The St. George Organizers Are Already Nearly Halfway Home With Petition Signings

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We talked to our contacts within the St. George incorporation movement in Baton Rouge, and heard some interesting information. Our sources say that signatures are absolutely pouring in. So fast, in fact, that they’re closing in on the halfway mark to the 13,000 or so they need in order to trigger an election on the incorporation of the prospective new city in Baton Rouge.

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This time, the organizers have taken a different approach to promoting the St. George petition and they’re going straight to likely signers through the mail, digital advertising, phone calls and door to door, and it seems like it’s working. Perhaps that wasn’t possible in the first attempt, as it was necessary then to build awareness of the campaign through the media. But now, everybody in Baton Rouge knows there’s a St. George petition afoot – so it’s less necessary to put out press releases and hold town halls which can afford opponents opportunities to protest and name-call. Instead, this time it’s a much more direct and personal approach, and you’re hearing a lot less fuss. And from what we gather, it’s definitely working. At the rate they’re going, they might well be done by the end of summer.

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