Search:  

 
theme to black backgroundlet page decide theme
HomeFind ServiceReviewsISP NewsFAQsForumsToolsDatabaseAbout 
 
   All ForumsHot TopicsGallery






how-to block ads


 
Forums » Louisiana Fiber and 'Economic Blackmail'? » So... the 1300 jobs cost Lafayette taxpayers $18m?
Share Topic:
RSS topic:
toggle:
flat / full
normal / watch
Post a:
Post a:
Socialist?! »
« How about some common sense...  
blah194

join:2002-03-04
Lake Charles, LA

What you people all fail to realize...

...is that this fiber project is NOT being funded by the Lafayette citizens, but by you guessed it, the federal government (a.k.a. the taxpayers). So you should keep that in mind next time you rail on about Bell and Cox being afraid of competition.
permalink · 2005-02-28 11:59:19 · Reply to this

JTRockville
Data Ho
Premium,MVM
join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD
clubs:
·LINGO
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·surpasshosting
·Verizon FIOS

Re: What you people all fail to realize...

Which project is being funded with federal dollars? BS/Cingular call center, or the Lafayette municipal system?

Either way, I think you're mistaken.

The $18m for the BS/Cingular call center all came from Lafayette and Louisiana:

said by the advocate article in the news item:
The concessions include $10 million in state tax breaks, donation of land and the building from LEDA and discounted utilities from LUS, Gothreaux said.
State = Louisiana
LEDA = Lafayette Economic Development Authority
LUS = Lafayette Utilities System

I'm not sure how Lafayette plans to fund the municipal system, but I'd be absolutely shocked if the feds contributed.
permalink · 2005-02-28 12:13:28 · Print · Reply to this

FiberNow

@cox.net

Re: What you people all fail to realize...

Revenue bonds to be paid back over 25 years.
permalink · 2005-02-28 23:57:42 · Reply to this
jsouth
Jsouth

join:2000-12-12
Wichita, KS		 You do know you pay taxes to the state which are separate from federal taxes for things like this don't you? That is why you file a state tax return.
--
BTK is Caught!!!!
permalink · 2005-02-28 13:30:21 · Reply to this
Forums » Louisiana Fiber and 'Economic Blackmail'?Socialist?! »
« How about some common sense...  

Thursday, 26-Nov 10:45:30 Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Hosting by www.nac.net - DSL,Hosting & Co-lo | feedback | contact
over 10 years online! © 1999-2009 dslreports.com.republican-creole
page compression OFF
Most commented news this week
· [107] New AT&T Ad Campaign Hits Back At Verizon
· [104] Time Warner Cable Fires Broadside At Broadcasters
· [95] Apple Joins AT&T Verizon Snark Fest
· [85] New Bill Takes Aim At Higher Verizon ETFs
· [68] TiVo Sees Record Customer Losses
· [49] In-Flight Internet Headed For Bumpy Landing?
· [34] Senators Want ACTA Made Public
· [32] Despite Billions In USF Fees, U.S. Libraries Lack Bandwidth
· [31] ICANN Slams DNS Redirection
· [30] Earthlink Suffers From Major E-mail Outage
Most people now reading
· Windows 7 boot manager editing questions [Microsoft Help]
· Telemarketing Hell: Heather's back [Spam, Scam and Phishbusters]
· 3.x Feral Druid - Bear Tanking Guide [World of Warcraft]
· HOW-TO: QoS and Tomato (fixes "choppy voice") [MagicJack]
· ZoneAlarm forum suspended? [Security]
· I'll Just Unplug That... [No, I Will Not Fix Your #@$!! Computer]
· IPComms Free DIDs now with sip registration maybe?? [VOIP Tech Chat]
· [Connectivity] Comcast and routing [Comcast HSI]
· [Config] cisco asa 5505 with multiple outside IP addresses [Cisco]