re: Budget comparisons between St George & other Louisiana cities

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Of course they do, but they pay 6.22 mills LESS in property taxes to the general fund than property owners inside the city limits.

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So what? We pay don't we and we don't get all the services city dwellers do so we shouldn't pay as much.

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No, we don't. No one does. The garbage collection service is paid via a monthly fee included with the water bill. It is not a property tax.

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I stand corrected, but my point is we pay for garbage services and it's all operated by DPW and like the sewer it is a parish wide system not a city only system. Garbage services would continue just as it continued in Central.

And FWIW, I ran a comp on Central City, their budget is $185.63 per capita. That stat like your other stat is meaningless, but Central will be closer to St. George than Lake Charles is.