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re: It's Happening!!! The St. George trial started Monday, May 2. Media stopped covering 5/10.
Posted on 5/4/22 at 2:13 pm to TeddyPadillac
Posted on 5/4/22 at 2:13 pm to TeddyPadillac
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So when this trial ends, hopefully this week, will that resolve all the issues assuming it is in favor of upholding the election?
are they going to set a date on when the official city of St. George will go into affect?
Regardless of the judge's decision, one side or the other will file an appeal. This one will go to the Louisiana Supreme Court, but ultimately SG will prevail. They have already started meetings of the Transition Committee (even though the Mayor refuses to appoint someone), so on 12:01 AM the day after the decision, St. George will be a city in action. The Governor will by law appoint the first Mayor and City Council until an election can be held. There will be three district councilmen, and two at-large councilmen.
This post was edited on 5/4/22 at 2:16 pm
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Posted on 5/4/22 at 2:16 pm to armsdealer
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You are a fool if you don't think demographics were a influencing factor in the boundaries ultimately drawn for St. George.
Yet, the first go round for the petition included gardere and other majority black unincorporated areas. Those areas asked NOT TO BE INCLUDED in the St. George City. So they redrew the maps with those areas excluded. Try again.
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t's not like they want to improve anything, its like the organizers just want control for the sake of control.
It's literally forming because BR is a lost cause, and because bussing and the public school system in the area is atrocious, and after attempting to improve the situation in our area, we were laughed out of committee and told "if you want your own school district, start your own city". Well, here we are. With our own city.
Posted on 5/4/22 at 2:21 pm to tommy2tone1999
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This post was edited on 5/4/22 at 2:23 pm
Posted on 5/4/22 at 2:26 pm to BugAC
St. George will ultimately save Baton Rouge. The looters who are currently in power won’t be there to see it. So to them the window to loot is closing.
Posted on 5/4/22 at 2:49 pm to wadewilson
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H&E
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I just checked out his website. We constantly need rental equipment for various jobs, and the plant I work at is in his footprint. He has some equipment that we do use on rentals.
But I'm the one who hunts for equipment, and I'll never call on his company.
This all day. Spread the word around. Political ranting has consequences and this frickstick appears to care 0% about the future of East Baton Rouge Parish.
Posted on 5/4/22 at 2:58 pm to tommy2tone1999
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Regardless of the judge's decision, one side or the other will file an appeal. This one will go to the Louisiana Supreme Court, but ultimately SG will prevail. They have already started meetings of the Transition Committee (even though the Mayor refuses to appoint someone), so on 12:01 AM the day after the decision, St. George will be a city in action. The Governor will by law appoint the first Mayor and City Council until an election can be held. There will be three district councilmen, and two at-large councilmen.
thank you. So what is the expectation on when it will get heard by the LA Supreme Court. Is this going to be years, or maybe a few short months?
Posted on 5/4/22 at 3:01 pm to Breauxsif
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Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul testified that, after St. George's creation was approved by voters, the city-parish asked all department heads to prepare two budgets: a standstill budget and one contemplating a 20% budget cut. Such a cut, he said, would have a "significantly detrimental impact" on the police department's ability to do its job and would force layoffs.
This is the smoking gun justification for the City of St. George.
The Baton Rouge Police Chief admitted openly on the stand that the City of Baton Rouge subsidizes its one billion dollar annual operating budget with tax revenue collected from the unincorporated area of St. George.
We call that taxation without representation where I live or tyranny.
200 million is a lot of money. Yet the City of Baton Rouge wants you to believe that St. George cannot sustain itself if it were to incorporate.
You don’t get it both ways. The gig is up.
Baton Rouge has a massively bloated operating budget.
Paul’s hint at possible layoffs to the police department is easily the most insulting spin scare tactic I have seen in a while. These Highway Patrolmen think that they can stand in front of a bunch of microphones, talk a good game, and expect you to believe anything they are saying.
Broome is dumb, but not nearly dumb enough to lay off cops and cut funding to public safety during record levels of violence under her elected leadership.
This post was edited on 5/4/22 at 3:22 pm
Posted on 5/4/22 at 3:04 pm to TeddyPadillac
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thank you. So what is the expectation on when it will get heard by the LA Supreme Court. Is this going to be years, or maybe a few short months?
First Circuit Court of Appeal is running at least 18 month turnaround for appeals. The Supreme Court Writ decision turnaround is about 3 months or so, and if a writ is granted, another 6 moths or so to final decision.. So conservatively we are looking at a minimum of about two and a half years to final decision, after the trial court decides.
Posted on 5/4/22 at 3:18 pm to The People
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Paul’s hint at possible layoffs to the police department is easily the most insulting spin scare tactic I have seen in a while. These Highway Patrolmen think that they can stand in front of a bunch of microphones, talk a good game, and expect you to believe anything they are saying.
