re: St. George Responds to Economist Study

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

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Look no further than Central and Zachary.

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Some seem to find convenient loopholes

I just have one question for the together Baton Rouge people, do you really believe that one of the most affluent groups of people in Louisiana is not going to be able to survive and offer its residents more and better services than they currently receive?
No one voting for st George cares if they get a small tax hike. Hell if there is one thing in life that is constant that is you pay more in taxes over the long run.
They care about the deplorable services.
They care about being in an economic development meeting and hearing that your project is in the wrong part of the parish so the city parish government won’t assist you.
They care about the horrible school districts. They don’t want to move to Zachary because it’s forever from their job. So they pay for private. Private schools attendance would drastically decrease overnight if there was an isd.
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The biggest issue is that they have let the together br make this debate over a budget and no one has the right numbers. Talk about how you are going to improve the status quo and say even the worst estimates would only mean $30 per family. Or whatever that number is.

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No one voting for st George cares if they get a small tax hike.

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Then why are the St. George organizers going out of their way to tell everyone their taxes won't go up?

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That was not an official response. That was a facebook post. There IS a difference.

Understand the context in where came from and to who the response is meant for...a facebook forum.

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In today's world no there is not. Employers use social media to vet employees. It's a public forum choose your words wisely. Just because it doesn't have an "official" tag on it doesn't mean it won't have implications.

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Look no further than Central and Zachary.

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Watson refuses to incorporate and seem to be doing fine, but they have one of the best public schools in the state and aren't in EBR to be fair.

I do not think the organizers care if their employer which means them vets them as they are self employed

I guess you work for someone seems like maybe BRAC or BRAF. You do not want to disappoint the establishment that pays your salary, so chop chop get back to work destroying tax payers rights to vote on an issue.

Lmao is every so delusional they automatically assume ones whole life affiliations and work history based on a few sentences on a message board.

I work in private industry for one of the biggest companies in the world. I also am very good at my job. Good enough where if a take ten minutes out to occasionally to post here no one bats and eye because I know how to produce.

I also live in the St George area. Didn't sign anything and I'm not going to vote on it because I honestly see no benefit to it.

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Then why are the St. George organizers going out of their way to tell everyone their taxes won't go up?

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because they are morons letting together baton rouge dictate the pace of play if you will and turning the talking points.
What they should say is even if together baton rouges most dire predictions are correct, which we disagree with it would only equate to "insert number here" extra tax per person per year, and we think that would be a small price to pay for the better services we are offering.

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Most people in the St. George area do not want this. If the minority of people want this to happen they should just move someplace more befitting their ideal community. I can't wait for these people to go away.

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St. George will pass if it goes to a vote and it won't be close. People are refusing to sign the petition more because that means that they have taken a clear political view point that can hurt them in the future. Secret ballot this thing passes with flying colors.