re: Baton Rougeans...how much better would life be in St George?

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This is no different than what Central and Zachary did successfully. They both have top 5 school districts in the state too. Would you prefer the status quo?

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You are very mis informed.



Zachary has been a city since 1890's.


And Central has a ton of organizational problems.

Do you have an answer to his concerns?

I am honestly asking. Why the big push for St George? Same fire protection, same Police protection, same water, same garbage pickup, an independent school district is not guaranteed.

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My neighborhood app has a great many upper class people who despise the idea of SG and how there wont be any hospitals or schools.

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Nextdoor?

Hospitals are where they are located now and have nothing to do with where you live. It's not as if when SG becomes a city the hospitals are magically going to be further away from your house.

As for schools, that's s different subject. The goal is after becoming a city then the desire is to become an ISD. Schools would have to be addressed immediately if an ISD us created at a later date.

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no basic city services are in the budget either, they are basically going to compensate BREC, DWP, EBRSO, EMS and bunch of other for existing services. Ill pass.

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STG is not seceding from the parish. Its residents will still be paying the same PARISH taxes that pays for these services. Just because there is a City police department for Baton Rouge does not mean that those people living inside the city limits don't also pay for the EBRSO. Same thing for EMS (it's City/Parish, not just City).

Same thing regarding most infrastructure (roads, sewer, etc.). With some exceptions, these are all PARISH items that will continue to be PARISH items if STG ever happens.

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many upper class people who despise the idea of SG and how there wont be any hospitals

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No hospitals? Will residents of St. George all of the sudden not be allowed at OLOL or BR General which are close by? Will residents of Baton Rouge not be allowed to have their baby at Woman's hospital because its in St. George?

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I am honestly asking. Why the big push for St George? Same fire protection, same Police protection, same water, same garbage pickup, an independent school district is not guaranteed.

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An ISD will absolutely NEVER happen without it. Plus, the last push for STG exposed the "dirty little secret" of how the unincorporated areas are in many ways the "cash cow" for the city (as well as demonstrating the disdain some of the city elites have towards those living in those areas [terrorists anyone?]).

You ask a lot of questions that have been answered.

The long term vision is to have a city. A budget was presented for that outlining city services. The goal is to have better city services than what the Parish provides now.

The long range goal is to have an ISD. That's common knowledge. A plan for an ISD is forthcoming, but that's not what the current petition is all about. The current petition is to form a city.

SGeans would continue to pay sales tax for infrastructure improvements for the Green Light Plan(roads, road maintenance, and etc.), taxes and fees for sewer upgrades and sewer maintenance that are parish wide. That won't change at all. Neither will garbage pick up. That too is a parish service.

If SG is formed schools won't change at all unless an ISD is created. That's common knowledge or at least I thought it was.

As for who will run the city, there will be a mayor who is elected. A council will be elected. This isn't rocket science. SG isn't doing something revolutionary here. They are just going what BR did 200 years ago and what Central dud not too long ago, trying to incorporate.

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SGeans would continue to pay sales tax for infrastructure improvements for the Green Light Plan(roads, road maintenance, and etc.), taxes and fees for sewer upgrades and sewer maintenance that are parish wide. That won't change at all. Neither will garbage pick up. That too is a parish service. 

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For parish roads. When you form a city you are put in charge of "local roads.

And why can't Central get their drainage figured out? Because they have to provide that now. And they never did.


And garbage is not parish wide. It's parish for unincorporated.

I don't even live in St George (by about a half mile) and I still hope it passes. I think it's a hail marry to save parts of SBR.

If it fails BR will be Jackson, MS in 15 years. I'll keep paying for private school more than likely because my daughter has been in her school for 7-8 years now.