Baton Rouge proposes money for grocery store gap, but questions raised about priorities

Looks like our mayor got her money priorities in line. Lol!

Mayor responsible spending!

Chief Administrative Officer Darryl Gissel emphasized Wednesday the difficulty of numerous priorities that are pulling the mayor’s office up, down, left and right. He said departments across the city-parish are struggling to work within their budgets..

Really I thought Baton Rouge runs a responsible Government with no pork projects.

For example, District Attorney Hillar Moore III sent Broome a letter a month ago saying his office was in “financial crisis.”

Further down in the article
Moore wrote in his letter last month that he has had to eliminate a chief homicide prosecutor position, a deputy domestic violence prosecutor and a deputy sex crimes prosecutor to make his budget work.

Who needs a DA’s office to prosecute our thugs cough cough mean angels, when we can spend money on an inner city grocery store!!!

When Broome campaigned for mayor in 2016, she pledged at a Together Baton Rouge forum to commit $1.5 million to attract grocery stores to underserved neighborhoods. Her proposed budget supplement takes a step in that direction but falls short of the total amount, as the Broome administration wants to spend $250,000 annually for three years on the initiative.

Gravy needs his grocery store to keep his well rounded figure up and what better program for us to spend tax dollars on besides studies.

Yea, BR and SWB spending money responsibly like a “crackhead in a crackhouse that just won the lottery.”