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Status of lawsuit against St George??
Posted on 1/13/20 at 9:00 am
Posted on 1/13/20 at 9:00 am
TIA
Just curious as to when the city is out in the clear and will be operating as normal?
Just curious as to when the city is out in the clear and will be operating as normal?
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Posted on 1/13/20 at 9:02 am to Ignignot
Status: black folks still mad.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 9:02 am to Ignignot
Perpetually pending. Just like the blood sucking lawyers and BR politicians want.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 9:04 am to Ignignot
To add to your question... what types of local/state/federal election results can be delayed for months or years on end just because one person sues claiming negative effects? Is it just local incorporation, or can this happen with, say, a governor's election?
Posted on 1/13/20 at 9:09 am to Ignignot
First hearing is set for February 24. Will take a couple years to exhaust all challenges though. St. George not happening any time soon.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 9:10 am to LSUengr
When is SWB's first term up? Asking for a friend.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 9:12 am to MrJimBeam
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When is SWB's first term up? Asking for a friend.
The next Mayor's election will be Fall 2020.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 9:13 am to Ignignot
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lawsuit against St George
The wall just got 10 feet higher.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 9:16 am to LSUengr
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First hearing is set for February 24. Will take a couple years to exhaust all challenges though. St. George not happening any time soon.
There needs to be some sort of legal action that allows St. George to claim all tax revenue collected that would have been St. George if these lawsuits fail.
If two years go by and then St. George is finalized, a bill should be due from the City of Baton Rouge. That should be something that can be agreed upon now.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 9:45 am to Ignignot
This is a pretty clear/concise status that was recently published in the Business Report:
…a few things are fairly certain for the year ahead.
• The issue will be tied up in litigation all year—and likely through 2021 and 2022 as well. Lawyers on both sides of the issue, as well as those who litigated the incorporation of Central in the early 2000s predict this will be a two- to three-year battle, with challenges that will ultimately be decided by the Louisiana Supreme Court.
• More immediately, the first hearing will likely be set for March. The 19th Judicial District Court, where the battle will play out, is currently booking cases into the spring. The first issue Judge William Morvant will have to decide in this case deals with the exceptions St. George attorneys filed challenging Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s right to sue them in the first place.
• Property owners in the footprint of the prospective St. George will continue to seek annexation into the city of Baton Rouge, requests the Metro Council will likely approve. But don’t expect a groundswell of annexations. Some property owners will wait until all the court challenges have been exhausted before deciding which way to go, largely because they don’t want to pay the higher millages that are levied on property owners inside the limits of the city of Baton Rouge. The rates are only marginally higher, mind you, but why bother if the entire St. George incorporation is ultimately nullified by SCOLA anyway?
• The governor won’t name an interim mayor or city council to St. George before the court challenges are settled. Legally he doesn’t have to because the city of St. George doesn’t technically exist, even though voters approved it in last October’s election.
• The issue of better schools—the ostensible reason behind the incorporation effort in the first place—will remain a pipe dream for the foreseeable future. Only after St. George is formally incorporated, which, remember, is two to three years away at best, can the new city attempt to create its own school district—an effort that will require a two-thirds vote of the state Legislature and winning a statewide election, including a majority of voters in East Baton Rouge Parish.
• The resentment that fueled last fall’s successful election outcome will continue to fester, much to the detriment of residents throughout the parish. Baton Rouge is increasingly polarized, as is the state, nation and much of the world. Whether that ill will hampers business and economic development remains to be seen. But the angst and frustration won’t be going away anytime soon.
BR Business Report
…a few things are fairly certain for the year ahead.
• The issue will be tied up in litigation all year—and likely through 2021 and 2022 as well. Lawyers on both sides of the issue, as well as those who litigated the incorporation of Central in the early 2000s predict this will be a two- to three-year battle, with challenges that will ultimately be decided by the Louisiana Supreme Court.
• More immediately, the first hearing will likely be set for March. The 19th Judicial District Court, where the battle will play out, is currently booking cases into the spring. The first issue Judge William Morvant will have to decide in this case deals with the exceptions St. George attorneys filed challenging Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s right to sue them in the first place.
• Property owners in the footprint of the prospective St. George will continue to seek annexation into the city of Baton Rouge, requests the Metro Council will likely approve. But don’t expect a groundswell of annexations. Some property owners will wait until all the court challenges have been exhausted before deciding which way to go, largely because they don’t want to pay the higher millages that are levied on property owners inside the limits of the city of Baton Rouge. The rates are only marginally higher, mind you, but why bother if the entire St. George incorporation is ultimately nullified by SCOLA anyway?
