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THE PRICE IS WRONG IN MANDEVILLEMr Slade,
While I applaude your attempts at firing up people about this issue, I am afraid that if you think anyone inside the city of Mandeville actually cares about this, you're quite naive. I think Eddie Price has been to the Huey Long/Edwin Edwards school of Political Office and graduated magna cum laude. Both of those distinguished professors taught that if you give the people what they want, they care less about what they need and always look the other way while you reward your yourself for being great leader.
Eddie Price has done an excellent job of keeping the lower class, both black and white out of Mandeville. Heck, there are so few of them that there just weren't enough needy kids in his city to give all of those Christmas toys to. Wouldn't YOU sacrifice a few pot holes in the street and a declining educational system so not to have to see some black kids riding their bikes to the public water park at Mandeville Trail Head? The hard fact is that the citizens in Mandeville make their money in New Orleans and drive home to escape it's problems. When Biff and Buffy meet at the clubhouse after a tough 18 holes and discuss issues, I can assure you that recalling Eddie Price isn't on their tongues. Why do they need to make any changes when things are working pretty well from their side of the lake?
