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re: ST. George WINS Incorporation is a reality!
Posted by BigJim on 4/26/24 at 4:08 pm
[quote]You do realize that the City/Parish was required to put all tax monies that would have been St. George's into escrow since the filing of the notification of the petition. So the City will not be going from a standing start. It will have a shitton of $ to start with.[/quote]
Are you sure th...
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re: ST. George WINS Incorporation is a reality!
Posted by BigJim on 4/26/24 at 2:36 pm
[quote]Aren't citizens of St. George also in East BR Parish? Isn't the school district a Parish function, not city function?[/quote]
Normally, but there can be independent school districts in certain cases (Central, Baker, Zachary and oddly enough, the City of Monroe).
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re: ST. George WINS Incorporation is a reality!
Posted by BigJim on 4/26/24 at 12:58 pm
[quote]But we can still can still call out the mayor her attorney and her city hall allies who put their little kingdom ahead of the others.[/quote]
Oh yeah. Particularly the Mayor who killed the school system idea while in the legislature by insisting there be a municipality first, THEN saying ...
re: ST. George WINS Incorporation is a reality!
Posted by BigJim on 4/26/24 at 12:56 pm
[quote]Nothing yet.
St George schools aren’t a thing yet so EBRPSS still has the districts.
If the legislature makes the district a thing, then it is an issue. Otherwise, EBRPSS discriminating based on municipality is a problem.[/quote]
It is possible for EBR schools to negotiate a deal so ...
re: ST. George WINS Incorporation is a reality!
Posted by BigJim on 4/26/24 at 12:52 pm
This is the right decision and, in my opinion, a good thing for Baton Rouge, even for city dwellers like myself, in that it will staunch the out-migration to surrounding parishes.
That said:
[quote]LSURussian, Damone, et. al - SUCK IT[/quote]
[quote]Hes a simp cuck dumbass frick[/quote]
F...
re: Gov. Landry looking to greatly expand his political power
Posted by BigJim on 4/25/24 at 10:19 pm
[quote]How quickly you forget the special sessions earlier this year - specifically the special session on crime. That was a slam dunk for Landry. I think something like all 22 bills passed - not just the concealed carry. Hate him all you want but they got some good things changed with respect to cr...
re: Gov. Landry looking to greatly expand his political power
Posted by BigJim on 4/25/24 at 7:51 am
[quote]I rather an elected official who is held accountable by the voters, to be in charge of my state-funded university, than unelected Commie scum who dominate our higher education in America[/quote]
Yeah! It worked well for Huey Long!
And if we don't like it, we can always vote him out!
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re: Biden proposed a capital gains tax of 44.6% & 25% unrealized gains for high income earners
Posted by BigJim on 4/24/24 at 3:25 pm
[quote]And afterwards there won't be anyone selling anything that would trigger the new tax rate.
The effect wil be a one-time boost in capital gain taxes followed by a long period of ZERO large capital gains transactions.
The Law of Unintended Consequences will be invoked and the federal gove...
re: JBE again in 2028!
Posted by BigJim on 4/23/24 at 11:47 pm
I really have tried to keep an open mind until the first regular session is over. But ugh. First removing citizens right to know what their government is doing and now this:
[link=(https://legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361520)]SB497 removes restrictions on who Landry can appoint to th...
re: Regardless of your political affiliation what concerns you most today?
Posted by BigJim on 4/23/24 at 8:04 pm
Unchecked deficit spending driven by entitlement spending.
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re: Louisiana's "Top Secret" Government is coming Soon.
Posted by BigJim on 4/20/24 at 5:27 pm
[quote]The change is to protect economic development discussions. It’s something many of the boards that run ports, airports, etc, have wanted for a while. These entities also want to conduct executive sessions in private. I favor the records being public but understand why they want this since many...
re: LA Legislature doubles down on restricting public records access
Posted by BigJim on 4/17/24 at 3:45 pm
[quote]Can anyone think of any reason as to why this would be a good thing?[/quote]
Encourage more candidates to run since they won't have to answer citizens pesky questions?...
re: LA Legislature doubles down on restricting public records access
Posted by BigJim on 4/17/24 at 2:47 pm
[link=(https://www.nola.com/news/politics/legislature/jeff-landry-supports-bill-to-gut-la-public-records-access/article_a2180e6c-fcc9-11ee-8d53-4bf872b81384.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share)]Zurik and Nakamoto testify against the bill[/link]
[quote]Lee Zurik, a jo...
re: Here are the massive tax increases coming your way in a second Biden term
Posted by BigJim on 4/16/24 at 3:21 pm
Well, maybe Biden is trying to fix inflation by causing a recession.
#nextlevelthinking...
re: LAGov. Jeff Landry: Here’s what my position on LSU and the national anthem really means
Posted by BigJim on 4/16/24 at 8:04 am
You know the old adage: when you are in a hole, keeping digging even faster!...
re: Should Republicans appeal to Arab Americans like Bush 2000?
Posted by BigJim on 4/15/24 at 1:59 pm
Should he make it a focal point of his campaign? No, that's dumb.
But why would you write off anyone?...
re: Famous YouTuber explains why he's moving out of NYC
Posted by BigJim on 4/15/24 at 7:42 am
Wait, is this the guy that surprises people by speaking fluent mandarin and cantonese?
...
re: Bill to let local governments conceal public records gains Louisiana House approval
Posted by BigJim on 4/14/24 at 9:22 am
[quote]What would a legitimate example of this look like?[/quote]
Proprietary business information. The business's overall assets or business model.
ANYTHING related to the specific project (amount spent, local investment, jobs created, needed permits, footprint, etc) should be public. ...
re: Why don’t repubs counter abortion on the ballot with votes on boys playing girls sports?
Posted by BigJim on 4/13/24 at 2:33 pm
[quote]If abortion on the ballot drives more libs to the polls, surely keeping males out of girls school sports, locker rooms, etc. would drive out more conservatives.[/quote]
That's just your issue and people like you will already vote MAGA.
The focus should be on immigration and the economy,...
re: Gov. Landry hands Mansion Booze Tab to L.A. Taxpayers
Posted by BigJim on 4/10/24 at 2:59 pm
[quote]you think enough [b][i]Reps[/i][/b] have the balls to say no to Jeff?[/quote]
Reps? No, they are embarrassingly obsequious.
Senators? 50/50 chance ...
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