The basic assumptions you have made are wrong. Go read the article the OP posted. At least attempt to know what you're objecting to.

Midtowner
02-08-2013, 02:00 PM
I don't buy your arguments--and I DID READ the article. You come across as some paid government hack for RSC. How much are you getting from the bond? Schools, the government -- all of them need to live within their means. VOTE NO!

Schools depend on bond issues to live within their means. Bonds are debt incurred for the purpose of making out of the ordinary purchases or capital improvements which are not part of an ordinary state budget. Leaky roofs don't happen every year, so the legislature doesn't need to make an appropriation to fix perfectly good roofs. When roofs do leak though (and Rose State has a serious problem at the swimming pool), the only way to fix things is by incurring debt.

Check this out:

OSCN Found Document:Indebtedness for capital improvements at state institutions (http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=85086)

In 1968, the state voted to amend the Constitution to grant the Board of Regents for Higher Education the power to issue bonds in the amount of $38MM. That was real money back then and today doesn't scratch the surface.

Back then, we were also funding a much greater part of the cost of educating students at universities with taxpayer dollars than today. We now have a growing number of buildings which become more dilapidated and expensive to repair every single year and the legislature is cutting taxes instead of allowing these schools to pay their bills.

All of the information in my previous reply came from the same NewsOk article. It stated that the folks voting would be within the Tech Ed district and that the district serves the Mid/Del area, parts of OKC and Choctaw. The Tech Ed students who go to Rose State are high school students, not college students.

Without bonds, we couldn't have high school music programs--instruments can be extremely expensive--replacing every instrument in an high school band is a six-figure proposition. You probably wouldn't say we should shutter all high school music programs, would you? Or would you expect that a low income student who is going to play the bassoon for 4 years buy his own? (a "cheap" model is about $6,000). I'm fine either way. The state legislature could appropriate enough to school districts so they can afford to pay for band instruments every year and replace them as they go, or save before they open a new campus to be able to afford instruments and uniforms OR we could ask the communities which directly benefit from these expenditures to chip in what is probably an additional .5% or something more on their property tax bills.

As for whether I'm a "government hack" or not, what would that matter? What I'm telling you is true whether I'm Joe the Plumber or Mary Fallin's Chief of Staff. In reality, I'm an attorney--the private kind. I don't do education law or have a dog in the hunt with Rose State. I'm just talking to someone on the internet [you] who apparently has formed a very strong opinion about something she really doesn't understand.

Take a step back re-examine the facts without forming conclusions first. Bond issues are precisely how these entities live within their means. If we did it your way, football and band programs would be a thing of the past as well as school buildings, school buildings getting roofs replaced, capital improvements, welding classes, agricultural classes, new computers, and everything schools absolutely rely on bond money to buy. Do you think a new roof after your current roof collapses is excessive? A luxury? No? Okay then, answer for me how Rose State is not living within their means by asking for the folks they serve to chip in a little.

amanda_
02-08-2013, 04:21 PM
I really don't like lawyers. You all clutter up stuff. Bottom line is schools take too much money and you know it too. It is just that you are part of the lawyer class that make their money off of this kind of crap. You're just like the college...a tick sucking blood.


Schools depend on bond issues to live within their means. Bonds are debt incurred for the purpose of making out of the ordinary purchases or capital improvements which are not part of an ordinary state budget. Leaky roofs don't happen every year, so the legislature doesn't need to make an appropriation to fix perfectly good roofs. When roofs do leak though (and Rose State has a serious problem at the swimming pool), the only way to fix things is by incurring debt.

Check this out:

OSCN Found Document:Indebtedness for capital improvements at state institutions (http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=85086)

In 1968, the state voted to amend the Constitution to grant the Board of Regents for Higher Education the power to issue bonds in the amount of $38MM. That was real money back then and today doesn't scratch the surface.

Back then, we were also funding a much greater part of the cost of educating students at universities with taxpayer dollars than today. We now have a growing number of buildings which become more dilapidated and expensive to repair every single year and the legislature is cutting taxes instead of allowing these schools to pay their bills.

All of the information in my previous reply came from the same NewsOk article. It stated that the folks voting would be within the Tech Ed district and that the district serves the Mid/Del area, parts of OKC and Choctaw. The Tech Ed students who go to Rose State are high school students, not college students.

