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re: Mall of La / BR General petition for Annexation into City
Posted on 5/5/14 at 4:12 pm to Golfer
Posted on 5/5/14 at 4:12 pm to Golfer
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Yes, the African-American Mayor-President who during his second election received a higher percentage of votes from the very area being discussed than north BR.
He's a lame duck now, he's positioning himself for the next hurdle and it may not include South and East BR.
This post was edited on 5/5/14 at 4:13 pm
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Posted on 5/5/14 at 4:15 pm to Mickey Goldmill
quote:I know someone in the Mayor-President's office who told me this would occur several months ago. The message would be spread that coordination between the Department of Public Works and the city government of St. George would have to be worked out, and service might suffer as a result.
Do you have any specific reason to believe this or are you just throwing this against the wall and hoping it sticks?
Posted on 5/5/14 at 4:16 pm to Rickety Cricket
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That was a great takedown of the typical Kip hater.
They see black guy with a D behind his name and immediately think far-left Obama...its hilarious.
Most pro-business Mayor the Parish has seen, well, ever.
Posted on 5/5/14 at 4:16 pm to Poodlebrain
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I know someone in the Mayor-President's office who told me this would occur several months ago. The message would be spread that coordination between the Department of Public Works and the city government of St. George would have to be worked out, and service might suffer as a result.
You would expect this. I wonder how Central has done in that dept?
Posted on 5/5/14 at 4:20 pm to Poodlebrain
This
does not equal this
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I know someone in the Mayor-President's office who told me this would occur several months ago. The message would be spread that coordination between the Department of Public Works and the city government of St. George would have to be worked out, and service might suffer as a result.
does not equal this
quote:
No, I think they were informed there would be zero support for maintenance of the roads and other infrastructure necessary for them to be successful.
Posted on 5/5/14 at 4:22 pm to Golfer
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Most pro-business Mayor the Parish has seen, well, ever
Kip is definitely pro business. Especially for the downtown clique, but prop business overall too.
His biggest claim to fame was the Green Light Plan. To his credit, he got it passed and it seems to be delivering on the promises he made.
The way he let crime get out of hand for awhile is a blot on his resume", but he bounced back from that with the new aggressive programs targeting the various zip codes. That has worked well too.
He's pushed hard to alleviate regional traffic problems, and the only thing I criticize him for is not taking on the people blocking the reengineering of I-10 from the split across to the West side.
Kip definitely came in at the right time. Too much of people balancing budgets, but not getting anything new done was choking the parish. Kip did his part to open things up.
He's gotten arrogant now, but he was the right man for the job initially.
Posted on 5/5/14 at 4:23 pm to LSURussian
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"They" don't have to get "all" the property holders to request to be annexed, just 50%+.
Correct. If there are no registered voters being annexed, then they need a majority of property owners as well as 25% of the value of all the properties being annexed to agree to it.
Posted on 5/5/14 at 4:26 pm to LSURussian
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there's no way to get all the property holders between the OLOL and the BRGH on board. "They" don't have to get "all" the property holders to request to be annexed, just 50%+.
I may have misread the petition, but it appeared they were not getting but a handful of property owners. Did you read it differently than I did?
What am I missing here?
Posted on 5/5/14 at 4:26 pm to Poodlebrain
quote:I know someone who works in the Mayor's office, too, and he says your source is full of shite.
I know someone in the Mayor-President's office who told me this would occur several months ago. The message would be spread that coordination between the Department of Public Works and the city government of St. George would have to be worked out, and service might suffer as a result.
Posted on 5/5/14 at 4:27 pm to doubleb
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He's a lame duck now, he's positioning himself for the next hurdle and it may not include South and East BR.
He plans on running for Lt Gov. You don't think he needs the white vote to win statewide?
Posted on 5/5/14 at 4:28 pm to LSURussian
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I know someone who works in the Mayor's office, too, and he says your source is full of shite.