Broome is dumb, but not nearly dumb enough to lay off cops and cut funding to public safety during record levels of violence under her elected leadership.
They recently had over 100 vacancies 113 last fall and are excited to get 20 recruits signed up this year yet they are going to have to lay officers off?
Come the frick on.
Posted on 5/4/22 at 3:42 pm to TBoy
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First Circuit Court of Appeal is running at least 18 month turnaround for appeals.
StG can ask for expedited consideration, whether appellate or appellee, which I would expect them to do.
Posted on 5/4/22 at 3:48 pm to LSUBoo
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They recently had over 100 vacancies 113 last fall and are excited to get 20 recruits signed up this year yet they are going to have to lay officers off?
The very fact they have over 100 vacancies should scare everyone in BR especially now that we have evidence that the thugs and gangs are getting more brazen. Hot rod parties on College at I 10, hits on rappers at the Mall, mayhem all down the Sherwood corridor and more shootings at the regular hot spots.
The SG election was held nearly three years ago and the Mayor-President and her administration have done nothing to prepare for the inevitable except make a budget. This is the same mayor who tells us that we do not know how to run a city. This is the same mayor who tells us that we can’t have a city because she needs our tax dollars to run BR.
This post was edited on 5/4/22 at 4:24 pm
Posted on 5/4/22 at 4:06 pm to TBoy
It could possibly end before that. Broome is term limited as Mayor-President, and if LaMont Cole loses his next election they both will cease to have standing in the case.
ETA: not longer before that
ETA: not longer before that
This post was edited on 5/4/22 at 4:11 pm
Posted on 5/4/22 at 4:08 pm to tommy2tone1999
Cole may not last that long.
IIRC there is currently a suit to void his election because he doesn’t live in his district.
Even if he were to move within the district and win a new election, his standing ceases the second he leaves office I would think.
IIRC there is currently a suit to void his election because he doesn’t live in his district.
Even if he were to move within the district and win a new election, his standing ceases the second he leaves office I would think.
Posted on 5/4/22 at 6:24 pm to teke184
Today Sid, Norman Browning and the Mayor all testified per WBRZ.
The reporter really has no news. She said Broome said there was no SG plan, Norman said he didn’t start out to break off from BR and they deleted Gardere and Belaire because they showed no interest. The reporter said Sid was neutral.
As you can tell the reporting is juvenile.
The reporter really has no news. She said Broome said there was no SG plan, Norman said he didn’t start out to break off from BR and they deleted Gardere and Belaire because they showed no interest. The reporter said Sid was neutral.
As you can tell the reporting is juvenile.
Posted on 5/4/22 at 9:18 pm to doubleb
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Over the course of these three days, St. George leadership has admitted that there really isn't a plan in place and any governmental services are subject to having enough funding.
Lol
Posted on 5/4/22 at 9:32 pm to doubleb
The fact that The Advocate is pretty much not reporting anything, other than that is probably up to their capability, is probably good news for St. George. If there was good news against St. George, they would probably be singing it from the rooftops. It is pretty comical that BR is really harping on budgets when they can't balance theirs without help from St. George.
Posted on 5/4/22 at 9:36 pm to teke184
LaMont Cole is an insufferable fat arse.
Posted on 5/4/22 at 10:05 pm to TigerAlumni2010
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The fact that The Advocate is pretty much not reporting anything, other than that is probably up to their capability, is probably good news for St. George. If there was good news against St. George, they would probably be singing it from the rooftops. It is pretty comical that BR is really harping on budgets when they can't balance theirs without help from St. George.
You have to wonder if these reporters actually are attending the trial.
And yes Broome had been working on presenting a drainage plan since she took office over five years ago. We still haven’t seen her plan.
And yes SG is supposed to beg and plead for services while Broome spends our tax dollars on city services while we get the crumbs.
Posted on 5/5/22 at 8:21 am to doubleb
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You have to wonder if these reporters actually are attending the trial.
None of them want to get Kiran'd
Posted on 5/5/22 at 8:27 am to sahikojones
I think that is being generous.
The Advocate is so out of touch with the area it is covering that it can’t be intellectually honest about stuff because it doesn’t fit their world view.
Doesn’t help that journalism school grads are taught that their job is to “make a difference” rather than report the news.
And someone we both knew well who was a journalist also made it clear that the Advocate wouldn’t hire LSU grads to work for them even back in the day. That kind of thing helps divorce an awareness of the area you are covering from the coverage.
The Advocate is so out of touch with the area it is covering that it can’t be intellectually honest about stuff because it doesn’t fit their world view.
Doesn’t help that journalism school grads are taught that their job is to “make a difference” rather than report the news.
And someone we both knew well who was a journalist also made it clear that the Advocate wouldn’t hire LSU grads to work for them even back in the day. That kind of thing helps divorce an awareness of the area you are covering from the coverage.
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