re: Budget comparisons between St George & other Louisiana cities

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EXACTLY!! I will pay more if I have to. That doesn't matter. A few hundred dollars a thousand what does it matter. If I have to pay 10-15k a year to send my kid to school I will gladly accept the increase tax trade off over what private schools would cost. A good public school is a lot cheaper on my wallet then private school. What is the argument against that? That is all that has been said to oppose this. Tax tax tax like that's supposed to scare the voters away. It's not going to, so stop being annoying.

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LSURussian will say that is fine, but at the same time say that those proposing the new city are flat out lying to us and are deceiving us which they are not.
BTW, I feel the same way you do and don't even have any kids and never will. I'm just tired of seeing everyone leave.

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r. A few hundred dollars a thousand what does it matter. If I have to pay 10-15k a year to send my kid to school I will gladly accept the increase tax trade off over what private schools would cost.

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You're referring to school costs and we're not even talking about those. We're only referring to the costs of running a new city government, not a new school system. The new school system will cost even more in increased taxes. (Just look at what Zachary did when they started their new district.) Plus, a new school system is far from guaranteed even if there is a new city created.

And it won't be 'a few hundred a thousand...." It will cost anyone with a $250,000-$300,000 home a couple thousand dollars more a year, forever, for the new property taxes. And that applies to the residents who don't have children or no children of school age.