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

All I am saying is there are needs and wants.

Needs which is what the government setup for
- proper sewage system
- we need good roads
- we need stormwater run off
- we need a properly funded DA’s office
- we need a properly funded Fire, sheriff or city police dept depends on where you live.

Wants
- Giving money to NBR to attract a grocery store which competes against private businesses.
They need to fix the problems the businesses have operating in this area. If the area proves profitable then businesses would come.

- diversity study $300,000
- government efficiency study $300,000

These are wants not needs.

Just like when you sit down to budget

Needs
- food
- water
-shelter
- basic clothing
- transportation to be around
Include
Bicycle
Walking shoes if wear dress shoes to work if you depend on walking a lot
Public transportation if used
Private basic transportation if used

Want
- fancy designer clothing
-jewelry
- nails done
- video games
- sporting goods equipment
- entertainment

City and parish seems to fill wants before needs.
This needs to change.
If you have money left over from needs then you can spend on wants.
Pretty simple.
They do not get it.

Why are taxpayers on the hook for trying to court a goddamn grocery store?

We're constantly told that NBR is some sort of gold deposit waiting to be mined yet they need the taxpayers to foot the bill to coerce a store to set up shop. I'm so sick of this nonsense.

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That Winn Dixie was not in North Baton Rouge.

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It was closer than I'd live to North BR. I worked there for a couple weeks and it looked like a 3rd world country to me most of the time.

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gravy wants to convert Cortana into a cold storage grocery distribution center for himself

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FIFY

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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.

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Why not spend that $1.5 million on fixing street lights and sidewalks?

Tony’s is the best seafood store in the region, and it’s right on Plank Road.

The original Hi Nabor, and independent grocery, has been in north Baton Rouge for longer than most of us have been alive.

In addition to the above, there is the following north of Florida Blvd:
1 Wal Mart Super Center on Oak Villa
2 Family Dollar stores
3 chain pharmacy stores (CVS, Walgreens, Etc)
2 Shoppers Value Supermarkets
2 small neighborhood independent grocery stores

I question if the area is under served at all. They may not be Whole Foods, but it’s not like North Baton Rouge is a food desert.

Isn’t this the type of thing a private foundation with more money than the LSU foundation dedicated to improving the Baton Rouge area, should take up. If only there was such a foundation.oh yeah they too busy building shopping centers across the USA.

Your are right if there is money to be made someone will open a store there.

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Is a grocery store within walking distance of your house? Not mine.

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I couldn't walk to the grocery. I would bet one of the largest expenses of NBR grocery stores is buggies. You always see people just walking down the street with their groceries in a buggy and you know they do not return it.

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Where do they get fresh fruit

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Nation of Islam selling little bags of fruit at red lights scattered throughout the hood.

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meat, and veg?

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Several Ragusa's meat markets and small grocery stores all through NBR.

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I don’t get why people like Gravy can’t grasp this concept. No one is opening a store to lose money. It’s economics not race

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He's proudly ignorant in economics and, to make everyone feel warm and fuzzy, he has been tapped to be a contributor to the NBR economic redevelopment plan.

That plan is going to land multiple people in jail but the sad part is that the usual people will vehemently defend the corruption.