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I hope that the taxpayers in the impacted area are ready for the tax increases that they are going to be hit with to pay for the legacy costs for teachers from EBR (and more revenue to assume costs to operate the schools), formation of a city council, the likely formation of a city court, costs to pay for new city employees, etc.

I would imagine that the majority of residents in the new city are just fine with paying higher taxes for usable public schools, services, and infrastructure as opposed to throwing a slightly lower amount of tax dollars into the flaming dumpster of the city-parish.

And by "i would imagine" I mean, "that is exactly why the signed the petition and voted to incorporate."

This post was edited on 4/26/24 at 3:20 pm

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Posted by CreoleTigerEsq

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Posted on 4/26/24 at 3:25 pm to Indefatigable

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I would imagine that the majority of residents in the new city are just fine with paying higher taxes for usable public schools, services, and infrastructure ...

St. George is now the fifth largest city in the state of Louisiana, with an estimate of 86,316 people that reside within its boundaries. The $48 million that was included within that decision does not include any estimate for having to pay for an entire school system, a city council, a city court (because with the population of people now living within the city, it will now qualify for a new city court with all of the expense that comes along with that), legacy costs that the new school system will have to assume for teachers and other public employees, and other costs not factored into that $48 million.

New bonds will have to be issued (new debt obligations), which will lead to new millages being proposed, which will increase folks taxes. It's weird to see folks one day talk about cutting spending and smaller government, and then the very next day championing more government and higher taxes.

At what point does being principled even matter anymore if you can just switch it on and off?

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