Without bonds, we couldn't have high school music programs--instruments can be extremely expensive--replacing every instrument in an high school band is a six-figure proposition. You probably wouldn't say we should shutter all high school music programs, would you? Or would you expect that a low income student who is going to play the bassoon for 4 years buy his own? (a "cheap" model is about $6,000). I'm fine either way. The state legislature could appropriate enough to school districts so they can afford to pay for band instruments every year and replace them as they go, or save before they open a new campus to be able to afford instruments and uniforms OR we could ask the communities which directly benefit from these expenditures to chip in what is probably an additional .5% or something more on their property tax bills.

As for whether I'm a "government hack" or not, what would that matter? What I'm telling you is true whether I'm Joe the Plumber or Mary Fallin's Chief of Staff. In reality, I'm an attorney--the private kind. I don't do education law or have a dog in the hunt with Rose State. I'm just talking to someone on the internet [you] who apparently has formed a very strong opinion about something she really doesn't understand.

Take a step back re-examine the facts without forming conclusions first. Bond issues are precisely how these entities live within their means. If we did it your way, football and band programs would be a thing of the past as well as school buildings, school buildings getting roofs replaced, capital improvements, welding classes, agricultural classes, new computers, and everything schools absolutely rely on bond money to buy. Do you think a new roof after your current roof collapses is excessive? A luxury? No? Okay then, answer for me how Rose State is not living within their means by asking for the folks they serve to chip in a little.

Plutonic Panda
02-08-2013, 05:09 PM
Correct me if I'm wrong, but, isn't Rose State a branch of UCO?

Edit: Or a better term for that would be an off campus site funded or owned by UCO.

amanda_
02-08-2013, 05:46 PM
Colleges charge tuition...more tuition...fees...more fees...tax...more tax....tax property...tax this...tax that. Vote NO.


Correct me if I'm wrong, but, isn't Rose State a branch of UCO?

Edit: Or a better term for that would be an off campus site funded or owned by UCO.

Midtowner
02-08-2013, 06:06 PM
I really don't like lawyers. You all clutter up stuff. Bottom line is schools take too much money and you know it too. It is just that you are part of the lawyer class that make their money off of this kind of crap. You're just like the college...a tick sucking blood.

Are you for real?

How do we clutter stuff up. Be specific. Entertain me.

And you think a college education is a bad thing?

I don't stand to make money on this deal, who would make money would be whichever roofing companies and construction companies who win the bidding process. Maybe some attorneys to handle the transactional details to ensure everyone gets paid and construction moves as planned and all the insurance, etc. is right. Also, folks who buy public bonds as investments would make a little bit of tax-free interest income off of the bonds. I can assure you, no lawyer is getting rich off of this deal.

I'm just not sure you get it... if you have a house and the roof leaks and insurance won't cover it, what do you do? Chastise yourself for not living within your means? Or take out a loan which you can easily afford?

Midtowner
02-08-2013, 06:17 PM
Correct me if I'm wrong, but, isn't Rose State a branch of UCO?

Edit: Or a better term for that would be an off campus site funded or owned by UCO.

Nope. Rose State is a community college. UCO is organized under the regional university system of Oklahoma. The main difference is that on Rose States' campus, you'll find a lot of Associates degree programs (I don't think UCO offers those at all). Associates degrees tend to focus more on the subject area, where a bachelor's is going to include things like a requirement that you take liberal arts classes, classes on philosophy, humanities, world languages, etc.

UCO does have an extension at Rose State where students can take classes on Rose State's campus but receive credit towards a bachelor's degree. That's one of the values of a place like Rose State--they're reaching out to students who ordinarily couldn't obtain higher education due to work requirements, having a family, etc., and doing it at a fraction of the cost of a for-profit school (compare $79 per credit at Rose to sometimes in the neighborhood of $1,000 per credit at some for-profit schools) and at the same time providing a better quality education as well as a more recognizable degree to get students further in the workplace.

Rose has a lot of programs you won't find at UCO and vice versa. If you want to get a quick 2-year paralegal certificate, you can go from flipping burgers to a $25/hour job with benefits and do it without incurring massive student debt.

Education is one of the government's core functions and a no vote here is going to result in the decay of Rose's campus and just result in the taxpayers being hit up for even more money after more decay occurs.

