re: Mall of Louisiana and BR General Join Petition - The End is Near

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However, thankfully, the businesses are realizing that the plans of the secessionists are poorly thought out and are choosing to protect themselves by joining Baton Rouge proper.

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This is key. The StG spokesmen keep making asinine comments like this one from Bodi White:

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"It's unfortunate those two big entities interjected themselves in the democratic process,"

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Really? So it's only a "democratic process" if everyone goes along with what you want? I'm pretty sure the business owners are simply exercising their rights.

I read another quote this morning from Rainey (can't find the article now) where he said that these businesses were denying people's "right to self-determination" (StG's biggest buzzphrase). Ironically, these businesses are merely exercising their own rights to self-determination, so I guess it's only a bad thing when it doesn't benefit the proposed city. Further, the election can still happen, even though the maps would have to be re-drawn.

Having the figureheads of the movement continually spouting off idiotic, overly-dramatic comments like this is most certainly contributing to the reluctance of businesses to be included within the proposed city. Prospective city leaders would be well-advised to execute a more measured, diplomatic approach, particularly when they consistently accuse BR city leaders of acting like children.