The Advocate sides with St. George - Not April Fools

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Now, state Sen. Yvonne Colomb has filed a bill in the Legislature that would require a majority of voters across the parish, not just in the proposed boundaries of St. George, to approve the measure before it becomes a reality.

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The kicker is that the bill only applies to EBR Parish.

Making it a parish-wide vote.

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What rule changes are being talked about now?

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they are refering to the proposed bill from last week on letting the entire parish vote.... a bill that has a minimum population in the parish before it comes into effect. A population number which only one parish in the state has..... EBR. Imagine that.

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I’d bet there’s a disproportionate number of subscribers in St.George compared to BR. Advocate knows where their bread is buttered. But their opinion is correct

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The Advocate don't care. They made it a point to annex into the city limits of BR before the latest petition effort started.

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The Advocate sides with St. George

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OpEd piece

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I was going to say that just because the Advocate published someone's opinion doesn't mean that the paper itself supports it.

However, it seems like this is an Editorial from someone on staff. Though, I cannot seem to find the author's name.

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Taking a big tax revenue source away from Baton Rouge is against the rules.

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How about taking a big tax revenue source that is generated from an unincorporated area and using it to fund city services that the rest of the parish does not have access to?

It's sink or swim time for St. George, toss them off the boat without a life jacket and see what happens.

There were a bunch of instances like that from the ISD all the way up through the first petition.

Idiots like SWB, Colomb, John Delgado, and others repeatedly fricked things up in ways that pushed more and more people toward St George through killing an ISD, attacking St George supporters as terrorists, using strategic annexation of areas in an attempt to invalidate the St George petition, holding up the first petition for an unusually long amount of time to defeat it by a small margin, etc.

All of these actions had repercussions, such as killing Delgado’s chances at Mayor resulting in SWB’s election and the Broome administration fricking up everything they touched, re-energizing the St George push for a second try.

This would not have happened had Sharon Weston-Broome and Pat Smith not blocked the area's attempt at an independent school district. "You must be an incorporated city to have your own schools!" Okay, we'll make our own city! "No, you can't do this because we'll lose money!" Not as much money as you'd lose when folks bolt for Livingston and Ascension Parishes!