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BREC break up bill
Posted on 5/14/21 at 8:27 am
Posted on 5/14/21 at 8:27 am
How great would it be if BREC lost tax revenue from the unincorporated parts of the parish and all of the cities within the parish excluding Baton Rouge?
The only Baton Rouge agency with more money sitting in an account not being used is the Parish library system. Both of these entities need to be gutted and reformed.
I support the bill to break up BREC. This is a step in the right direction.
The only Baton Rouge agency with more money sitting in an account not being used is the Parish library system. Both of these entities need to be gutted and reformed.
I support the bill to break up BREC. This is a step in the right direction.
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Posted on 5/14/21 at 8:29 am to Lickitty Split
Why? Because they know how to budget?
Posted on 5/14/21 at 8:31 am to how333
That’s not budgeting that’s hoarding tax payer money which is actually illegal.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 8:32 am to Lickitty Split
It serves the parish, not the city.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 8:33 am to Lickitty Split
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How great would it be if BREC lost tax revenue from the unincorporated parts of the parish and all of the cities within the parish excluding Baton Rouge?
Fine, but only residents from within city limits have rights to Santa Maria and Beaver Creek.
Not saying BREC is not overfunded and corrupt, and I certainly agree with defunding the library system. It's been worthless for years.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 8:33 am to Lickitty Split
I’ve been to brec parks over 50 times since the pandemic started and I’ve seen a total of five employees.
Why are there so many people on their payroll, and what do they do?
Why are there so many people on their payroll, and what do they do?
Posted on 5/14/21 at 8:37 am to how333
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Why? Because they know how to budget?
The city of Zachary residents pay around 2 million per year in taxes to BREC. We aren’t getting that money back. Our BREC parks in Zachary are a joke. I would rather the city use the money as it sees fit.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 8:52 am to Lickitty Split
Both the millages for BREC and the Library system are too high. BREC owns too much land in the parish. It should be forced to sell of at least 50% of that land. The Library system has built palatial buildings to house books that only a small amount of people actually read, should only have non- fiction books. If people want to read fiction they should have to pay for those themselves.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 8:54 am to lsufan1971
Allegedly $7 million has been invested over 5 years. However, y'all paid $10 million over that time.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:00 am to SantaFe
Lololololololololol
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:05 am to Lickitty Split
Where will the redneck side of my family hold wedding receptions at now?
This post was edited on 5/14/21 at 10:00 am
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:08 am to SantaFe
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If people want to read fiction they should have to pay for those themselves.
Damn, your parents never took you to the local library to pick out some books to read? I don't mind helping pay for a public library system if it inspires a few kids to enjoy reading like it did for me.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:09 am to Lickitty Split
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That’s not budgeting that’s hoarding tax payer money which is actually illegal.
they banked a lot of money in anticipation of building a new zoo but the metro council deemed the moving of a zoo as racist. I think the plan is now to renovate and add on to the old zoo so I'm sure that's going to drain a good bit of their reserves.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:20 am to Lickitty Split
If it’s such a great idea then the people of EBR parish should get to vote on it. Running the bill this way is a cheap shot & plain wrong. Most of the politicians voting on this only come to the capital during legislative session. It’s ridiculous that they have a voice and the actual taxpayers do not.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:20 am to MintBerry Crunch
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Why are there so many people on their payroll, and what do they do?
You know the answer to that. Its a progressive controlled city with fraud and pocket lining everywhere.
The library and BREC systems are the progressive slush funds of EBR. Errybody gets a cut, except the taxpayers.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:23 am to Lickitty Split
Hey genius, both of those are parish entities, not city entities.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:33 am to Lickitty Split
I can understand if Baker, Zachary, and Central want to manage their own park systems. However, what is lost in the discussion is that the Central mayor was not informed of this move beforehand, and has no plan set up to run an independent park system.
I would like to think that this may be more of a ploy to bring to light the inequity of the use of funds being applied. In short, there is a billboard that is recently set up that shows that 40% of the budget goes to salaries and benefits for 1000 employees. That leaves 60% of the budget for operating cost, etc.
There are claims that it is racist by some of the black city council members. They are saying that Baker, Central and Zachary are all white communities that will pull income sources from the BREC budget. One, using the racist card one (ha, ha) too many times is self defeating. Two, Baker is close to 50/50 black/white.
Just my two cents.
I would like to think that this may be more of a ploy to bring to light the inequity of the use of funds being applied. In short, there is a billboard that is recently set up that shows that 40% of the budget goes to salaries and benefits for 1000 employees. That leaves 60% of the budget for operating cost, etc.
There are claims that it is racist by some of the black city council members. They are saying that Baker, Central and Zachary are all white communities that will pull income sources from the BREC budget. One, using the racist card one (ha, ha) too many times is self defeating. Two, Baker is close to 50/50 black/white.
Just my two cents.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:34 am to Lickitty Split
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I would rather the city use the money as it sees fit.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:37 am to chryso
Hey genius, read the news. that is what Bodi White is proposing. Suppose you tell him that.
This post was edited on 5/14/21 at 9:38 am
Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:37 am to PhDoogan
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Fine, but only residents from within city limits have rights to Santa Maria and Beaver Creek.
I've always thought that EBR parish residents should get a discount to play at BC/SM.
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