re: What schools would ST. George affect?

Oh my word, another one.

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Not unless you still want to defer to the City-Parish government for schools and police protection.. and even then that's a stretch. It's kind of disturbing that these people will be entrusted with handling budget matters, especially given how nebulous the spending will be. Say what you want about BR and the clowns that occupy the council, but Kip Holden has been a great budget administrator and Baton Rouge has the highest credit rating of any municipality in the state.

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The city wouldn't pay for schools. That would come from a school board budget, totally separate. Police and fire protection already is paid. The sheriff covers our area for police and then there is the st George fire district for fire. That wouldn't change and since it's already paid, it's not in the budget.

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Right. Let me get this straight. You think you're going to get a new school system, a new city government, and a new police department all without having to pay more? Sounds totally realistic. It doesn't bother you at all that you're already being lied to and gamed?

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So you understand. The items you listed are coming from more than one pot of money.

There will be an allocation per student for the new city. The projections for that pot show a surplus with plenty for bonding new schools.

The new police department will probably include all of five people as required by law. The sheriff will continue to cover us as they do central.

The new city government will be funded per the proposed budget.

Before you start talking about people being gamed you should understand what you are talking about.

Oh and at you too, playa.