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Isn't it strange that the Metro Council must keep Baton Rouge's boundaries contiguous, but the same body can ignore those common sense requirements for unincorporated areas? The Metro Council has no problem leaving unincorporated areas surrounded by Baton Rouge and isolated from agencies responsible for public safety in unincorporated areas. This is just another example of elected officials putting the ends ahead of the means. The Metro Council wants control of the revenue from the Mall of Louisiana, and it doesn't care whether the money belongs to the city of Baton Rouge or East Baton Rouge Parish. Just as long as it doesn't belong to St. George despite the fact that St. George would still be part of East Baton Rouge Parish.