re: Budget comparisons between St George & other Louisiana cities

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How transparent of you. You've given out great info in some of the money board threads. I'm sure your spreadsheet isn't that far off. Why don't you share them?

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I did. I posted the data in my spreadsheet in the OP although I had to rearrange the presentation of the data just because copying and pasting from a spreadsheet onto a TD page turns the data into a jumble of almost indecipherable numbers.

Why are you being so sarcastic about it?

Just to satisfy you, here is the entire spreadsheet copied and pasted.

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City Population Annual Budget Budget/Capita Area (sq miles land) Budget/Sq Mile Baker* 13,890 $11,828,849 $852 8.5 $1,391,629 Zachary 15,099 $14,402,029 $954 23.7 $607,681 Bossier City*** 64,655 $73,163,541 $1,132 43.2 $1,694,777 Lake Charles 71,993 $63,922,612 $888 42.1 $1,518,352 Monroe**** 49,156 $55,300,000 $1,125 28.7 $1,926,829 Average 42,959 $43,723,406 $990 29.2 $1,427,854 St George 107,000 $60,297,728 $564 85.0 $709,385 Projected SG $105,928,679 $903 $121,367,562 Increase over budget 76% 101.3% *Actual expenditures for 2012/2013 ** Proposed budget 2013/2014 *** Actual 12/31/12 audit. General fund + capital expenditures but excludes water and sewer expenses. **** 2013 budget Port Allen** 5,101 $7,100,000 $1,392 2.1 $3,380,952.38

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Feel better?