re: Can St. George duplicate what is going on in Central?

Because BR doesn't want to pare down their budget to something they could sustain without taking money from their neighbors?

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Now explain to us how 800million has anything to do with legacy costs.

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*sigh*

I posted the EBR 2014 budget, which is approximately $800 million ($804.8 million to be exact).

YOU came up with the 10% figure of a possible amount of legacy costs due BR taxpayers if SG pulled out.

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St.George would onlyneed tto pay 10-25% of that based on revenue contribution, moron.

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So I used YOUR lowest percent of 10% to show you how much in legacy costs we might be talking about.

Again, it was YOUR percent I used. YOURS, not mine.

You quickly ran away from that number when I used YOUR 10% number X BR's annual budget of $800 million to arrive at estimated legacy costs of $80 million.

I personally believe the legacy costs are much higher, but I used YOUR percent just to show you how much the legacy costs might be using YOUR percent.

I didn't divide YOUR estimate. I never wrote that the total legacy costs are $800 million as you lied about earlier in this thread.

This was in the same thread where you made the stupid claim that SG's published budget showed a $20.5 million surplus AFTER legacy costs were included. I posted the SG budget from their website that specifically said the $20.5 million "surplus" was BEFORE legacy costs. LINK

It was also the same thread where you made the ridiculous claim that SG provided 60% of the total taxes of East Baton Rouge Parish.

I proved you wrong on that claim using simple math. If the SG budget shows a total of $80 million in revenues, how can that be 60% of EBR's revenue budget of $800.8 million?

You ran away from your lie quickly.

You are almost 100% wrong on everything you post involving math. And then you blame YOUR errors on me.

That wouldn't be so bad, but it's a crime that it takes an angry mob of neglected residents storming city hall to get quality schools for their kids. Russian would still be pissed, though. He said he'd "vote early and often against" a hypothetical good school system in our part of town. Some folks will never be happy until we're all as miserable as them.

While my lazy azz was googling I found this in the Hayride:

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According to budget documents produced by the City-Parish, the $80 million collected in St. George is placed in a separate fund called the Unincorporated Fund. The $80 million in that fund is spent in three ways:
?$17.7 million is used to pay the expenses of the constitutional offices in the parish (those agencies established by the Louisiana Constitution), such as the 19th Judicial District, Family Court, Juvenile Court, District Attorney, Registrar of Voters, and Coroner.
?$10.4 million from the fund is used to pay the expenses of parishwide agencies, such as the Parish Prison, Juvenile Services, Animal Control, Parish Health Unit, Council on Aging, Crime Stoppers, and others.
?The remaining $52 million dollars is transferred directly to the City of Baton Rouge.

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True/False? Any idea?

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i think its going to go down like this..just about the time the SG movement gets enough signatures to break away EBR will grant them a breakaway school district but keep the tax base. its all a power move.

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You may be correct about the last minute move to grant a new school district.

The only thing that might prevent it is the legislature would have to put the proposal of a new school district to a statewide vote to amend the La. constitution just like what happened with the creation of the Baker, Zachary and Central new school districts.

The proposal would have to pass statewide and within EBR. I'm not sure the rest of the state would support it.

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That wouldn't be so bad, but it's a crime that it takes an angry mob of neglected residents storming city hall to get quality schools for their kids. Russian would still be pissed, though. He said he'd "vote early and often against" a hypothetical good school system in our part of town. Some folks will never be happy until we're all as miserable as them.

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Tell you what's going to happen if it is approved. The new St. George will become a magnet for everyone living in Baton Rouge, many of the same you don't want there, and others who will be the final evacuees from the place, and all to take advantage of what is or what will be perceived as better schools for their kids. More new multi family housing will be erected in your St. George, and more older properties will go the way of tax credit and section eight, all to cater to the demand, and drive your new St. George in the proverbial gutter.

This will result in the urban blight taking over and growing at an exceedingly exponential rate than before as a result of the mass exodus in Baton Rouge, and in St. George, and judging from the pattern, guess what will happen to the rest of the city and it's commercial appeal and desirability, value, etc?

You will frick this city, all of it, including yourself, and nothing will stop it at that point. You might want to have a bug out plan in place. Perhaps Amite.


Maybe at that point we can get a party of the willing together to take over downtown and start another plague of people invading outward, but of people buying up that which the geniuses left and invest in our actual city, leaving the rest of you to your pastures and Walmart nonsense.

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Tell you what's going to happen if it is approved. The new St. George will become a magnet for everyone living in Baton Rouge, many of the same you don't want there, and others who will be the final evacuees from the place, and all to take advantage of what is or what will be perceived as better schools for their kids. More new multi family housing will be erected, and more older properties will go the way of tax credit and section eight, all to cater to the demand, and drive your new St. George in the proverbial gutter. This will result in the urban blight taking over and growing at an exceedingly exponential rate than before as a result of the mass exodus. And judging from the pattern, guess what will happen to the rest of the city and it's commercial appeal and desirability, value, etc? You will frick this city, all of it, including yourself, and nothing will stop it at that point. You might want to have a bug out plan in place. Perhaps Amite. Maybe at that point we can get a party of the willing together to take over downtown and start another plague of people invading outward, but of people buying up that which the geniuses left and invest in our actual city, leaving the rest of you to your pastures and Walmart nonsense.

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So to surmise, you are saying the bad element is going to leave us alone as long as we stay unincorporated, but if we get too prosperous look out. They will be in our new city in hordes.

Geez, we can't win can we?????

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Most of us have lives that we enjoy.

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Not the ones who post on this board. They are miserable with their lives. It's obvious.

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bitter because you won't get to vote.

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I'm not bitter, Clark. I'm concerned a few malcontents are going to drag down our city and parish exactly how Mike da Tigah described it just because those malcontents are so miserable with their existence.

this city is stronger united to fix the problem not split off and weaken the city.