re: Question about St. George

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City council told us, you can't have a school because you're not a part of BR proper.

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The city council has no say so over who gets a school district.

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So in order to get a better school we first have to be either incorporated into BR proper

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No, no, no. Being incorporated into BR does not lead to a new school district.

Seriously, WTF?!

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It will give the citizens a say.

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What does that have to do with you claiming the city council has authority to form new school districts.

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You were leading the fight against SG last year on hear.*

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*here

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You even sided with Delgado when he called us terrorists.

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Wrong again. I criticized him for saying that. He was way out of line. Delgado is scum.

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You're a hack.

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If so, at least I post accurate statements and not just make shite up like you're doing.

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Question about St. George

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Ok.

Did he really kill a dragon?

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It was the state legislature.

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Correct. How the hell anyone thinks the city council decides who gets a school district is mind boggling, sober or drunk.

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The state legislature declined the measure but noted that incorporating would give the school district a better chance.

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Also correct. Note the "give the school district a better chance."

SG supporters on here have claimed repeatedly that the legislature assured the SG organizers that if they incorporated their own city, the legislature would approve the ISD. That's simply not true.

It will take a 2/3 approval vote by both houses of the legislature to put the ISD initiative on a statewide ballot for voters to approve by majority vote. The initiative would also have to pass within the city of SG, which it would, and also by the voters within the EBR school district, which it won't.

Hence, my second post in this thread, "won't happen."

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Not just the parish but the whole state.

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If the house and senate approves the possibility of the area getting school district on the election ballot the whole state has to vote on it. Not just the parish but the whole state. If this happens just like Central's district most people across this state will vote, yes. Again, if you go outside BR people in this state hate the BR establishment.

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See my post on the previous page (with link)--the amendment to create a new school district has to be passed by both the state AND the parish (minus Zachary, Central, & Baker). It could be passed by the state but still fail within the parish, which means it would not be created. (This is after it gets 2/3 majority vote in both houses of the legislature.)

From another article discussing amendments up for vote in 2006, when Central formed its own ISD LINK (scroll down to point #8 for info on the Central ISD amendment):

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A ballot initiative recently passed to incorporate Central into a city, but a legal challenge to the incorporation is pending. The validity of the Central school district is not dependent upon the outcome of the incorporation case.
To take effect, the amendment must be approved by voters in East Baton Rouge Parish and the state as a whole.

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The great city of St. George

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No doubt it will pass this time!
The support is tremendous.

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Nothing super noticeable. Just a huge arse MAGA wall to keep the northerners out. 

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This would be so awesome.

Don't even pay police to go in there. They bitch about police so much, yet call them with a quickness when something bad happens. Let them have a community without police and maybe then, they'll learn to respect the people who fight to save the very lives their own community doesn't value.

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The initial plan was for a local school. City council told us, you can't have a school because you're not a part of BR proper

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You have some things that aren't correct. The initial plan was for an ISD, but they couldn't get the necessary votes (I believe 2/3s but Russian can correct me if I'm wrong) in the Legislature to create the ISD and put it on the ballot.

The SG leaders were advised by several key legislators (I believe Broome was one of them) that they needed to become a city before coming back to the Legislature for another try.

Since then the goal has been to form a city. You can do that without legislative approval. But this is important, there is no guarantee that once you become a city that you would get an ISD.

I am for an ISD. I was lukewarm about having our own city, and said so; but since city hall was successful in defeating the petition drive by playing political hardball, look what has happened.

The promise Supt. Drake brought was just that empty promises. District scores fell as neighboring districts had their scores improve.

SWB was elected, and she and her advisers effectively thumbed their noses at me and my neighbors. She has brought turmoil to the parish by siding with protesters against the cops. She sat and watched the COA abuse their charter and has done nothing to protect the people. And to top it all off she has proven to be incompetent with her handling of her CAO.

This city thing is serious business. They will play hardball again. You could get your city and not get an ISD. It's all about power and money, and the kids are just pawns.

The Council On Aging thing should tell you all you need to know. First how could this band get such a big tax on the ballot with no opposition? Look what they are about? Buying bingo halls, paying an executive over 100K a year and robbing the estate of an elderly lady are all part of their agenda. And you can see who protects them. Many come from well connected political families and that's how they got 8 million a year from we the taxpayers.

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The Council On Aging thing should tell you all you need to know. First how could this band get such a big tax on the ballot with no opposition?

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You can thank the metro council, which will still have legislative oversight of SG for parish services like COA, for not having the balls to vote on it during an election year. Because anyone that voted no would have their opponent sending out a mailer saying they want old people to die.

Going through the motions of establishing SG because Broome was elected is stupid. Just vote her out in 3.5 years. She only won by ~3,500 votes and isn't doing anything to sway the moderate voter that elected her over Bodi.

I still think getting legislative overhaul of the ISD's would be the best move. Throw some money at lobbyists, get those on the fence about this to show them they can establish ISD's in their own districts and push it that way.