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Central's leaders see familiar struggle in St. George incorporation effort
Posted on 2/11/19 at 11:44 am
Posted on 2/11/19 at 11:44 am
The Advocate
Same old tired scare tactics from the sociopath leader of Better Together. One glaring omission from M.E. Cormier was the talk of invalid signatures. She's running scared, and knows St. George will have the numbers to pass.
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M.E. Cormier, one of the leaders of the Better Together/Residents Against the Breakaway, say that's one reason St. George's incorporation would do more harm parishwide.
"When Central incorporated, they made Baton Rouge revenue-positive," she said. "The difference is a sharp contrast. St. George will have the city-parish revenue-negative to the tune of over $50 million."
Cormier said that would likely to lead to tax increases for everyone else if St. George is allowed to become a city.
Same old tired scare tactics from the sociopath leader of Better Together. One glaring omission from M.E. Cormier was the talk of invalid signatures. She's running scared, and knows St. George will have the numbers to pass.
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Posted on 2/11/19 at 11:46 am to tommy2tone1999
At least they're finally openly admitting that they want SG just for their money
Posted on 2/11/19 at 11:54 am to tommy2tone1999
Anyone know when the signature validation should complete? Been a while since I heard anything on St George
Posted on 2/11/19 at 11:56 am to BeerMoney
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Anyone know when the signature validation should complete? Been a while since I heard anything on St George
From the article:
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Representatives for and against creating a new city of St. George debate said they were told the verification process could be completed by the end of the month.
Posted on 2/11/19 at 11:56 am to tommy2tone1999
And this will dissuade SG reaidents how?
Posted on 2/11/19 at 11:58 am to BeerMoney
I wouldn't take any advice from an incumbent mayor who could only muster up about 26% of vote after 1st term. Shelton was a horrible mayor for Central.
This post was edited on 2/11/19 at 12:01 pm
Posted on 2/11/19 at 11:58 am to upgrayedd
I like that the article mentions that two LSU professors said that St. George is over est revenue and under est expenditures, therefore inferring that the city couldn't fund itself.
Anyone care to look up what the Central plan was and if the "experts" were right about their projections on if Central could support itself?
I am pretty sure Ctown has a budget surplus in the millions.
Anyone care to look up what the Central plan was and if the "experts" were right about their projections on if Central could support itself?
I am pretty sure Ctown has a budget surplus in the millions.
Posted on 2/11/19 at 12:00 pm to tommy2tone1999
It will probably mean higher taxes for BR and St George residents. I still hope it passes.
Posted on 2/11/19 at 12:00 pm to tommy2tone1999
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and knows St. George will have the numbers to pass.
Does she though? I don’t trust local politics for shite and don’t understand how it takes this long to validate the appropriate number of signatures
Posted on 2/11/19 at 12:01 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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And this will dissuade SG reaidents how?
EXACTLY, I quoted this to demonstrate my point of not so much was said by her, but what wasn't said. All along, and up until the last article from The Advocate, Cormier has always bragged that that they had large numbers of ineligible signatures, now not one word about it.
Posted on 2/11/19 at 12:01 pm to tommy2tone1999
Central was revenue positive for BR so when they left Cormier was fine. SG though would be a negative so she's upset.
Sounds like this better together is just so much bull chit. Reality is they don't want SG to incorporate because they will lose control of SG dollars.
Sounds like this better together is just so much bull chit. Reality is they don't want SG to incorporate because they will lose control of SG dollars.
Posted on 2/11/19 at 12:02 pm to Ed Osteen
She does indeed. She's had copies since just after they were received from the registrar. If there were enough signatures to disqualify the petition this time, she would be screaming it from the mountain top.
Posted on 2/11/19 at 12:03 pm to fallguy_1978
Would St. George residents still have to pay for 38 libraries on the property tax?
Posted on 2/11/19 at 12:04 pm to tommy2tone1999
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Cormier said that would likely to lead to tax increases for everyone else if St. George is allowed to become a city.
Does she think that the people in St. George care about this?
Posted on 2/11/19 at 12:05 pm to Finch
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Would St. George residents still have to pay for 38 libraries on the property tax?
Yes.
And for BREC.
And for the Council on Aging.
Posted on 2/11/19 at 12:11 pm to LSU_postman
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I like that the article mentions that two LSU professors said that St. George is over est revenue and under est expenditures, therefore inferring that the city couldn't fund itself.
Notice they didn't give their names this time? Richardson is on the State budget estimating committee and has been wrong on his estimates for over a decade.
Posted on 2/11/19 at 12:14 pm to upgrayedd
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At least they're finally openly admitting that they want SG just for their money
Posted on 2/11/19 at 12:29 pm to tommy2tone1999
I want St George to happen to badly just so BR gets the picture of why not to mess with tax payers.
Posted on 2/11/19 at 12:30 pm to Fat and Happy
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Representatives for and against creating a new city of St. George debate said they were told the verification process could be completed by the end of the month.
Unfortunately, people like that will never admit, even to themselves that they caused SG to happen.
Posted on 2/11/19 at 12:39 pm to tommy2tone1999
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St. George will have the city-parish revenue-negative to the tune of over $50 million."
Or to put that another way, St George residents currently subsidize Baton Rouge over $50 million.
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