re: Baton Rouge finally admits they are against St. G because they've used it as a slush fund

Must have a worthwhile challenger.

JBE won EBR pretty solidly, but I think a good challenger to Broome could sway that middle bloc that voted for JBE over Rispone.

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The city of Baton Rouge cut it's budget by 3% FACT. Which is $30 million.

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I'd love to know how you consider a 2019 budget of $926,395,160 going to a 2020 budget of $1,004,693,210 a budget cut.

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First BRPD AND BRFD make calls in Stg new and old boundaries FACT. I know they told you they don't but that's a complete false statement.

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I'll tell you this FACT. I used to work at the old Semolinas on Coursey Blvd, about 150 yards from Sherwood Forest BLvd. We let all uniformed police eat for free. BRPD had a station about a quarter mile down Coursey so they were always eating in the restaurant. One night, a drunk guy threatened me and wouldn't leave so we called the BRPD. They refused to come and instructed us to call EBRSO, which we did.

BRPD didn't get to eat free no 'mo.

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$58 million was lost from city parish from STG

Around $23 million was being spent on various things STG is now on the hook for.

BR lost around $25ish million to STG.

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1. 23+25=/=58
2. See 1.
3. See 2.
4. We'll see about that $23M. Given the clear funneling of funds into the city from the StG area, an actuary may consider a reduction of the UAL distribution to St. George. All of these arguments Broome is playing through the media is creating a paper trail of contradiction.

Thank God we are no longer part of that shite hole Baton Rouge

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Thank God we are no longer part of that shite hole Baton Rouge

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Well you are and for quite possibly a long time.

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Well you are and for quite possibly a long time.

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Yes, no need to hate on BR, or EBR Parish. We are all tied together in the same parish.

Hate on the leaders who are blocking a fair election and who messed up parish finances, but not the whole city and parish. We need each other.

Blah, blah, blah... that was always the whole point. When you artificially carve up a metropolitan area so that the wealthier parts get to keep their tax money hyper-localized, you take it out of the overall tax base- where it is sorely needed, largely by children.

Everyone always knew this, and admitted it, and St. George is still a terrible idea in every analysis except the most rapacious, jaded, short-term ones.

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Blah, blah, blah... that was always the whole point. When you artificially carve up a metropolitan area so that the wealthier parts get to keep their tax money hyper-localized, you take it out of the overall tax base- where it is sorely needed, largely by children.

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First BR was carved out of EBR Parish. It grew. Then Zachary was carved out, then Baker and then Central. Now SG wants what BR had, Zachary has, Baker has and Central has now. Nothing more.

The problem as I see it is that BR unlike all the other cities uses tax dollars from the unincorporated portions of EBR to pay for city services. Why should unincorporated citizens have to pay such a large portion of city services? They should not.

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I used to work at the old Semolinas

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You spelled Salmonellas wrong.