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re: It’s a beautiful morning to be a taxpayer in EBR
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:44 am to kingbob
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:44 am to kingbob
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Well, you got your wish. 240 city parish employees will be getting layoff notices on Monday.
Sounds like a good start. Now let’s start cutting state jobs too.
LA has one of the highest per capita of state employees in the country.
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Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:45 am to hometownhero89
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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.
I never said he was a good option, but he was a hell of a lot better choice than keeping the status quo and keeping Broome stick
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:54 am to Joshjrn
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Saying that the funds would be segregated is hardly a summarization of “we would have to create an entirely new government from scratch”.
What are you talking about?
The parish government is already in place for the most part. It’s called the metro council, we’d just need to elect a parish president. We already have parish run entities like Brec, the sheriff, library, COA, Etc. That wouldn’t change.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:59 am to rowbear1922
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I never said he was a good option, but he was a hell of a lot better choice than keeping the status quo and keeping Broome stick
Hence why he won. But he better evolve sooner than later.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 11:03 am to TeddyPadillac
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Joshjrn
The EBR mayor is the parish president in EBR. Any mayor should replace the offices roles that are not elected each time they have a new mayor. The dems are much better at this and the R’s don’t do this effectively. Political hold-overs don’t hold a purpose to a new admin.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 11:07 am to hometownhero89
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Hence why he won. But he better evolve sooner than later.
Hence why I feel bad for him. He won a job he’s not qualified for and was left a complete shitshow. Things will get darkest before the dawn, if there is a dawn, for BR.
There will be some very hard decisions that need to be made. We will see if he sinks or swims
Posted on 11/16/25 at 11:12 am to rowbear1922
I voted for him. I don’t think we should pity anyone who wanted the mayor’s seat after a shite show. He knew what he was getting into. He should do what’s right for the city the first 3/4 of his term then people please towards the end of it.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 11:17 am to TeddyPadillac
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We already have parish run entities like Brec, the sheriff, library, COA, Etc. That wouldn’t change.
COA is not a government entity, but it is government funded.
BREC is a state entity.
The problem is who appoints the various board members. There is very little public oversight in some of these entities.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 11:50 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?
Be careful what you wish for. City of BR generates the lion's share of city-parish money and has the largest consolidated voting blocs.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 11:56 am to TeddyPadillac
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No one is saying dissolve the parish govt. just separate the city and the parish funds.
You may not be the one saying but there are alot of people on this board who was rattling that saber during the quest for St George.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 12:00 pm to rowbear1922
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I feel sorry for Sid.
I don’t. He can resign if he wants. Put me in there. I will slash dumbass expenses so fast it will make your head spin.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 12:19 pm to nola tiger lsu
Posted on 11/16/25 at 1:03 pm to Huey Lewis
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Be careful what you wish for. City of BR generates the lion's share of city-parish money and has the largest consolidated voting blocs.
Awesome.
The city of Baton Rouge can keep their money themself and spend it on their own city.
The money already generated from parish wide taxes can continue to fund parish only activities.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 1:57 pm to armytiger96
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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.
And the parish govt would still exist when the BR metro parish govt gets dissolved. Any state govt funding for certain roads would also still exist. Any federal funds would as well.
What would not exist is the intermingled general fund and the office of the mayor-president between the city of Baton Rouge and the entire EBR parish.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 2:01 pm to hometownhero89
The EBR library is stacked with cash while the rest of the Parish turns to shite. I would call this an objective loss for EBR. Glad I moved.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 2:13 pm to dallastigers
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Any state govt funding for certain roads would also still exist. Any federal funds would as well.
And the local match would be diluted. Dissolving and adding back only adds another layer of government and more gov't employees.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 2:37 pm to TorchtheFlyingTiger
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Yet, people quote that 57% increased collections as if their individual bill went up 57%.
My property taxes have pretty much tripled in the 5 to 10 year with that last 5 years exploding so dont be feeding this BS about this puny mileage rate reduction They just passed. You must be a cop , fireman or board member if you believe that sh*t is going to help out the homeowners here.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 2:58 pm to armytiger96
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Any state govt funding for certain roads would also still exist. Any federal funds would as well.
And the local match would be diluted.
It’s diluted already by being focused on BR instead of the majority of the parish’s residents outside of the city of BR.
quote:It only adds another layer on top of BR since they will not run the parish govt anymore. Everyone else will still have the same levels of govt.
adding back only adds another layer of government and more gov't employees.
The number of employees being a large issue would imply a large duplication of services which shouldn’t happen. Maybe BR allows that to happen. There might be more, or there might be less. Each will be allowed to adjust on their own by either cutting services or increasing taxes.
This post was edited on 11/16/25 at 3:08 pm
Posted on 11/16/25 at 3:06 pm to Riverside
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I would call this an objective loss for EBR. Glad I moved.
How? Jindal did this hole patching move with state offices before he got wide eyed at a presidential run. It didn’t make anything better.
Now voters try to prevent this on a smaller level and it’s just a worse situation?
I don’t see how taking money from a well run system to a poorly managed system helps a current problem. At least this way a government department that is run like a private business actually has to be held accountable as such. Local government workers will find a new job and survive. The responses that act like the sky is falling is just emotional manipulation so they don’t have to change anything. they clearly have been spending outside of their means for sometime.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 3:24 pm to FLObserver
quote:How? Is it homesteaded? Honestly wondering because I think I understand how it works but maybe not. Haven't been here long enough to experience it myself. I have family that want to move here but see these anecdotal bits online that make them fear their taxes would soar which doesn't make sense to me. What am I missing? Are actual primary home property taxes for long time residents really sky rocketing a despite level millage rates and SOH protections?
My property taxes have pretty much tripled in the 5 to 10 year with that last 5 years
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