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re: ST. George WINS Incorporation is a reality!
Posted on 4/26/24 at 2:57 pm to tommy2tone1999
Posted on 4/26/24 at 2:57 pm to tommy2tone1999
Posted on 4/26/24 at 2:58 pm to CreoleTigerEsq
I hope that the taxpayers in the impacted area are ready for the tax increases that they are going to be hit with to pay for the legacy costs for teachers from EBR (and more revenue to assume costs to operate the schools), formation of a city council, the likely formation of a city court, costs to pay for new city employees, etc.
I bought a home in St. George after the 2019 vote to incorporate, and I've been following this issue the entire time. The only thing I can do, at this time, is ensure to not vote for any new millages.
It's never a conservative principle to want to create more government and increase taxes, and that's all the formation of this city has caused.
I bought a home in St. George after the 2019 vote to incorporate, and I've been following this issue the entire time. The only thing I can do, at this time, is ensure to not vote for any new millages.
It's never a conservative principle to want to create more government and increase taxes, and that's all the formation of this city has caused.
This post was edited on 4/26/24 at 3:02 pm
Posted on 4/26/24 at 3:00 pm to KiwiHead
Now determine their own destiny and not be fleeced by BR or suffer BR "leadership's" dysfunction, ineptitude and entitlement/racial bias.
Sounds awesome to me. I'm actually considering relocating back to Louisiana to work in BR again. If I do, I'll be living in St. George.
Sounds awesome to me. I'm actually considering relocating back to Louisiana to work in BR again. If I do, I'll be living in St. George.
Posted on 4/26/24 at 3:02 pm to SirWinston
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LOL at LSURussian the "principled conservative" boomer who is oddly liberal on many issues
As are a many of the holier than thou, beyond the fray, "true conservatives" and moderate conservatives on here that spend 99% of their time here arguing against conservatives. Not one of them admits they are a liberal.
This post was edited on 4/26/24 at 4:19 pm
Posted on 4/26/24 at 3:12 pm to Mickey Goldmill
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Yeah that was the whole point of this initially. St. George wanted their own school district, but was told you have to incorporate first to do that.
By...anyone? Anyone?
Senator Sharon Weston broome.
Posted on 4/26/24 at 3:18 pm to CreoleTigerEsq
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I hope that the taxpayers in the impacted area are ready for the tax increases that they are going to be hit with to pay for the legacy costs for teachers from EBR (and more revenue to assume costs to operate the schools), formation of a city council, the likely formation of a city court, costs to pay for new city employees, etc.
I would imagine that the majority of residents in the new city are just fine with paying higher taxes for usable public schools, services, and infrastructure as opposed to throwing a slightly lower amount of tax dollars into the flaming dumpster of the city-parish.
And by "i would imagine" I mean, "that is exactly why the signed the petition and voted to incorporate."
This post was edited on 4/26/24 at 3:20 pm
Posted on 4/26/24 at 3:20 pm to tommy2tone1999
Uptown New Orleans come on down!
Posted on 4/26/24 at 3:22 pm to tommy2tone1999
Good, maybe all these queers can move back out of Livingston Parish
Posted on 4/26/24 at 3:23 pm to lsu13lsu
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So many people in the private school community and without kids wanted St George to fail.
How did you deduce this little nugget? I live in the heart of beautiful downtown St. George and my kids went to Catholic schools. I, and most of the other Catholic school parents I know, were all-in on St. George.
Posted on 4/26/24 at 3:25 pm to LSUDAN1
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Central kids cannot attend Magnet Schools.
They can't NOW. When the Central district formed, they grandfathered in kids in magnet programs for 1 or 2 years.
Posted on 4/26/24 at 3:25 pm to Indefatigable
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I would imagine that the majority of residents in the new city are just fine with paying higher taxes for usable public schools, services, and infrastructure ...
St. George is now the fifth largest city in the state of Louisiana, with an estimate of 86,316 people that reside within its boundaries. The $48 million that was included within that decision does not include any estimate for having to pay for an entire school system, a city council, a city court (because with the population of people now living within the city, it will now qualify for a new city court with all of the expense that comes along with that), legacy costs that the new school system will have to assume for teachers and other public employees, and other costs not factored into that $48 million.
New bonds will have to be issued (new debt obligations), which will lead to new millages being proposed, which will increase folks taxes. It's weird to see folks one day talk about cutting spending and smaller government, and then the very next day championing more government and higher taxes.
At what point does being principled even matter anymore if you can just switch it on and off?
This post was edited on 4/26/24 at 3:35 pm
Posted on 4/26/24 at 3:26 pm to CreoleTigerEsq
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CreoleTigerEsq
What a moronic take. You do realize that most of the taxes have been leaving the area to fund shithole places, right?
Those taxes stay now, and there is a LOT of taxes made there.
Posted on 4/26/24 at 3:30 pm to ChatGPT of LA
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What a moronic take.
Actually, it's a dollars and cents take. The incorporators pulled a complete bait and switch on the folks who voted in favor of incorporation.
I'd love to see this newly formed government run a city of almost 90,000 people with a budget of $48 million (that doesn't include the formation of an entire school system, a city government, or a city court, along with any legacy costs they're going to be responsible for paying).
This post was edited on 4/26/24 at 3:34 pm
Posted on 4/26/24 at 3:31 pm to BigJim
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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.
This x 1000, but Mayor Broome is either too ignorant or too stupid to realize this. EBR is losing population to surrounding parishes (mainly Livingston and Ascension, but also to W. Feliciana and Tangipahoa). You would figure our M-P would support something that could keep, and possibly attract, new residents to the parish.
Posted on 4/26/24 at 3:34 pm to SirWinston
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LOL at LSURussian the "principled conservative" boomer who is oddly liberal on many issues
He’s charging hard for that AggieHank slot.
Posted on 4/26/24 at 3:35 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
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This x 1000, but Mayor Broome is either too ignorant or too stupid to realize this
She doesn’t care.
She would rather control the budget of a smaller parish than share money with other cities in a larger parish.
Posted on 4/26/24 at 3:39 pm to CreoleTigerEsq
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New bonds will have to be issued (new debt obligations), which will lead to new millages being proposed, which will increase folks taxes. It's weird to see folks one day talk about cutting spending and smaller government, and then the very next day championing more government and higher taxes
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.
Posted on 4/26/24 at 3:41 pm to SlowFlowPro
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The absolute state of MOP today
Unless she moved in the past couple years she is now a citizen of St George, LA.
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