Gary played fast and loose with what "Baton Rouge" is, in that video. He did an explainer linking BR to EBR, but failed to really distinguish the fact that the city of BR has its own expenses/taxes. Which then allowed him to vacillate between all the concepts, including the "parish has provided services to STG". Well no shite, everywhere in the parish gets parish services.

Why is BR (the city) getting taxes from unincorporated areas? That's the big question he avoids.

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Posted by LSUTigerFan247

Member since Jun 2017

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Posted on 5/2/24 at 10:33 am to SlowFlowPro

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Why is BR (the city) getting taxes from unincorporated areas? That's the big question he avoids.

There was a video circulating after the Supreme Court hearing where a judge said just that. Something along the lines of 'it sounds like St George is putting in more than they are receiving' or something. I'll try to find it.

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Posted by teke184

Zachary, LA

Member since Jan 2007

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Posted on 5/2/24 at 10:34 am to SlowFlowPro

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Why is BR (the city) getting taxes from unincorporated areas? That's the big question he avoids.

Which has its own explanation, which he doesn’t want to say.

All unincorporated areas have their taxes thrown into the parish general fund before being parceled back out, meaning St George only gets what the Metro Council is willing to give back to them.

On top of that, the general fund is set up to heavily fund BRPD and BRFD before any other money is distributed, meaning that St George pays for fire and police services they don’t receive before they get any of their own money back.

I know this and you know this but this fat frick intentionally obfuscates this because it clearly shows BR balancing its budget on the back of St George’s taxes.

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