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re: St. George organizers submit petition with signatures
Posted on 10/20/14 at 12:19 pm to LSURussian
Posted on 10/20/14 at 12:19 pm to LSURussian
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What about the majority of households who don't have school age children?
What about the majority of households that don't use cats? That don't want to fund BR projects of which they receive no benefit.
Who cares at this point? Let the people vote.
I've already moved out of BR.
This post was edited on 10/20/14 at 12:21 pm
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Posted on 10/20/14 at 12:19 pm to theunknownknight
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Better than $15,000 sending your kids to school
Yea I have a lot of friends in Zachary and, based on an ballpark tax of $3500-$4500, if you have >1 kid it's a no-brainer compared to tuition. And even 1 kid is usually more expensive depending on the private school.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 12:20 pm to DSTRYRsg
Would rather pay more and have the money go to things near me, those complaining about not having kids in school, better schools = increased property values so having good public schools benefits you as well.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 12:20 pm to LSURussian
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What about the majority of households who don't have school age children?
Tons of retired folks around Oak Hills and down Highland road are in this boat. They be like "frick this St George idea. Our grand kids live in Prairieville."
Posted on 10/20/14 at 12:21 pm to Jack Daniel
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With all the business annexing to Baton Rouge, the residents will get the shite taxed out of them if this passes. Property tax will go through the roof
Aren't these the people that hate taxes
?Posted on 10/20/14 at 12:22 pm to mikelbr
quote:Ruh roh. Those are the most likely to vote.
Tons of retired folks
Posted on 10/20/14 at 12:23 pm to Grit-Eating Shin
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Ruh roh. Those are the most likely to vote
Yea I don't see how this passes. But I'm 100% in favor of letting the people decide.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 12:23 pm to Grit-Eating Shin
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quote: Tons of retired folks Ruh roh. Those are the most likely to vote.
You think they don't want better schools but are ok with their money going to send empty busses around town and pump endless money into downtown improvements they never use?
Posted on 10/20/14 at 12:23 pm to StrongSafety
quote:They're keeping with the narrative that they'll somehow end up with a surplus without increasing property taxes, yet they still bitch & moan every time there's a new annexation.
Aren't these the people that hate taxe
If they'll have that much money, I have to wonder why they care at all about the annexations.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 12:25 pm to LSU-MNCBABY
Apparently, they're all like "frick this St. George shite", so I guess not.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 12:26 pm to Grit-Eating Shin
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Apparently, they're all like "frick this St. George shite", so I guess not.
I'm voting for it. Should be fun stuff.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 12:27 pm to member12
quote:And not have all of their property taxes stolen or given to bums who wont work.
The people will have the option of taxing themselves for better roads, schools, etc. if they want them.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 12:27 pm to Grit-Eating Shin
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Apparently, they're all like "frick this St. George shite", so I guess not.
link?
Posted on 10/20/14 at 12:27 pm to mpar98
Posted on 10/20/14 at 12:27 pm to Jack Daniel
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My buddy lives in Zachary, has a 1600 sq ft house on a .25 acre lot and pays about $4,000 a year in taxes
Your buddy lives in a 1,600 sq ft house worth $360,000?
Just an example... A $300,000 dollar house would equate to roughly $3k annually for property taxes (with the homestead exemption) in Zachary. That can vary slightly depending on whether you live directly in the city limits or just within the school district. The folks within the school district would pay about another $100 per year for the same $300k house.
How to calculate
2013 Millage Rates
Residents of Zachary pay the following millages....
EBR Parish Millage = 49.128
The Zachary School Millage = is 79.20.
Zachary FIRE DIST. # 1 = 9
City of Zachary Millage is = 3.170
140.498 = Total Millage in the City Limits of Zachary
$300,000 value of home & land
-$75,000 homestead exemption
$22,500 assessed value ($225k / 10)
x .140498 mills
$3,161.21 Grand total for a $300K inside the city limits
This post was edited on 10/20/14 at 12:38 pm
Posted on 10/20/14 at 12:28 pm to LSU-MNCBABY
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You think they don't want better schools but are ok with their money going to send empty busses around town and pump endless money into downtown improvements they never use?
As far as I can find, they don't pay for CATS.
Find a link where they do or shut up about it.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 12:30 pm to Zantrix
It's interesting that the petition submitted this morning has 18,200 signatures when back on August 25, nearly two months ago, the organizers said they had 17,750 signatures at that point. LINK
So they have only added an additional 450 signatures in just under two months when they said in July they collected 200 signatures in a week. LINK
Plus on August 25 Rainey said they were going to collect a total of 20,000 signatures, or 1,750 more signatures than they had in August, before they submitted the petition.
Of course at that time Rainey also said they hoped to turn the petition in by the first of October with 20,000 signatures.
How can anyone have confidence in what Rainey and the SG organizers say?
I'm sure Mr. Sprock will be here soon to tell us...
So they have only added an additional 450 signatures in just under two months when they said in July they collected 200 signatures in a week. LINK
Plus on August 25 Rainey said they were going to collect a total of 20,000 signatures, or 1,750 more signatures than they had in August, before they submitted the petition.
Of course at that time Rainey also said they hoped to turn the petition in by the first of October with 20,000 signatures.
How can anyone have confidence in what Rainey and the SG organizers say?
I'm sure Mr. Sprock will be here soon to tell us...
This post was edited on 10/20/14 at 12:47 pm
Posted on 10/20/14 at 12:33 pm to DSTRYRsg
quote:Yes. And you realize, of course, that the proposed SG district is larger in area than Baton Rouge, right? So much for "neighborhood kids."
Well wouldn't they simply be bussed in from elsewhere in the St. George district?
Posted on 10/20/14 at 12:35 pm to theunknownknight
quote:Unincorporated areas of EBR don't pay the CATS property tax yet those areas are served by the bus system.
What about the majority of households that don't use cats? That don't want to fund BR projects of which they receive no benefit.
quote:I'm all for it.
Who cares at this point? Let the people vote.
quote:I am pleased to know that.
I've already moved out of BR.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 12:38 pm to LSURussian
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Unincorporated areas of EBR don't pay the CATS property tax yet those areas are served by the bus system.
That's what I thought too. What a cluster frick that Cats tax was.
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