Right back at you.

The proposed expenditure budget for SG is $60 million. LINK

Study the budget just a little before you make up numbers.

Where is the reimbursement money for legacy costs SG would inherit? No money for new roads. Only $13 million for ALL of the DPW functions. One bridge replacement costs more than that. No money for road construction of any kind.

$3 million for annual police protection via the EBR sheriff. The city of BR has a city police budget of $84 million for 2013. SG would have roughly 1/3 (33%) the population of BR and it is almost the same geographical size of BR but would only need police protection = to less than 4% of the costs of BR? That doesn't even pass the smell test.

The proposed budget is a fairy tale.

Stop being so emotional and use your head.

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Posted by LT

The City of St. George

Member since May 2008

5151 posts

Posted on 1/1/14 at 9:05 pm to LSURussian

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Where is the reimbursement money for legacy costs SG would inherit? No money for new roads. Only $13 million for ALL of the DPW functions. One bridge replacement costs more than that. No money for road construction of any kind.

What legacy costs? Be specific.... Nothing from your arse like before... Maybe examples of CITY legacy costs carried by central and Zachary from br when they incorporated. For dpw, much of those costs are covered by the parish bucket of money.

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$3 million for annual police protection via the EBR sheriff. The city of BR has a city police budget of $84 million for 2013. SG would have roughly 1/3 (33%) the population of BR and it is almost the same geographical size of BR but would only need police protection = to less than 4% of the costs of BR? That doesn't even pass the smell test

Did you read the part of my post stating we all ready pay for policing and fire? The $3 million is in addition to what we already pay. Again, there is a parish budget that we pay into for these services.

That is a city budget. That doesn't include what we get from the parish budget.

I don't think you know what you're talking about. I may owe you an apology for saying you were pulling out of your arse. I'm sorry, I thought you were lying. That isn't the case... You're just terribly uninformed.

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Posted by Cantstandya

Baton Rouge

Member since May 2005

436 posts

Posted on 1/1/14 at 9:08 pm to LSURussian

Russian,
St. George is covered by the EBR parish police currently. The additional monies would be to bolster the existing police coverage and provide for a St. George Police Chief only. There will not be a St. George police department.

As far as legacy costs go, the leaders of St. George have said that they will cover the appropriate legacy costs. Although I don't see a line item in the budget for this, there is a statement in the budget reading "EXCESS REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURES TO BE USED TO SATISFY LEGACY COSTS AND ANY BONDED INDEBTEDNESS". You can choose to disbelieve this if you wish. Personally, I'm done trusting the old guard of BR.

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