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I used to enjoy posting on this site but I don't post very often because of the attacking, insulting mentality that has grown towards those that disagree or share their opinions. I have read your posts for sometime, and while you seem intelligent and post some well thought out debates you tend to be aggressive and insulting all too often. I don't claim to know more than you or the next guy but I should be able to state my opinion without being insulted. I enjoy a good debate but not pisssing contests. Both end up with pee on their feet Peace out.

Maybe it's your delivery. For the fourth time, you started your statement off by saying "I guess you feel". Maybe you should have started with "this is how I feel" Let me be clear. I feel Democrats and Republicans are both contributing to the down fall of this country. I have very little respect for most. The media is falsely portraying the news and I don't trust anything they say. They all report the new to support their beliefs/agenda including Fox. Trump is a man that can not be trusted. His one positive is he has supported many of my conservative values/issues but that does not make him likable or believable. I'll respect him as our president but I will not blindly support his actions.

What part of my post do you not comprehend? Nothing you stated is how I feel. If you want to illustrate the mistreatment of Trump, that's fine. Tagging it to how i feel is inaccurate.

Your post started off guessing or insinuating how I feel. There's nothing accurate about that. You embellished upon my statement. If you want to illustrate something don't incorporate an inaccurate portrayal of how I fell.

My reply said none of those things. You're insinuating an inaccurate picture of my stance.

We all know that anyone in this country that disagrees with or criticizes Trump can expect an insulting twitter blast. He shows more respect and diplomacy to other leaders like Yun, Putin and the Saudis than he does our own GOP. This is not support for the dems, just a rational observation.

You mean Katelyn?

He should try such diplomacy here at home.

How would you feel if you were the third place finisher?

Right or wrong, we all have to pay for services we don't use. We could both provide a long list of things. As I stated earlier, we all benefit in someway from public education. Is 156,000,000 a lot of money? Heck yea. Could it be done cheaper? Probably. No offense, but you'd probably still be against a bond half that size.

This statement is from NISD website If the bond issue passes, will the tax rate for our senior citizens be increased? No. Taxpayers who are age 65 and older and have filed the appropriate tax exemption will not see an increase in the school taxes they pay on their home. The exemption “freezes” the amount of school taxes they pay at the time the exemption is filed.

The entire community benefits from our schools whether you have children in school or not. School/education quality affects home values. Schools affect employment which affects economics that all benefit from, educated graduates contribute to the work force, etc. There's a lot more trickle down benefits. If you were to eliminate the school system from your community, where would the the community be or for that matter, your home value.

It is my understanding that his mother had been trying to get him mental help.but the process is very slow.

Why toss PA and Beaumont out? They're still NISD's neighbor and their facilities are far superior. If NISD tried to pass a bond for less than was needed the taxpayers would want to know why there were still needs after the bond was passed. How would tax payers feel if the board came to the voters in 5-10 years for another bond? Had Nederland passed the previous failed bond the small approved bond and this one would not be needed. Nederland voted for board members to lead their district into the future. It stands to reason they have invested much more time in evaluating the needs than most citizens and posters.

Most districts that try to pass a bond offer campus tours to the public .I would suggest those for, against or on the fence take advantage of that opportunity. People give opinion after opinion about what is best and have never stepped inside the schools. If you're again athletic improvements you can vote against it but still help education.

All district's bordering NISD have passed multiple bonds in excess of what NISD is trying to pass. You can equate that to the street or neighborhood in your community that never updates or improves.

Not every district has upwards of a million dollars for turf

I agree with their approach. If the education bond passes and the athletic bond fails it will allow the district to focus more local funds on athletics because their education needs are getting met. It would be disappointing to have a community pass 150 million or so and reject 4.5 simply because its athletic related.That's a community that really has a problem with athletics. However, they run the risk of a failed education bond and a passed athletic bond because it will have little to no affect on the tax payer.

The Rams, the newcomer to the big show, was out coached and out played by an extremely experienced dynasty. Wade Phillips did his job though.

Had to change channels for awhile.

This breaks my heart

I strongly disagree with the dem and Pelosi tactics. However their tactics were much more effective towards their objective than Trump's was towards his objective.

The dems and media scream daily about Trump. It would be nothing new or different. Trump didn't prove anything. Dem supporters have their view and that didn't change. In fact it unified them because this appears to be a victory against Trump. On the other hand, it has to some level divided Trump supporters because he caved. Whether we agree, Pelosi's political game appears to be strong with the help of the media.

So you are saying Trump had the government shutdown playing the political game (which many claim he doesn't) with the dems? He could have accomplished the same thing by shutting down the border and our government workers would have been spared. Not very savvy in my opinion.

Yeah, I'm sure that's exactly what they're thinking.