re: Why hasn't the Great City of Baton Rouge annexed Gardere?

It is because it's a poor area.
I don't see better together asking the people to annex it in the city.

I also don't see better together trying to annex Alsen which has one of the worst ranked volunteer fire depts in EBRP inside the city.
Sad part they are surrounded by Exxon, parish dump, but line stops right before their area.

Oh how about stevendale area off Florida blvd east. Funny how Florida blvd been in city for years but they forgot river oaks and stevendale.

Sad part the people from better together call st George people racist.

If the better together people are so worried about people why not annex areas in that are poor that could benefit from city services instead of calling everyone else racist?

I would like to know how many people from better together screaming racism lived recently in North Baton Rouge. Bastards can call me racist though and I lived there until 3 weeks ago and I saw issues which city cannot solve due to lack of funding. Love the BRPD and their relationship with neighborhood that still is a joke. How about cutting trees limbs that have fallen on cars at stop sign. Took the city 4 months to come out after I complained. 2 vehicles got damaged and one kid almost got hit by a falling limb waiting for a bus. Yet the city is ok expanding its limits when it cannot serve the existing city.

King Holden worried about downtown and funding for his thug force. How about giving existing employees fair raises and solving problems in the rest of the city.

Yes Florida blvd east paid more than its fair share of taxes over the years especially in the boom from late 70's thru early 90's.