Plutonic Panda
02-08-2013, 06:20 PM
Colleges charge tuition...more tuition...fees...more fees...tax...more tax....tax property...tax this...tax that. Vote NO.Well, I couldn't vote if I wanted to, as I live in Edmond. :p

Plutonic Panda
02-08-2013, 06:22 PM
Nope. Rose State is a community college. UCO is organized under the regional university system of Oklahoma. The main difference is that on Rose States' campus, you'll find a lot of Associates degree programs (I don't think UCO offers those at all). Associates degrees tend to focus more on the subject area, where a bachelor's is going to include things like a requirement that you take liberal arts classes, classes on philosophy, humanities, world languages, etc.

UCO does have an extension at Rose State where students can take classes on Rose State's campus but receive credit towards a bachelor's degree. That's one of the values of a place like Rose State--they're reaching out to students who ordinarily couldn't obtain higher education due to work requirements, having a family, etc., and doing it at a fraction of the cost of a for-profit school (compare $79 per credit at Rose to sometimes in the neighborhood of $1,000 per credit at some for-profit schools) and at the same time providing a better quality education as well as a more recognizable degree to get students further in the workplace.

Rose has a lot of programs you won't find at UCO and vice versa. If you want to get a quick 2-year paralegal certificate, you can go from flipping burgers to a $25/hour job with benefits and do it without incurring massive student debt.

Education is one of the government's core functions and a no vote here is going to result in the decay of Rose's campus and just result in the taxpayers being hit up for even more money after more decay occurs.Aha, I see. So Francis Tuttle would be kind of like that, but more for specialty type classes and engineering, I'm guessing. Well, it makes sense anyways. About Rose State.

Midtowner
02-08-2013, 06:28 PM
Aha, I see. So Francis Tuttle would be kind of like that, but more for specialty type classes and engineering, I'm guessing. Well, it makes sense anyways. About Rose State.

Francis Tuttle is different. It's part of the Vo Tech system, which stands for vocational technology. They'll teach you how to weld, build furniture, painting, carpentry, construction, working on cars, etc.

I'm not 100% sure which tech ed services are at Rose. I'm guessing some of the medical certificates might be there like Respiratory Therapy, etc.

As for engineering, you can get some kind of Associates, but if you want a bachelor's, you have to go to a university.

Hawk405359
02-08-2013, 06:59 PM
It's just basic economics. Colleges bring students from out of the area. Those students, whether they live on campus or not, spend money there. THat money goes into local coffers, which in turn pays for the roads and parks and things of that nature. In turn, colleges provide jobs for local residents and have the facilities to host events which can draw other out of towners in to spend money. Colleges are a pretty good investment for a city, assuming they're not fly-by-night or for-profit. There's a reason Norman and Stillwater both work with the schools there closely, it's good for the city.

Still, this is a very narrow bond, and it'll be a tough sell without some major visual project. Non-sexy projects don't sell to the public, which is a big reason why our infrastructure is so terrible in this state.

amanda_
02-08-2013, 09:29 PM
I don't know why some of you can't see the obvious. Our government is out of control in Washington. Thank God we have some local politicians trying to make a difference but these liberal hacks like Midtowner think that we should be screwed by taxes. It is time to draw a line in the sand and say NO. VOTE NO.


It's just basic economics. Colleges bring students from out of the area. Those students, whether they live on campus or not, spend money there. THat money goes into local coffers, which in turn pays for the roads and parks and things of that nature. In turn, colleges provide jobs for local residents and have the facilities to host events which can draw other out of towners in to spend money. Colleges are a pretty good investment for a city, assuming they're not fly-by-night or for-profit. There's a reason Norman and Stillwater both work with the schools there closely, it's good for the city.

Still, this is a very narrow bond, and it'll be a tough sell without some major visual project. Non-sexy projects don't sell to the public, which is a big reason why our infrastructure is so terrible in this state.

Hawk405359
02-08-2013, 10:30 PM
What's obvious is that education is consistently a good education for a city and state, so much so that our conservative governor pledged more spending to support it, which certainly wouldn't be the case of education was just a tick feeding off the public. Mary Fallin knows the value of it, even as she's busy listing the sins of Washington. So as long as your not the type of person to have such a knee jerk reaction as to compare a local college to Washington and go into a frothing rage, education spending should be something that you're able to rationally think about.

amanda_
02-09-2013, 01:54 PM
Looks like the lawyer has got hawk drinking the koolaid. You all are too dense to get it--the government has to STOP spending. The college spending is just another tick sucking blood...just like lawyers are blood suckers too.


