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Rich White People?
Posted on 5/2/24 at 5:58 am
Posted on 5/2/24 at 5:58 am
The national messaging has gone forward describing the St. George Movement as rich white people breaking away from Baton Rouge?
Still they drive this message that somehow this area of EBR Parish was part of city,...it never was.
And the organized push to label St. George as rich white people when in reality the Baton Rouge elite like Bernhard, Reilly, Lipsey, Manships, Sternbergs and others - all billionaires fought this movement.
Norman Browning, Chris Rials, The St. George Fire Chief, A small law firm Murrill these are the white people who are wealthier than elite Baton Rouge? I think the closest you get is Eddie Rispone who supported the movement.
Watching the machine work, you really have to give them credit for their lack of morals and consistency.
Still they drive this message that somehow this area of EBR Parish was part of city,...it never was.
And the organized push to label St. George as rich white people when in reality the Baton Rouge elite like Bernhard, Reilly, Lipsey, Manships, Sternbergs and others - all billionaires fought this movement.
Norman Browning, Chris Rials, The St. George Fire Chief, A small law firm Murrill these are the white people who are wealthier than elite Baton Rouge? I think the closest you get is Eddie Rispone who supported the movement.
Watching the machine work, you really have to give them credit for their lack of morals and consistency.
Posted on 5/2/24 at 6:01 am to winkchance
They can’t exist without lies and deceit.
Posted on 5/2/24 at 6:11 am to winkchance
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Watching the machine work,
Stop turning the machine on and watch it die
Posted on 5/2/24 at 6:17 am to winkchance
All white people are rich due to privilege
Posted on 5/2/24 at 6:23 am to winkchance
Not to derail but where’s city hall going to be?
Posted on 5/2/24 at 6:24 am to winkchance
I don’t think any of those people are billionaires
Posted on 5/2/24 at 6:31 am to winkchance
national messaging? nobody outside of La and TD has any clue about st george.
Posted on 5/2/24 at 6:32 am to StrikeIndicator
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Not to derail but where’s city hall going to be?
In the ivory tower that overseas the land.
Posted on 5/2/24 at 6:33 am to winkchance
Im neither rich or White... my home also is in St. George ... me and most my neighbors truly don't care one way or the other
Posted on 5/2/24 at 6:35 am to faraway
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nobody outside of La and TD has any clue about st george.
The NY Times has written about it.
Posted on 5/2/24 at 6:37 am to winkchance
It is a combination of inherent leftist bias in the media with an equally strong desire by the media to not learn the nuances of a story fully.
I used to work in a newsroom. You can trust me when I say the room is full of people who develop a vision or opinion of a story in a snap, and don’t veer from it unless they uncover overwhelming evidence to the contrary. They do not care about accuracy as much as just blurting something out and moving to the next story. It’s really sad.
They don’t report that St. George was an unincorporated area that was never a part of Baton Rouge to begin with because they can’t explain that nuance in a headline, and that’s as deep as they want to go. They are okay with being wrong about that detail. Never let the facts get in the way of a good story. That’s how they think.
I used to work in a newsroom. You can trust me when I say the room is full of people who develop a vision or opinion of a story in a snap, and don’t veer from it unless they uncover overwhelming evidence to the contrary. They do not care about accuracy as much as just blurting something out and moving to the next story. It’s really sad.
They don’t report that St. George was an unincorporated area that was never a part of Baton Rouge to begin with because they can’t explain that nuance in a headline, and that’s as deep as they want to go. They are okay with being wrong about that detail. Never let the facts get in the way of a good story. That’s how they think.
Posted on 5/2/24 at 6:38 am to faraway
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nobody outside of La and TD has any clue about st george
Was sent a tweet from someone up north that had heard about it in the news. Of course the people in St. George were framed as racist
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This post was edited on 5/2/24 at 6:41 am
Posted on 5/2/24 at 6:41 am to faraway
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national messaging? nobody outside of La and TD has any clue about st george.
It was a top 5 story on foxnews.com the other day.
Posted on 5/2/24 at 6:45 am to faraway
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nobody outside of La and TD has any clue about st george
Do you think the NYT and Daily Mail are based in BR, or TD?
You should change your post to "Nobody outside of BR or TD has heard of Fleur De Lis pizza."
Posted on 5/2/24 at 6:54 am to winkchance
I certainly didn’t feel rich growing up in the prestigious St George. My parents built a modest home when I was two/three, in Quail Ridge then upgraded to build another larger modest home in Oak Hills a couple years later. This was a young (in his 20s) chemist’s salary with absolutely zero family money or second income.
At least for most of my life we were the typical STG residents.
(Also lived and my mom and step dad still live in a house that cost under $80k in Iberville Terrace and briefly in Wimbledon—that was as fancy as it got.)
At least for most of my life we were the typical STG residents.
(Also lived and my mom and step dad still live in a house that cost under $80k in Iberville Terrace and briefly in Wimbledon—that was as fancy as it got.)
This post was edited on 5/2/24 at 6:56 am
Posted on 5/2/24 at 6:55 am to winkchance
The rich white people in BR couldn't care less. They already send their kids to private school and really don't notice the high taxes for no benefit to them.
This is about middle class people wanting decent schools and not to bankroll programs for people who don't work.
I left a long time ago because I had to choose to move to the suburbs in BR or go to an area without a paltry education system. I was paying more for private school for one kid and daycare for another than I was on my mortgage. Not sustainable for a middle class family.
This is about middle class people wanting decent schools and not to bankroll programs for people who don't work.
I left a long time ago because I had to choose to move to the suburbs in BR or go to an area without a paltry education system. I was paying more for private school for one kid and daycare for another than I was on my mortgage. Not sustainable for a middle class family.
This post was edited on 5/2/24 at 7:00 am
Posted on 5/2/24 at 6:56 am to MikeBRLA
The hypocrisy is mind bottling
Posted on 5/2/24 at 7:07 am to bad93ex
The more Broome tries to shine a light about how awful this split is the more people will come to know that BR schools suck and the parents wanted better for their kids. They can try and twist this about wealthy vs poor but it's more about leaving a failed system. The left don't want other areas in similar circumstances to say, "Why can't we do this too"?
Posted on 5/2/24 at 7:27 am to bad93ex
Fleas angry when dog runs away
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