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re: Landrieu Carried 15 Parishes
Posted on 12/8/14 at 7:07 am to bleeng
Posted on 12/8/14 at 7:07 am to bleeng
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St. Bernard Parish.
2010 Census: 35,897 total
2000 Census: Total population: 67,229
There are way to many politicians on the payroll for a parish that size.
Jefferson Parish school board, 9 members. St. Bernard, 11 members.
Jefferson Parish, 8 Constables, 8 Justices of the Peace. St. Bernard 11 Constables, 11 Justices of the Peace.
Da Parish needs to trim some of the fat from the budget.
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Posted on 12/8/14 at 10:03 am to WPBTiger
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St. Bernard Parish.
Landrieu won, yet, the parish is still solidly white (although less so than before Katrina) and they voted down every single tax renewal or new tax that was on the ballot.
You wouldn't think those two things would go together, but, I don't think Cassidy's message played well here. Fact is, you have a lot of poor whites here on goverment assistance, who Obamacare is probably helping. Plus, this place obviously got a lot of stuff from FEMA, and got a lot of loans forgiven, which Mary did help with.
Posted on 12/8/14 at 10:09 am to WPBTiger
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Jefferson Parish school board, 9 members. St. Bernard, 11 members. Jefferson Parish, 8 Constables, 8 Justices of the Peace. St. Bernard 11 Constables, 11 Justices of the Peace.
This was the first time I voted for those positions (we moved here in 2012, and I only lived here for a few months before Katrina) and I was stunned at the number of positions.
11 school board members, and I only think 2 of the races were contested. In one race, the incumbent won, and in the other race, the challenger won, but the challenger is the wife of a very well known and well liked teacher down here. The other 9 races, the incumbents won without opposition, and some of them have been on the school board for 20-30 years.
At least most of the constable and JP races were contested.
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Da Parish needs to trim some of the fat from the budget.
I don't know what the real budgetary cost is of extra SB members, but it can't be much.
And my understanding of the JP and Constable positions is that they are totally self-funded by the fees they charge for services performed.
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