• The governor won’t name an interim mayor or city council to St. George before the court challenges are settled. Legally he doesn’t have to because the city of St. George doesn’t technically exist, even though voters approved it in last October’s election.
• The issue of better schools—the ostensible reason behind the incorporation effort in the first place—will remain a pipe dream for the foreseeable future. Only after St. George is formally incorporated, which, remember, is two to three years away at best, can the new city attempt to create its own school district—an effort that will require a two-thirds vote of the state Legislature and winning a statewide election, including a majority of voters in East Baton Rouge Parish.
• The resentment that fueled last fall’s successful election outcome will continue to fester, much to the detriment of residents throughout the parish. Baton Rouge is increasingly polarized, as is the state, nation and much of the world. Whether that ill will hampers business and economic development remains to be seen. But the angst and frustration won’t be going away anytime soon.
BR Business Report
Posted on 1/13/20 at 9:54 am to moneyg
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There needs to be some sort of legal action that allows St. George to claim all tax revenue collected that would have been St. George if these lawsuits fail.
Agreed. God forbid citizens think for themselves and try to better appropriate their own tax dollars. The fact that Baton Rouge is acting like this is proving how much those people were getting robbed.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 10:02 am to Ignignot
frick SWB And the thieves at all levels of the Baton Rouge government. The fact that she’s bitching about BRPD losing 20% of their funding by losing at George is laughable.
The simple fact that st George pays for 20% of the BRPD budget and doesn’t receive jack shite from BRPD is nothing less than highway robbery. North Baton Rouge is a cesspool that has no bottom. It’s a black hole that sucks in all the money and funding from the surrounding areas and has nothing to show for it. There is no hope for NBR. It will never get better.
frick nbr. frick broom. frick the mongoloid JBE.
St George is the only beacon of hope and prosperity this parish has and the leadership are doing everything they can to kill it. Absolutely pathetic.
Downvoting pussies refuse to respond. What’s wrong, bitches? Afraid to get shite on?
The simple fact that st George pays for 20% of the BRPD budget and doesn’t receive jack shite from BRPD is nothing less than highway robbery. North Baton Rouge is a cesspool that has no bottom. It’s a black hole that sucks in all the money and funding from the surrounding areas and has nothing to show for it. There is no hope for NBR. It will never get better.
frick nbr. frick broom. frick the mongoloid JBE.
St George is the only beacon of hope and prosperity this parish has and the leadership are doing everything they can to kill it. Absolutely pathetic.
Downvoting pussies refuse to respond. What’s wrong, bitches? Afraid to get shite on? This post was edited on 1/13/20 at 10:37 am
Posted on 1/13/20 at 10:09 am to captainahab
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Baton Rouge is increasingly polarized, as is the state, nation and much of the world.
Huh? Why was this necessary in a business report?
Posted on 1/13/20 at 10:12 am to FeauxPaw
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Huh? Why was this necessary in a business report?
Well, at least they didn't just straight up call St. George racist.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 10:18 am to captainahab
I hate every single person associated with "Better Together" "Together Baton Rouge" "OneBR".
frick every single one of them to the fires of Hell.
Doing everything in their power to keep St.G. as a cash cow for the City and frick all of the parents who might actually want to send their kid to a decent NON-MAGNET public school.
frick them
frick every single one of them to the fires of Hell.
Doing everything in their power to keep St.G. as a cash cow for the City and frick all of the parents who might actually want to send their kid to a decent NON-MAGNET public school.
frick them
Posted on 1/13/20 at 10:21 am to captainahab
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BR Business Report
I've seen some biased shite in my time, but damn.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 10:23 am to beerJeep
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frick SWB And the thieves at all levels of the Baton Rouge government. The fact that she’s bitching about BRPD losing 20% of their funding by losing at George is laughable.
But St. George doesn't have the funds to be able to sustain themselves, right? Talk about convenient excuses left and right for SWB and Baton Rouge Gubment.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 10:27 am to LSUBoo
quote:Don't skip ahead! That's for tomorrow!
Well, at least they didn't just straight up call St. George racist.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 10:36 am to Ignignot
There is no lawsuit against SG.
There is a lawsuit against two SG organizers.
There is a lawsuit against two SG organizers.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 10:56 am to beerJeep
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beerJeep
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This post was edited on 1/13/20 at 10:58 am
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