re: How long after St George is created will the push begin to dissolve the City/Parish govt?

Consolidation is only suited for smaller rural areas where small towns that cannot afford their own resources can combine revenue streams to do so. Large metro areas doing this only become overly bloated bureaucracies that only end up representing the special interests and not the entire metro area they were set up for. The best government is local government at the smallest scale possible

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I’m actually pro St. George but against the deconsolidation of the City-Parish Government.

There’s a great deal of cost-savings benefit to more centralized services in Public Works, Libraries, Transit, etc.

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We completely disagree.

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That answers none of my questions.

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Yet explains why you are wrong.

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and ow long before LSU and every other business asks to be annexed to st George.

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South Baton Rouge (within city) should begin researching the legal requirements to de-annex from Baton Rouge. Then they would be able to request annexation into St. George.

If that happens, THEN Together BR would be correct in claiming that people are leaving.

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South Baton Rouge (within city) should begin researching the legal requirements to de-annex from Baton Rouge. Then they would be able to request annexation into St. George.

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tell you the truth, while St. George is on the papers for the new City as the ire department guys had to have something to put on the form, It might do the new City a favor to make the name of the new city something different like South Baton Rouge or something. I believe some people within the City are partial to the name, and would be more likely to want the annexation if it had more of a real Louisiana name.

The process is exactly the same as annexation. Petition, then go to the MetCo for approval

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super troopers


is a stupid fricking movie.

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Dafuq is your major malfunction? That movie is a work of cinematic genius.

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They annexed the South Campus and a lot of acreage to connect the Casino to BR.

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This. There apparently wasn't a ditch to annex all the way....

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Yet explains why you are wrong.

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I understand his point and the point is generally valid. But economies of scale do exist, even in government. And I contend that a strong St. George will grow the conservative voting bloc in EBR. Allowing for a new Mayor-President that does their part to end the bloating of unneeded, overtaxed, and excessive spending/services.

The "Better Together" mantra is dumb and I can't stand the shady tactics being used by Together BR, etc. But if St. George takes their ball and goes home then all you do is accelerate the decline of Baton Rouge proper, and ultimately St. George as well.