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Sayonara St. George...
Posted on 4/18/14 at 9:57 am
Posted on 4/18/14 at 9:57 am
Game, Set, Match… 
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Councilman: Deal in works to annex mall property
Move to annex mall, others could upset St. George plan
REBEKAH ALLEN
rallen@theadvocate.com
April 18, 2014
32 COMMENTS
Costco Wholesale, Celtic Studios and SAIF Credit Union want to officially join the city of Baton Rouge — and a Metro Councilman says the Mall of Louisiana may not be far behind.
Costco, Celtic and SAIF straddle the border separating the city and the proposed city of St. George, which is an unincorporated part of the parish.
Each of the three properties’s owners have petitioned to fully join Baton Rouge, which would slightly expand the city’s boundaries. The Metro Council is set to approve those annexations at its April 23 meeting.
Meanwhile, Baton Rouge Metro Councilman Ryan Heck said late Thursday afternoon he’s learned the Mayor’s Office is also close to securing a petition for annexation from the Mall of Louisiana and properties that currently separate the mall from the city limits.
The mall, which is located in Heck’s district, is one of the most important sales tax revenue generators in the parish. If the mall is annexed by the city, it could prove a mortal blow to efforts to form a new city of St. George.
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Posted on 4/18/14 at 9:59 am to Pennymoney
commercial tax revenue is not at the core of the decision matrix for those involved in St. George
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:00 am to Pennymoney
What is the big deal? Its not like they will not let St George residents shop at the mall
retarded!!
retarded!!
This post was edited on 4/18/14 at 10:01 am
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:02 am to Pennymoney
Don't cities in states covered by the Civil Rights Act of 1965 have to get Federal approval of any annexations?
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:02 am to Pennymoney
So the theft of St George tax money will continue.
St George sure doesn't get back out near as much money as it pays in to the pot.
St George sure doesn't get back out near as much money as it pays in to the pot.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:05 am to Kafka
No way Obama's admin will approve the annexation of Honkey McCrackertown
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:05 am to Pennymoney
Let St. George come to be. Scruffy says screw the Baton Rouge government. The less centralized the better.
Maybe if they took some responsibilities off their plate they would be able to focus on making North Baton Rouge not a shithole, and work on fixing the worst traffic in the USA.
Shitty government is shitty.
Maybe if they took some responsibilities off their plate they would be able to focus on making North Baton Rouge not a shithole, and work on fixing the worst traffic in the USA.
Shitty government is shitty.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:06 am to LSUvegasbombed
quote:
What is the big deal? Its not like they will not let St George residents shop at the mall
retarded!!
"St. George" can't make it without the Mall tax base. Next up--the new Casino.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:08 am to Pennymoney
build a smaller new one without all the shitty urban clothing type stores etc etc etc and put it by the casino
This post was edited on 4/18/14 at 10:09 am
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:08 am to SG_Geaux
quote:So your opinion is only SG residents shop at the Mall of Louisiana thereby paying all of the sales taxes collected there?
St George sure doesn't get back out near as much money as it pays in to the pot.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:09 am to Pennymoney
This is actually be a good thing for SG. BR will get more St. George money to squander. St. George residents get great community schools and will prosper in the long run. This ransom is a small price to pay for all the benefit of incorporation.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:10 am to Kafka
quote:There was no "Civil Rights Act of 1965." That happened in 1964.
the Civil Rights Act of 1965
There was a Voting Rights Act of 1965. Is that what you're referring to?
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:11 am to tdg
quote:But those property taxes won't be. They drive upward with very major revenue center that annexes.
a small price to pay
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:13 am to Pennymoney
quote:If St.G can wait a few years I'm sure a new mall will be built further away from the city
"St. George" can't make it without the Mall tax base
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:14 am to tdg
quote:
St. George residents get great community schools and will prosper in the long run.
So much delusion.Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:14 am to LSURussian
quote:Da, comrade
There was a Voting Rights Act of 1965. Is that what you're referring to?
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:16 am to Scruffy
quote:I'm not trying to be combative, but how, exactly do you propose they do this? That area comprises nearly half the landmass of BTR, and is filled with people on generational welfare and who generally could not care less about their surroundings. Moreover, a major catalyst in the downfall of NBR was the imposition of the plants. How do you reverse decades of undesirability and apathy?
on making North Baton Rouge not a shithole
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:16 am to LSUvegasbombed
quote:worst possible place for it
build a smaller new one without all the shitty urban clothing type stores etc etc etc and put it by the casino
build it far from the casino and all bus routes
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:16 am to tdg
quote:Dude (or dudette), just stop. You tried this 'whistling through the graveyard' strategy last night on the Poli Board.
This is actually be a good thing for SG. BR will get more St. George money to squander. St. George residents get great community schools and will prosper in the long run. This ransom is a small price to pay for all the benefit of incorporation.
Neither a city of St George nor a St George independent school district can be financed without the sales tax money from the Mall of La and Perkins Rowe. The city of SG would lose almost half of its budgeting funding.....which was already stretched to an unfeasible amount.
To make up for the loss of sales taxes from the Mall SG residents would have to vote almost triple property tax increases on themselves. That won't happen.
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