What's obvious is that education is consistently a good education for a city and state, so much so that our conservative governor pledged more spending to support it, which certainly wouldn't be the case of education was just a tick feeding off the public. Mary Fallin knows the value of it, even as she's busy listing the sins of Washington. So as long as your not the type of person to have such a knee jerk reaction as to compare a local college to Washington and go into a frothing rage, education spending should be something that you're able to rationally think about.

Hawk405359
02-09-2013, 02:40 PM
If you want to try a country that has absolutely no government spending, feel free to fly down to Somalia and let us know how that works out. Well, you can't really fly, since you'd be making use of government spending. Or drive to a coastline to take a boat. Or take a boat at all. Hey, tell you what, you can fashion a raft out trees you grow and take a raft, sail it across the Atlantic, around the horn of Africa, land in Somalia, and then tell us how that works out. I guarantee you that you won't have to pay a penny to the government there.

But I'll go ahead and type out your response for you to save you time. "I have no clue how this whole money or economy thing works. Obama! Washington! grr! anger! I don't know what you said, so insult! What that man on the radio said, etc. etc."

There, I think I captured your entire argument in essence. Enjoy the shallow end of the pool, and don't forget your floaties.

amanda_
02-09-2013, 02:54 PM
I am not unintelligent. But, you want to call me stupid: fine. How about I call you an ass****? That might fit you and your fellow liberal blood-sucking ticks. VOTE NO.

amanda_
02-09-2013, 02:55 PM
And how about you enjoy the deep end of the pool? Of course, with you, it would be a cesspool, since you are full of you know what.

kevinpate
02-09-2013, 03:02 PM
Gee, if it's so hated, maybe they ought to simply close down RSC. Kind of a bummer for the students, but hey, it's really not all that far over to O-Trip, and just a wild guess on my part, but I'm thinking OKC city govt. and OKC businesses wouldn't object to capturing the sales taxes and discretionary spending of those students. Might even be able to market shirts that say Happily Attending O-Trip on the front and Amanda Sent Me on the back.

amanda_
02-09-2013, 03:05 PM
Be quiet Kevin. If your opinion is needed, you will know. But, your opinion will never be needed.

Hawk405359
02-09-2013, 03:06 PM
I am not unintelligent. But, you want to call me stupid: fine. How about I call you an ass****? That might fit you and your fellow liberal blood-sucking ticks. VOTE NO.

Heh, hit a nerve, huh? Guess you think you reserve the sole right to insult people's intelligence, don't you? You obviously aren't interested in actually discussing things like an actual adult, so I saw no need to respond to you as one. Since you're still incapable of it, you're obviously not worth any more time after this post.

And nope, I'm a registered republican. I'm just not so deep in party rhetoric that it prevents me from understanding how the economy and government spending works. But I am full of quite a few things, reasoning ability, knowledge, general respect for people who actually try to show it to others.

kevinpate
02-09-2013, 03:11 PM
Dang ... grumpy much? No need to act as though I'm the one who dropped the house on your sister.

amanda_
02-09-2013, 06:05 PM
Dang ... grumpy much? No need to act as though I'm the one who dropped the house on your sister.

Might you shut up Kevin? Nobody likes you.

Stew
02-09-2013, 06:48 PM
Might you shut up Kevin? Nobody likes you.

I have a great deal of respect for Kevin and absolutely get a kick out of his humor. He's an okctalk fave.

I'm just spitballing it here but by chance are you a troll?

Plutonic Panda
02-09-2013, 08:46 PM
Might you shut up Kevin? Nobody likes you.I like Kevin. I don't know why we're fighting though, I understand what your saying and I would actually vote no on this project if I could because the scope of the project seems low. But, that of course, is my just opinion.

kevinpate
02-09-2013, 09:03 PM
Might you shut up Kevin? Nobody likes you.

Turn off text to speech. Might stop the voices. FWIW, I like me. Then again, I am a bit of a nobody. Dang, score one for the flying monkeys and their coach I suppose.

But hey, my grandbabies love me. Anyone else is just extra gravy on the biscuit anyways. Game, set, match.

