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re: It’s a beautiful morning to be a taxpayer in EBR
Posted on 11/16/25 at 9:47 am to Spasweezy
Posted on 11/16/25 at 9:47 am to Spasweezy
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I guess a tiny victory is okay. What about the 10.5% sales tax because the parish can’t seem to manage itself with anything less than 5.5%. We have some irresponsible fricktards in charge of this entire state’s financial standing.
What’s the current break down of the sales tax?
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Posted on 11/16/25 at 9:51 am to dallastigers
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What’s the current break down of the sales tax?
City Tax: 2.0%
Street/Sewer Tax: 1.5%
School Board Tax: 1.0%
School Board EFID (Educational Facilities Improvement District) Tax: 1.0%
Disclaimer: per AI.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 9:54 am to Joshjrn
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The local mayors don’t want to get rid of it. Makes one wonder why.
Probablly because they are smart enough to realize that they need the collective tax base of the parish in order to get the infrastucture improvements necessary to supprt their growing communities.
Would Central have been able to pay for the road improvements to get in and out of thier city over the past 20 years with just a local base? Same could be asked for St Georgians as well.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:00 am to hometownhero89
Well, you got your wish. 240 city parish employees will be getting layoff notices on Monday.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:02 am to kingbob
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Well, you got your wish. 240 city parish employees will be getting layoff notices on Monday.
They cant be that essential if they can be fired
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:07 am to Cosmo
We’re about to find out. They have to cut that many positions in the short term regardless due to the budget crisis Broome left behind.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:09 am to armytiger96
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Would Central have been able to pay for the road improvements to get in and out of thier city over the past 20 years with just a local base? Same could be asked for St Georgians as well.
No one is saying dissolve the parish govt.
just separate the city and the parish funds.
The parish would have its own general fund that wouldn’t be used on the city of BR essential services anymore.
Why is this so difficult to understand?
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:14 am to TeddyPadillac
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No one is saying dissolve the parish govt. just separate the city and the parish funds. The parish would have its own general fund that wouldn’t be used on the city of BR essential services anymore. Why is this so difficult to understand?
That’s not what deconsolidation is. Currently, the governments of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge are combined. Deconsolidation would create a new East Baton Rouge parish body of government. New parish president, new staff, new HR department, the whole works.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:18 am to dallastigers
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What’s the current break down of the sales tax?
5% for the state and BR City limits and many of the main commerce areas of EBR parish are @ 5.5%.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:20 am to Joshjrn
Also, Baton Rouge has a population of roughly 225k. East Baton Rouge has a population of roughly 450k. When you add in the unincorporated areas around Baton Rouge that shares an interest with the city, we would hold the majority in every parish-wide election for the new parish government. Be careful what you wish for.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:22 am to Joshjrn
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That’s not what deconsolidation is. Currently, the governments of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge are combined. Deconsolidation would create a new East Baton Rouge parish body of government. New parish president, new staff, new HR department, the whole works.
Yeah. I’m aware.
My apologies for not typing out every detail for you.
And what’s the problem here?
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:25 am to Joshjrn
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Also, Baton Rouge has a population of roughly 225k. East Baton Rouge has a population of roughly 450k. When you add in the unincorporated areas around Baton Rouge that shares an interest with the city, we would hold the majority in every parish-wide election for the new parish government. Be careful what you wish for.
Thanks for the silly fear mongering that has no substance.
So you still don’t understand how the parish differentiates from the city I see.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:27 am to TeddyPadillac
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Yeah. I’m aware. My apologies for not typing out every detail for you. And what’s the problem here?
Saying that the funds would be segregated is hardly a summarization of “we would have to create an entirely new government from scratch”.
No inherent problem, beyond a ton of costly government redundancy that people who live in and around the city of Baton Rouge will have a majority in and will therefore be able to dominate, if they so choose. We have to play nice in a consolidated government; deconsolidate and it becomes a base political contest.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:28 am to TeddyPadillac
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Thanks for the silly fear mongering that has no substance. So you still don’t understand how the parish differentiates from the city I see.
I’m sure the local mayors will be rip roaring for deconsolidation any minute now. Just you wait
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:31 am to Joshjrn
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we would hold the majority in every parish-wide election for the new parish government. Be careful what you wish for.
They wouldn’t all vote the same way each time. You had folks in NBR voting against THRIVE because they wanted NBR to be revitalized. Doesn’t seem like that’s in the plans anytime soon.
The responses that I saw to this was that NBR citizens want their side of town revitalized first.
To add another layer to those desires is that all real estate in this city is ridiculously overvalued by property owners and not maintained. That’s not gonna change overnight and slightly in a decade at best. The city isn’t worth what it’s marketed for. But we’ll keep hearing emotional manipulative statements and veiled threats of be careful what you wish for.
We’re not gonna tax our way out of this problem. The sooner folks realize that, we’ll be able to get going in the right direction and find a system that’s separated for less corruption and actually serves its constituents.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:34 am to hometownhero89
I feel sorry for Sid. He won an election to take over a city/parish that was robbing non-city citizens to the tune of $40M annually and no longer has that slush fund.
People will blame him for the shitshow that will become BR proper when it’s not his fault
People will blame him for the shitshow that will become BR proper when it’s not his fault
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:35 am to Joshjrn
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I’m sure the local mayors will be rip roaring for deconsolidation any minute now. Just you wait
They’ll be forced to de-consolidate if the people keep voting this way if they want to stay n office. Otherwise they’ll be dust in the wind. The people just have to vote firm. If THRIVE was their best plan of action then the constituents will be just fine. Inflation helps folks pay attention to what’s truly going on.
This post was edited on 11/16/25 at 10:36 am
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:38 am to hometownhero89
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We’re not gonna tax our way out of this problem. The sooner folks realize that, we’ll be able to get going in the right direction and find a system that’s separated for less corruption and actually serves its constituents.
We pay enough taxes now. We just don’t spend the money effectively.
BREC, the Library, MARC and the COA have way more revenues than they need to operate at a good level.
I believe our sewer revenues allow us to have a good sewer system and then some.
We need to reign in spending on NGOs and start applying more of the tax dollars we have to public safety.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:38 am to rowbear1922
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I feel sorry for Sid.
I don’t. He’s a football coach that ran for office under the summation that he was a good leader. He’s not creative and not as honest as he thought. THRIVE is a shining example of that.
He could’ve forced city leaders to go back to the drawing board instead of using emotional manipulation. A good leader does what’s right, not what’s easy.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:40 am to kingbob
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Well, you got your wish. 240 city parish employees will be getting layoff notices on Monday.
Good. Get a real job
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