re: The governing system in EBR doesn’t work.

I’ve got information from someone inside BREC that they’re currently shitting their pants over the spotlight that’s been placed on them.

At least two of their executive level officers barely show up to work and are essentially MIA.

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Don't go and google how much cash the EBR Library has on hand. It'll make you sick

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On that note, any EBR baws got a library card they don't mind letting me use for Libby?

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Our parish is hardly growing, why does BREC and the Library system keep expanding?

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lies

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Ever loved anywhere other than BR? If you have, you know that the BR library is incredible. I don't know why anyone would complain about the one great thing in the city.

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Because they spend way too much money. And they are sitting on a ton of cash because they get something like 3x what they actually need to provide a good, properly-sized library system.

Some of that money could go to something that citizens actually want, like fighting crime.

Rolfe can frick right off. That asshat ENDORSED Broome when she ran the first time. His endorsement helped generate business money for her election. Everyone knew she would be a disaster and yet he helped propel her into office. He’s a friggin idiot.

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The governing system in EBR doesn’t work.

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So how do we solve it baw? We're outnumbered at the ballot box, and political power is the only way to change this. Maybe demand that republicans at the state level intervene?

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EBR governing doesn’t work, Broome has failed us, but Rolfe still fought StG area getting more self-governance to overcome these EBR & BR’s failures.

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McCollister plays the middle.

He bounces from being conservative to a player in the city hall crowd. That’s his deal.

He is off that ship right now, but right now he is doing the right thing. But you are right, you can’t trust him.

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You cannot take money from a dedicated tax and put it towards something else unless it’s voted upon.

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I’m all for putting it to a vote.

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The library and BREC are overfunded.

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The difference is, the library actually puts their money into their properties and they are really good, not that anyone should care about a fricking library in 2024, or that they should be receiving that much money.

BREC on the other hand ignores the majority of their properties, and most look no different than they did 30 years ago. Don't forget that a 3rd world country was supposed to play a soccer game at Olympia and took one look at the field and said we aren't playing on this shite field.
Most of our parks are embarressing compared to the rest of the states bigger cities. New Orleans has nicer venues for youth sports, as does Mandeville, Lafayette, Lake Charles, and Shreveport.




The EBR-uh way of running things has to change. It's not 1985 anymore. Zachary, Central and St. George should be in control of their own cities, as should Baton Rouge. Having the Baton Rouge mayor and other parish wide idiots in charge of departments in those 3 cities when all they care about is the city of Baton Rouge, needs to change. Baton Rouge handles Baton Rouge, everyone else handles everyone else. There are no more unicorporated areas to worry about anymore. They all have their own city representation now. BREC should sell off their properties in Zachary, Central and St. George and let them handle them and have their own recreation department.