re: Mall of Louisiana

Link please????

In reading these threads, I cannot help but notice that the guy says things that are completely contradictory.

Says SG supporters are all horrible racists, but then begs them to stay in EBR schools to make them better

Says SG is dead now that MC has annexed the mall but still desperately wants to stop a vote by the people

Says SG gets its share of money and then some from the taxes we pay but also claims BR budget will crater without SG money to prop it up.

Claims to be super smart but cannot even comprehend a simple piece of legislation that moves tax revenues from one entity to the other.

Insists on links for commonly known facts but can't provide links for real points of substance.

I originally thought he was pretty good at providing useful information but now see that he just makes up whatever he thinks supports the argument he wants to make at the moment.

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SG's population = approximately 1/4 of the population of EBR. SG's geographical area = approximately 1/4 of the area of EBR excluding the combined areas of Baker, Zachary and Central which have their own school systems and budgets.

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Nice apples to oranges comparison. How do Baker, Zachary and Central apply to one comparison differently from the other? What is the population of EBR less Baker, Zachary and Central, whom you pointed out have their own school systems and budgets?

Using Wikipedia as a primary source, I was able to determine that East Baton Rouge Parish had a population of 440,171 per the 2010 census, and it consists of 471 square miles of territory. Baton Rouge had a population of 229,553, and has 79 square miles of territory. Baler had 13,895 people, and 8 square miles of territory. Central had 26,864 people, and 66 square miles of territory. Zachary had 14,960 people and 24 square miles of territory. That means the population of unincorporated areas East Baton Rouge Parish was 154,899, and the unincorporated territory was 294 square miles if Baton Rouge, Baker, Central and Zachary are removed from the figures for East Baton Rouge Parish.

Having this information pointed out to you, would you care to revise your claims of "approximately 1/4"?

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Having this information pointed out to you, would you care to revise your claims of "approximately 1/4"?

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No. For a tax guy you're not very good with numbers. I wrote SG is approximately = to 1/4 of the population and area of EBR. That is a true statement.

I have no idea why you are attempting to make a comparison with all of the unincorporated area of EBR. SG is NOT the entire unincorporated area of EBR.

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Russian its time for you to move on to some other pressing local issue. Since, in your opinion, the SG issue is dead go spend your energy elsewhere. We will keep on keeping on.

You have repeatedly made a fool of yourself with unfounded claims in these threads, never mind the fact you lost a bet and were supposed to ban yourself.

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I have no idea why you are attempting to make a comparison with all of the unincorporated area of EBR. SG is NOT the entire unincorporated area of EBR.

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No shite Sherlock. And all of EBR isn't who St. George should be compared to either, which you happened to do. The proposed St. George is greater than 1/4 of the people and area covered by the EBRPSS. And the ratio gets even worse for you if we limit the population to only school age children.

I'm not a big fan of JR Ball, but I think he sums up the issues pretty well in this editorial. LINK And here is another by Rolfe McCollister LINK. How many more interested parties do you need expressing the same concerns before you concede that the poor performance of the EBRPSS is, and always has been, the fundamental issue. Continuing to utilize available tax revenue in the same fashion has proven it will not remedy the situation. Why do you oppose trying new methods to utilize the same tax revenue to get better results? Is your opposition based on some belief it is impossible, or even unlikely, that new organizations could get better results?