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re: Among those you know, is the City of St. George issue partisan?
Posted on 1/5/14 at 4:42 pm to LSURussian
Posted on 1/5/14 at 4:42 pm to LSURussian
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Link? I can find nothing that supports that statement.
I know... consider the source. But they have been claiming it for a long time now unchallenged.
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We represent more than two-thirds of the parish's tax base but only about one-third of its expenditures, and the area which will be St. George has never produced a mayor-president of Baton Rouge in modern times.
I am pretty sure they are referring to property tax. I found this from the advocate regarding sales tax. I would expect a large gap considering there are a LOT of houses in baton rouge that fall below the $75k homestead exemption.
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If supporters succeed in their quest to create the city of St. George, they will carve off a quarter of the residents in areas covered by the city-parish government but take 40 percent of the sales tax revenue, according to a study by LSU economists released Sunday.
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This post was edited on 1/5/14 at 4:49 pm
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Posted on 1/5/14 at 4:52 pm to eelsuee
What's Landreau's stance on it? What has she done for EBR in all of her time in DC? What has she ever done for Baton Rouge?
Posted on 1/5/14 at 5:45 pm to eelsuee
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I am pretty sure they are referring to property tax.
Which would be absolutely untrue if they are claiming that. The downtown commercial real estate and Exxon/industrial plants alone produce almost 1/5 of the property taxes collected in EBR.
I notice they word it it "2/3 of the tax base." That is not the same thing as "producing 2/3 of the taxes."
The site you linked also claims no increase in taxes for the St George residents. There will be an increase in taxes, especially for the school system.
So, yeah, the source is not credible.
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