re: Judge rules against St. George incorporation

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Neither Baton Rouge or St. George would be able to balance their books without tax increases. Those increases would be much larger with Baton Rouge than St. George, but that's what happens when you function under the umbrella of a city-parish government.

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I guess Baton Rouge shouldn't be a city according to the judge if they can't properly balance their budget.

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If the incorporators would have negotiated with the city and proposed some revenue sharing agreement, whereby the city budget wouldn't have been cut by 45% with incorporation (but with a more modest cut of, maybe 20%), the incorporators may not be dealing with litigation.

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I think St. George would have negotiated in good faith the city, however we don't know for sure considering the city refused to send any representative to the meetings. I wonder if that has anything to do with them knowing that they would be losing their tax colony and needed to fight it using every trick they have in the book. Regarding the UAL, I am wondering why that is taken from the 2% set aside for SG rather than the 3% already due for city/parish services, I would think that should be included in the portion that goes to the CP. That is neither here nor there if it is due statutorily out of the monies due to SG.