re: St. George Responds to Economist Study

Duke I read your response and I have no issue at all. The SG side should be questioned and they should have to back up their numbers.

But it's obvious this One BR group is biased. They organized on 6/26 and already have their report ready.

IMHO, both groups are biased. Both should have to document their numbers, and neither has done that.

But you have to ask what services are SGeans getting for 44 million a year? Their numbers, not "ours".

Shouldn't the mayor be able to answer that question?

Teddy, you said it, raise your property values.

Not immediately, but in time a well run ISD will draw folks to the area. People will want to raise families closer to their jobs.

I realize it won't happen over night, but ISDs work in Texas and they can work here.

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Not immediately, but in time a well run ISD will draw folks to the area

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Draw what folks?
people aren't going to stop attending Parkview and Catholic. If people wanted a good public high school for their kids, they'd simply go buy a bigger house for less money in Zachary or Dutchtown.

The school angle just doesn't fly with me, and i don't see that being the thing that raises my property value. My kids are in 2nd and Kindergarten. I doubt they will have a new public st. george high school to go to before they graduate.

Live in future SG area and support the movement. Can't put my name on the petition for business reasons, but when it gets enough signatures, will vote for it. My kids will almost be out of high school by the time it all gets set-up so the school issue won't really benefit me, but would like to make it happen for others. Keeping more of my tax dollars in our area is reason enough for me.

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You see, the mayor and elites in Baton Rouge

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Hmmmm

My kids have kids. I have the same vision you have. I signed. I have a business too.

I am for it as I have seen what has happened and now causing problems for the Lafayette Consolidated Government will happen with the metro council. The Lafayette Consolidated Government which is similar to the metro council is trying to go back to a police jury and City of Lafayette Government to save the city of Lafayette from sinking into the financial burden of the unincorporated areas.

Issues eventually will happen to us if unincorporated areas do not incorporate.
- Cities of Broussard, Youngsville, Scott, Duson, Lafayette, and Carencro incorporated all the profitable areas.
- This makes the cost to provide services to incorporated areas very expensive as what is left is rural areas of subdivisions with not enough tax base around it.
- Some consolidated government members suggested having all the cities incorporate these areas around it to reduce the cost to the Lafayette consolidated Government as the operation cost for services is rising and putting a burden on the city of Lafayette.

The same thing is happening in EBRP.
The metro council is incorporating the businesses while leaving the neighborhoods around it not inside a city.
Eventually the cost will rise and services go down which is lacking as we speak, while the city of BR uses that money toward its bloated City Government.

Our taxes will eventually go up if we do or do not incorporate.
Incorporating this area will help keep our taxes in our area to help provide us with alot better city services such as cutting grass, garbage service, and maintain subdivision roads which are city roads.
The major roads in our area are mostly parish roads or state highways.
We will also control our growth by having our zoning board which will take the rubber stamp zoning in flood areas away from downtown and NBR.

Property values are soaring in EBR. My house just appraised for 180K more than I bought it for 3 years ago.

It will give the people who live in this area who will be appointed or elected by people in this area a say in zoining.
Your neighbors and my neighbors will be the ones making this decision not other areas of this parish.
If they feel the area has sufficient infrastructure or not to allow development it will be up to the appointed people that live here.

If you know anything about developing land EBRP is a rubber stamp parish compared to other parishes. Which eventually will come back to bite taxpayers in the tail.

Since it is my livelihood, I know plenty about it. If by rubber stamp, you mean a project that meets all the requirements set forth by the entities that control development gets approved at a planning meeting or council meeting, then you have a very loose interpretation of rubber stamp. St. Tammany may be the only Parish near us that it is harder to develop in.

Again, if this is a StG talking point, then I will have to reconsider my stance.