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

Posted on 11/18/19 at 12:43 pm to
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
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Posted on 11/18/19 at 12:43 pm to
Here is a start-



Cut Tarsha et all’s apportionment from the taxes.
Posted by TigerGrad2011
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Posted on 11/18/19 at 12:46 pm to
Someone is mad at the truth and downvoting all the posts. Your downvoting won’t change the truth!
Posted by SabiDojo
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Posted on 11/18/19 at 12:47 pm to
Doesn’t the Left want less police in their neighborhoods? A thank you is in order
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
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Posted on 11/18/19 at 12:47 pm to
Edit:
I’m an idiot
This post was edited on 11/18/19 at 12:57 pm
Posted by Jcorye1
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Posted on 11/18/19 at 12:48 pm to
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Hmmm. I didnt realize that courts existed to generate revenues. Learn something new every day



Have you lived under a rock the last 20 years? When you see a motorcycle cop pull over a Tahoe for speeding, you realize it's all about the cash.
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
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Posted on 11/18/19 at 12:49 pm to
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Also, by eliminating voluntary overtime, BRPD will no longer have the ability to concentrate on special areas with specific crime trends such as armed robberies at Christmas and all downtown events, parades, walks/runs, etc.," Paul wrote. The cuts would preclude Paul from implementing the pay raises he and the mayor have been promising to his officers. The Baton Rouge Fire Department, in its message to the administration, said having to slash 20% from its budget, approximately $9.9 million, would make it impossible to maintain its Class 1 rating, the top classification. If it lowers, the insurance rates for the property owners would increase.


Aren’t all of these not available to people not living in BR proper?
Posted by Dominate308
South Florida
Member since Jan 2013
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Posted on 11/18/19 at 12:49 pm to
This reminds me of a child cursing their parents and then the parents kick the kid out. The child turns around and sues the parents to get back home because they can't make it on their own.
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
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Posted on 11/18/19 at 12:50 pm to
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Of your own fricking doing


Murrell is the St. George representative.
Posted by captainahab
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Posted on 11/18/19 at 12:51 pm to
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Why would this affect the DA?


And I also question the Police Department. Does St. George currently pay taxes to cover BRPD? BRPD never has patrolled or covered the areas outside incorporated Baton Rouge (Sheriff handles that).

I also wonder about BRFD. St George Fire Department has always had their own tax and I don't think BRFD responds outside incorporated Baton Rouge.
Posted by Placebeaux
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Posted on 11/18/19 at 12:52 pm to
I wish Lakeview would do this to New Orleans
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
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Posted on 11/18/19 at 12:54 pm to
BRPD and BRFD get a certain apportionment of the General Fund by law.

Which means that StG currently subsidizes BRPD and BRFD by about $26m annually.
Posted by Dominate308
South Florida
Member since Jan 2013
2895 posts
Posted on 11/18/19 at 12:55 pm to
The Mall of Louisiana was 100% safer when the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office had it. When BRPD came they brought trouble with them.
Posted by TeddyPadillac
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 11/18/19 at 12:55 pm to
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And I also question the Police Department. Does St. George currently pay taxes to cover BRPD? BRPD never has patrolled or covered the areas outside incorporated Baton Rouge (Sheriff handles that).

I also wonder about BRFD. St George Fire Department has always had their own tax and I don't think BRFD responds outside incorporated Baton Rouge.


You can't say those things. They don't fit the narrative.
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
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Posted on 11/18/19 at 12:55 pm to
My b
Posted by captainahab
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Posted on 11/18/19 at 12:55 pm to
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BRPD and BRFD get a certain apportionment of the General Fund by law.


Did not know that.
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
103465 posts
Posted on 11/18/19 at 12:58 pm to
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Here is a start-

Cut Tarsha et all’s apportionment from the taxes.


Too bad those are dedicated property taxes that the voters of EBR so wisely approved a few years ago. You have 8 more years of paying those before they'll be up for renewal.

ETA: Actually I think 7 more... that was a 10-year tax voted on in 2016 so collected in 2017, 18, 19 so far.
This post was edited on 11/18/19 at 12:59 pm
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
103111 posts
Posted on 11/18/19 at 1:00 pm to
Pretty sure the Parish Council has to vote to apportion the tax revenue for that vote even though it passed.

Don’t know if it is annual or if it is whenever the election is held, but there was a tight vote on it where Tarsha ended up getting her money.
Posted by Crow Pie
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Posted on 11/18/19 at 1:03 pm to
This will not be a problem going forward because if the current BR murder rate stays on course there will be no one left to provide services to and therefore no services needed.
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
103465 posts
Posted on 11/18/19 at 1:05 pm to
I think so, but I don't think they can use it elsewhere.

That wouldn't make much sense.

Or maybe it was approved once and then that's it until the tax is renewed. If it's renewed.

And yes Freiberg cowarded out and went with the COA on the vote to apportion their tax revenue. Did she win her state rep race?
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
25086 posts
Posted on 11/18/19 at 1:09 pm to
Why are taxes from an unincorporated area of the parish being taken to use for funding an incorporated area's separate police force. St George taxes should be funding EBRSO, not BRPD
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