re: Governor Edwards signs St George bill

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wards signs St George bill by Lickitty Split
Because if it wasn’t signed and the court said St. George is legit then a certain amount of taxes could not be collected by the parish or St. George. You know they weren’t going to let that happen. They have to take our money one way or the other.

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He had three options
Sign the bill into law
Veto the bill
Do nothing and the bill would become law without his sig.

I believe he chose the first option because he didn’t want to be labeled as going against a lawful election especially when his opponents could override a veto and post it up.

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All the politicians who represent the area will have a say in the initial government.

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They probably will but its 100% at the discretion of the governor. He could appoint Gravy Chambers as mayor if he wanted to so long as he lives in the district.

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As far as drainage it is a joke.
Neglecting the area is not superior drainage.
The City Parish has neglected the area for years.
If you talk to any council member they will tell you the present EBRP DPW is not large enough to handle the present demands with this area and whole parish.

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I'm curious how you think the South Baton Rouge area is neglected when compared to Livingston Parish. This is mind-boggling to me. The area has had a lot of upgrades. Its obviously not as much as we'd all like but its all relative when you're talking about politics and distribution of resources. more focus was put on South Baton Rouge than North Baton Rouge.

Look - the ship sailed. A new city is formed. I just think it's hilarious that people think they're going to get noticeably more. The resources and time are finite.

You obviously didn’t vote for SG but you are absolute in your belief that you know why myself and others supported it. For me it was about dollars. Property values protecting my hard earned dollars.

Try and argue against the fact that the growing areas of the metro areas have the best public schools. Families with young kids face investing in private schools or bricks and mortar in better districts. With less people looking to buy values tumble. Look at Sherwood Forest.

I’m worried about my investment while my son is moving to Zachary.

This would have never happened if they would have fixed the damn schools.

If you want to talk about misleading or flat out lying. The entire run up to the election, SWB and others told us how our taxes were going to rise. After the election we find out there will be a forty million surplus. I guess that money is the piggy bank for the rest of the parish.

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Bet they're glad they picked that name!

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And they say we aren’t progressive!!!

Schools are on the agenda. This has been an up hill battle but St George had to be formed before the schools set up.

Zachary could follow Baker but I hope not because my son is in the process of closing on a house. I see no effort or even interest in improving EBR schools. If we can’t improve them with EBR maybe we can do it apart.

Let’s see ditches that have not been cleaned in twenty years, culverts that been broken which backs up ditches for over 10 years, and parish drainage ditches neglected for over 15 years where oak trees have grown up in them.
People have work orders that are told they have to wait 9 years to get the work done.

A road that I had rental property on it inside BR has been paved twice in 25 years. You have neighborhoods built in the 80’s in the unincorporated areas that never been repaved.

The sewer lines in an area I use to live in inside BR was replaced three times in 2010 due to lack of DPW monitoring the construction company.
Area I just left in the future City of St George still waiting on upgrades.

All the council people have told me that the metro council has an obligation to The City of BR first and unicorporated areas second. This time it will be St George people first.

DPW is way too bloated with too many chiefs and not enough Indians.

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The SG area pays lower taxes than virtually most anyone else

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So the wealthiest zip code in EBR(70810) pays less taxes than everywhere else in the area? That is news to me and the EBR sheriff's office.

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Incorrect. It wasn't a serious effort to reform the schools.

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Soooo the 2 times StG residents tried to reform the schools / get an additional school in the southern part of the parish was all a ruse? Hell, it was Barrow and SWB that told the group they would have a better chance at getting the school if they incorporated, which is the whole reason StG ever even came to be.

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Schools are on the agenda.

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Again, schools literally have nothing to do with the city, legally speaking. An ISD that matches the boundaries of St. George will never happen.

You can think that's only my opinion and you can be optimistic about local Boss Hogg politicians who are telling you otherwise, but I'm making this statement based on facts.