Martin
02-09-2013, 09:08 PM
amanda... you need to cool off. you can defend your position without resorting to personal attacks. -M

Midtowner
02-10-2013, 12:52 AM
Are you for real?

How do we clutter stuff up. Be specific. Entertain me.

And you think a college education is a bad thing?

I don't stand to make money on this deal, who would make money would be whichever roofing companies and construction companies who win the bidding process. Maybe some attorneys to handle the transactional details to ensure everyone gets paid and construction moves as planned and all the insurance, etc. is right. Also, folks who buy public bonds as investments would make a little bit of tax-free interest income off of the bonds. I can assure you, no lawyer is getting rich off of this deal.

I'm just not sure you get it... if you have a house and the roof leaks and insurance won't cover it, what do you do? Chastise yourself for not living within your means? Or take out a loan which you can easily afford?

Amanda, can you answer this without a personal attack?

amanda_
02-10-2013, 08:57 AM
Amanda, can you answer this without a personal attack?

I don't know why you are so dense. Lawyers clutter it up by thinking they should get rich off of everything. You charge $200 or more an hour to do what? To tell government or others how to screw us over. This is just another example of govt screwing us over. They might as well be asking for a bond for toilet paper. Its stupid. Govt takes lots of our money already and they need to start cutting not adding. You vote how you damn well want. I don't care if you get into screwing taxpayers over.

amanda_
02-10-2013, 08:58 AM
I guess it is simple: govt likes to screw us over and lawyers are the lube.

Easy180
02-10-2013, 09:45 AM
This thread proves some wake up in the morning just to find something to piss them off...Have a few of these as friends on Facebook and they don't seem to get invited to parties

Midtowner
02-10-2013, 09:48 AM
I don't know why you are so dense. Lawyers clutter it up by thinking they should get rich off of everything. You charge $200 or more an hour to do what? To tell government or others how to screw us over. This is just another example of govt screwing us over. They might as well be asking for a bond for toilet paper. Its stupid. Govt takes lots of our money already and they need to start cutting not adding. You vote how you damn well want. I don't care if you get into screwing taxpayers over.

So the answer is no, you won't answer my questions without a personal attack?

I'm guessing not because I already know what the answers are. In your household, you'd borrow the money because you can't afford to pay cash for a new roof.

Do you really think a new roof is a similar expense to new toilet paper?

You keep saying all of these silly things. You're not persuading anyone. You're just convincing folks how very little you actually understand about what bonds are, how they work and how funding for government buildings works. Keep on diggin'. You may yet earn a few more yes votes.

Lauri101
02-10-2013, 12:01 PM
Anal fixate much, Amanda? Could you please wander over to the children's table so the adults can talk?

amanda_
02-10-2013, 12:18 PM
Anal fixate much, Amanda? Could you please wander over to the children's table so the adults can talk?

Lauri -- shut up. You think you can bash me? You are a worthless white trash ****.

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02-10-2013, 12:41 PM
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Plutonic Panda
02-10-2013, 01:14 PM
Yeeeeeaaaaapppp. I think the time has come to close this thread.

CaptDave
02-10-2013, 02:17 PM
Oh my - ease up on the Tea amanda_

And spend some time watching something other than Fox and listening to someone other than Beckbaugh, Hannity, etc......

MDot
02-10-2013, 04:48 PM
amanda... you need to cool off. you can defend your position without resorting to personal attacks. -M

Apparently she can't. Haha

amanda_
02-10-2013, 04:57 PM
Apparently she can't. Haha

Shut up. You're a nazi.

Midtowner
02-10-2013, 05:40 PM
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amanda_
02-10-2013, 06:13 PM
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People like Midtowner are going to burn in hell fire for blaspheming.

Easy180
02-10-2013, 06:17 PM
Oh good lord ban her already

amanda_
02-10-2013, 06:34 PM
Oh good lord ban her already

I will pray for you and the others. You are going to burn in hell fire for blaspheming.

RadicalModerate
02-10-2013, 07:12 PM
I really don't like lawyers. You all clutter up stuff. Bottom line is schools take too much money and you know it too. It is just that you are part of the lawyer class that make their money off of this kind of crap. You're just like the college...a tick sucking blood.

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Plutonic Panda
02-10-2013, 07:34 PM
_Pzqq9sxKkYI'm not a big fan of the Tea Party, but referring to them as the American Taliban is a bit much, doncha think?