Nah, we use old corncobs, just like pappy had done
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Something about beans or something
It landed...poorly
If I recall correctly, it would've required a two thirds majority to pass both chambers plus a constitutional election, so the odds were never very good
If you remove and repour just the center slab, you're going to change the pressure against the ground which is likely to cause some shifting among all the surrounding tiles. You're definitely going to find someone willing to replace just the center tile, but if you do that you'll almost certainly be in a position in a couple years where you're looking to replace the whole thing.
I'd save up to remove it all, and think creatively about what an entirely new patio could look like. You don't have to replace it on its current footprint, but I can't see enough of your space in this picture to give you any layout recommendations.
This is unenforceable if not in alignment with state law. I recall all that phony "10th Amendment" talk from Republicans over the years. They have absolutely no core values except maintaining power at all costs
Can't tell if sarcasm
Robolemmy is right. The right of way where lines would be buried is mostly private property with a utility easement. Most of the mileage that needs to be buried are lines that run along the backside of single family lots, and then the line that runs to the house would also need to be buried. This would entail tearing up many thousands of properties.
The lines in my neighborhood, built in '82, are already buried. If AE had to come dig up the entire line along my block, it would cause catastrophic damage to every single home's backyard. We're not talking about burying coax line or fiber, electrical lines are going 4-5 feet deep. In my neighborhood, the telecom lines are buried on top of the electrical too. Imagine having to lay a new electrical conduit beneath existing telecom lines.
You're really underestimating how labor-intensive excavation is, especially when you're talking about lines that crisscross existing infrastructure. $50 billion for this work is absolutely in alignment with realistic expectations.
All this said, the only reason this is on the table is because of the outages we had in '23, when ice took down lines all over the city. I can't even remember when anything like that happened before, and it hasn't happened since, so reactively spending a bunch of money to avoid some people having another rare 48-72hr outage seems unwise.
The people who believe in this stuff wear this kind of stuff as a badge of honor, even though they're the ones paying money for snake oil
Louisiana's government is an abject disaster. Really only Mississippi can come close to challenging them for last place. Party alignment has little to do with it, Republican or Democrat, Louisiana's government has been fucked for decades and it shows in their infrastructure and (lack of) public services.