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BR Business Report: Broome is making the case for St. George
Posted on 9/27/17 at 11:30 am
Posted on 9/27/17 at 11:30 am
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BR Business Report: Broome is making the case for St. George
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When the Metro Council voted in early September not to put Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s proposed 5-mill property tax for road improvements on the November ballot, those who voted against the measure said they’d been inundated with calls from constituents overwhelmingly opposed to the plan.
That may be true. But there’s more to it than that.
The bloc that killed Broome’s Better Transportation and Roads proposal represents a segment of East Baton Rouge Parish that has come to wholly distrust, if not despise, Broome and everything about her administration.
Just nine months after her narrow election, Broome has become as unpopular in parts of the parish as Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton rolled into one—not that the southeast Baton Rouge/St. George crowd was ever really with the mayor. But now, they’re resolutely against her, and the fact that the councilmembers who represent them wouldn’t even allow voters to decide for themselves about the tax proposal shows just how deep the sentiment runs.
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In part, it is Broome’s own doing. The vote against her tax wasn’t just about the merits of the plan, which was a good one and included badly needed road improvements, new sidewalks, bike lanes and a smart traffic control system. Rather, it reflected the lack of confidence many have in her administration because of the way she has handled the various controversies that have defined her first nine months in office. Among them:
Her refusal to speak out against the Council on Aging and its embattled executive director, Tasha Clark-Amar, after state auditors confirmed the agency engaged in unethical and possibly illegal campaign activity last year to help pass a dedicated millage. Though Broome had nothing to do with that election, she remained silent after a coalition of black elected officials tried to turn the flap into a racial issue, which it wasn’t.
Her hiring of Troy Bell to be the city’s first African-American chief administrative officer, who was forced to resign after just five days on the job for lying on his résumé. Bell had been tapped for the post after a months-long search yet somehow her administration failed to check his references or do any due diligence.
The questionable contracts her administration awarded under the BRAVE violence elimination program—most notably to community activist/agitator Arthur “Silky Slim” Reed. He scandalized Baton Rouge in late July, when he said at a Metro Council meeting that the sniper killing last summer of several law enforcement officers was justified.
There are other issues, too, that have undercut the administration’s credibility and competence.
Posted on 9/27/17 at 11:31 am to member12
I bet Rolfe is triggered AF right now.
Posted on 9/27/17 at 11:31 am to member12
Rolfe is too busy licking Broome's taint to know what Stephanie is writing.
Posted on 9/27/17 at 11:33 am to member12
nah it's just making the case for people to up and move out of BR. Which is happening in droves.
Posted on 9/27/17 at 11:33 am to member12
Sadly, I agree with the Business Report on this....
Posted on 9/27/17 at 11:35 am to tke857
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nah it's just making the case for people to up and move out of BR. Which is happening in droves.
Yeah, this will be the result now that the city is annexing a large portion of St. G's commercial tax base. Broome and crew could've come to a compromise but now they're going to lose their parish taxes to the surrounding area.
Posted on 9/27/17 at 11:36 am to member12
That tax was shite because it only hit property owners. Period.
This post was edited on 9/27/17 at 11:38 am
Posted on 9/27/17 at 11:39 am to member12
Can Holden run again after Broome's reign inevitably ends in indictment and jail time?
Posted on 9/27/17 at 11:41 am to upgrayedd
She is only in office because of white flight. More will only make the city worse.
Posted on 9/27/17 at 11:41 am to member12
Brutal article and all true.
The moment Broome was elected, it guaranteed St. George.
The moment Broome was elected, it guaranteed St. George.
Posted on 9/27/17 at 11:42 am to TheCaterpillar
quote:Except I haven't heard a thing about the petition starting back up. Why not?
it guaranteed St. George.
Posted on 9/27/17 at 11:42 am to member12
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Can Holden run again after Broome's reign inevitably ends in indictment and jail time?
Yes, but apparently he doesn't want to. As of now...
Posted on 9/27/17 at 11:43 am to ell_13
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Except I haven't heard a thing about the petition starting back up. Why not?
They're probably letting Broome crash and burn as much as possible before going on the PR campaign for St. George.
Its only going to get worse.
Posted on 9/27/17 at 11:43 am to member12
I think it would be beneficial for the long term tax base of East Baton Rouge if St. George could control their own police department and school district.
Posted on 9/27/17 at 11:45 am to TheCaterpillar
I don't know. St. George leadership has been dishonest with the base and unrealistic with the costs of the new city since the beginning of the project. People are getting wise to how unrealistic their projections are.
Posted on 9/27/17 at 11:46 am to dewster
Are people choosing LP and AP over Central and Zachary now?
Posted on 9/27/17 at 11:46 am to ell_13
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Except I haven't heard a thing about the petition starting back up. Why not?
They have to wait 2 years after the previous attempt. Any organizing or talk about a petition now would defy that 2 year period and I'm sure wind up in some sort of legal mumbo jumbo. Give it time. It'll come back up soon
Posted on 9/27/17 at 11:46 am to beerJeep
quote:And that was up this past summer.
They have to wait 2 years after the previous attempt.
Posted on 9/27/17 at 11:47 am to ell_13
Damn was it? Time flies. Well I got nuffin then.
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