re: Powerful forces all lining up to stop St. George

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At least Talbot doesn't live in Bogalusa or Gonsalez.

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You never mention that Lionel Rainey, The Third, who is the chief spokesperson and organizer for St George, doesn't live in St George.

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I see Rainey as a hired gun.

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But, I thought all of the St George leaders are merely volunteers and that's why they failed to appear at or canceled out from attending public forums to discuss the issues.

At least, that's what you and other posters have consistently said.

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I see Rainey as a hired gun. Nothing more.

And there is no need for me to mention him, you do every chance you get.

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You don't think Rainey's non-residency in St George is relevant to the discussion? Especially when YOU bring up non-residents who oppose St George in your OP??

FWIW, I don't see any of the legislative proposed changes in the process to be onerous. In fact, all of the proposed changes are very reasonable in my opinion.

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You don't think Rainey's non-residency in St George is relevant to the discussion? Especially when YOU bring up non-residents who oppose St George in your OP??

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Rainey is hired by SG proponents to represent them. Are you saying the Bogalusa and the Gonzales rep. are bought and paid for too?

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FWIW, I don't see any of the legislative proposed changes in the process to be onerous. In fact, all of the proposed changes are very reasonable in my opinion.

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You see nothing wrong with changing the rules in the middle of the game, or a two year moratorium on ALL incorporations statewide????

BTW, the law they want changed was enacted in 1898. Now all of a sudden it's a bad law and all these people statewide are involved!!!!

Again as a small govt. type, and a sellf proclaimed conservative, I would think you'd acknowledge that stuff like this is dirty pool. But hey............ maybe I shouldn't assume, right???

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It's wanting to enjoy the benefits of Baton Rouge... its jobs, its collegiate opportunities, its infrastructure, etc... without having to pay for it.

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Jobs? You mean all of the engineers, etc who work in the Petro Chemical Industry east of EBR?

Infrastructure? Yeah, everybody knows BR infrastructure is second to none.

These Kip Holden/BRAC toadies keep it up, and they'll push people like me to vote for the breakaway.

Collegiate opportunities, notwithstanding nobody knows what you're talking about, there's one little tidbit you've ignored. LSU and Southern are state universities.

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Since you've been on this board, how many times have you moved?

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I've had a house in Baton Rouge (and I'm proud to call it Baton Rouge even though it's technically not within the city limits) for the past seven and a half years.

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Take your anti SG blinders off and actually learn about someone before you characterize them out of your ignorance.

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FIFY

Sorry, when I see Kip Holden, and three Dems in the state legislature all lining up with bills to block the SG movement, I am very suspicious despite you comments about Mr. Nevers.

None of this is an accident, you should know that.

I did some quick checking, and I find it ironic that Nevers wants a constitutional amendment to increaser the minimum wage so La. citizens can vote on it, but he doesn't want SGeans to vote on incorporation.

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“It’s a constitutional amendment, so that would allow the people of Louisiana to determine if they want to raise the minimum wage to $9.50,” Nevers said. “It does have exemptions for employers who have 50 or fewer employees and for students who are employed by school systems across the state. It also specifies that the tips waiters or waitresses receive can be used to meet the minimum wage.

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Nevers was also opposed to Jindal passing on Medicaid expansion. He wants more Federal control over La. healthcare. I wouldn't define this character as a conservative. Maybe you would, but I wouldn't.

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Aren't you opposed to allowing all residents of EBR from voting on SG incorporation?

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Is there any valid reason for a group to incorporate and separate?

I'm not asking you to rehash your opposition on THIS issue. Just, wondering if there is any reason for which you would agree.

The palms of politicians are getting greased at warp speed I'm sure.

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Yeah, sure. I was in favor of Central incorporating. Central was a long-established community that already had the tenets of being a town but without the legal standing.

SG does not fit that description. Not even close.

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Fair enough.

Thanks