re: RE: an ER in NBR - It appears the numbers are finally coming to light...

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Rolfe tried to say that we in north Baton Rouge believe because we pay taxes that we should just get what we are asking for. Well let me put that into perspective as well. North Baton Rouge residents pay taxes, yet we do not get our fair share of the resources that we pay into. Thousands of people in north Baton Rouge pay property taxes, income taxes, sales taxes, and more. Yet, when dollars are spent by the state and the local government, north Baton Rouge is last and least. I didn’t see the Business Report cover the fact that East Baton Rouge Parish spent $850 million on the mayor’s greenlight program and north Baton Rouge only got $45 million of those dollars.

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Since he is such a data man I would like to see what percentage is paid by NBR in property taxes in relation to the other areas that received the remainder of the $850 million. Just a quick look at the assessors map shows most of the property in NBR has a pretty low value and most fall within the homestead exemption limit of $7500. How much are they really paying in NBR?