re: Livingston Parish 1% tax for teacher raises fails to pass

Lafourche on the other hand did pass their Tax swap, so their Tax Neutral swap will cost me more than 16 dollars more per month since I am homestead exempt through a new fee for garage service.

The scam in the tax swap was that if you paid property tax you would see some savings there, but where I live sales tax stays the same, no change in property taxes since I am homestead exempt, but now I get pleasure of paying 16-20 dollars a month for garbage garbage service since the rate hasn’t been set yet.

I say if you can’t beat them it may be time to join them, with starting pay for teachers reaching near 50k a year and a few more state enhancements coming soon, I can retire in 20 years, and collect part of the social security I have already earned. Plus summers off, 5 weeks vacation during the school year. And depending on the school district, a decent low cost insurance plan.