re: St. George: BTR: 1st ‘taxes will go up’ Now ‘brace for cuts’

Pretty sure this guy has never been to BR before.

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Was mostly talking about the bottom/state streets. I know South BR pretty well.

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They want their own school district like Central or Zachary. This is in no way different than either of those places forming a city. Just on a larger scale.

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Zachary and Central were definitely white flight tho lol

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I grew up in Central. There weren't really any black people that lived there to begin with.

They wanted out of EBRPSS. Can you blame them?

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I can understand that, but we can’t sugar coat it. It is what I called it the first time. White flight

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This could be said about every suburb in the South. St George is just trying to form another suburb. I don't get the opposition other than the BR government not wanting it so they can continue to fleece the taxpayers in that area

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Zachary and Central were definitely white flight tho lol.

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Baker too?

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It is what I called it the first time. White flight.

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Well it's settled then.

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"white flight"

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Some say the opposite of this is ‘gentrification.’ I disagree. Both imply that white people are ‘at fault’ for some sort of ailment to black people.

Is there such a thing as ‘blacks & whites don’t give a shite’ that leads to a community imploding on itself?

Honestly - and many disagree - I think Mayor Broome needs to grow a pair, let St. George go, tax Exxon to fill some gaps, and make BTR so good that St. George wished it never left.

But she won’t. Too many people in City Government - it’s a jobs program in itself that is unsustainable. Too much crime, because there is no opportunity, no pride, no commitment to BTR by those who live there.

Why can’t BTR take big parcels of land and work with developers to incentivize them to build developments on them? They could, but they don’t.

And not bullshite cronyism like Baton Rouge Foundation shite. But real shite, that is big, and would actually make a difference?

That’s what’s wrong with the ‘white flight’ argument. It’s as much about those who stay not giving a shite, including so called City ‘leadership’ as those who leave.

Hence, St. George.

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 If EBR was changed to having a Parish President and the City of BR a separate mayor office,

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I kind of think this is the long play. To split the current system.

Well when parents find out their four year old daughter will be bussed to a school in the middle of the ghetto by Louise St, passing tons of other schools which are closer and in better neighborhoods, they start looking at either private schools or bussing.


It wasn’t just that Judge Parker bussed kids, it was that he made it a complete and utter clusterfrick.

Having to spend two hours each way going to school, complete with a transfer en route, was fricking ridiculous.


Moving a few kids around to reach rough totals may have been acceptable.

Bussing everyone around like he did gave him the lifetime achievement award from the Chamber of Commerce in Ascension and Livingston parishes.