I saw it posted on Tigerdroppings that all of you guys are full a chit.
How's that for sources???????????
Posted on 5/5/14 at 4:30 pm to doubleb
quote:Katrina. And he was the one who got on TV saying he was not going to let N.O. thugs take over BR.
The way he let crime get out of hand for awhile is a blot on his resume"
Posted on 5/5/14 at 4:31 pm to LSURussian
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He plans on running for Lt Gov. You don't think he needs the white vote to win statewide?
He will need the Democrat Party first and foremost to make the runoff, and then he can run more to the middle.
He couldn't stand a challenge from within the ranks so he has to tie down the Democrat base.
That doesn't include half of EBR parish.
BTW, Kip might make a good Lt. Gov. They have little money to spend and are mostly titular.
Now if he ever got a hold of the Mansion (say the Gov. died); look out. He is a big spender with big ideas.
Posted on 5/5/14 at 4:32 pm to redandright
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For me personally, this just reinforces our plan for our child (due in the fall). The goal has always been private school, because we would never put our child in the BR school system if we had the means not to. It just would have been nice to have an actual viable option, instead of paying for my kids tuition, plus my taxes going towards someone else's tuition. BR schooling will not change, at least not within the next 3-5 years
You need to really look at getting your kid in a magnet program if possible. If you can, then save that money. Use the private school as a back-up.
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I deal with several public school groups numerous times during the year, in a volunteer role. These are regular schools, not Magnets.
If people could see the "quality" of the teachers of these classes, they would be appalled.
But hey, if you've got your kid in a Magnet, no problem. You got yours right?
Agree that there is a wide gulf between magnets and most (but not all) non-magnets. However there seems to be a tinge of blame in your statement that if there were no magnets, the EBR schools would be better. I completely disagree. If anything they need to keep building magnets as long as there are waiting lists at the existing schools. That's how you attract good students from families who care about education back into the school system.
Posted on 5/5/14 at 4:32 pm to LSURussian
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Katrina. And he was the one who got on TV saying he was not going to let N.O. thugs take over BR
He did fine there, I think he messed up when he quit having regular police academies and we were losing people from within the ranks who were no being replaced.
It is hard to find much Kip did wrong except let the big ideas go to his head, etc.
Posted on 5/5/14 at 4:35 pm to doubleb
Looking at the city map, it appears that there are a small number of residential areas between OLOL and BRGH. Can they carve out just the commercial properties and not include the residential?
The law says that if there are any registered voters in the area to be annexed, they have to assent to it.
The law says that if there are any registered voters in the area to be annexed, they have to assent to it.
Posted on 5/5/14 at 4:36 pm to doubleb
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BTW, Kip might make a good Lt. Gov. They have little money to spend and are mostly titular.
It's actually a perfect fit for him...
Posted on 5/5/14 at 4:37 pm to doubleb
quote:The link to the petition that was originally in the OP is gone now but when I read it there were dozens of property owners listed on it.
What am I missing here?
I didn't read carefully enough to see if that was the list of just the property owners asking to be annexed or if it was the list of all the owners in the proposed area.
What is missing is how many total property owners are there in the proposed annexation area?
The 25% value threshold should be easy to meet since the MoL's value alone probably exceeds that amount.
This post was edited on 5/5/14 at 4:38 pm
Posted on 5/5/14 at 4:39 pm to doubleb
quote:Link?
when he quit having regular police academies
Posted on 5/5/14 at 4:44 pm to Mickey Goldmill
quote:No, the law doesn't say that.
Can they carve out just the commercial properties and not include the residential?
The law says that if there are any registered voters in the area to be annexed, they have to assent to it.
They are just included in the total number of property owners which the 50%+ threshold must meet in order for it to be a valid annexation petition.
I know because I own some residential property that was annexed a few years ago and I didn't "assent" to it.
In fact, I didn't even know it was being considered for annexation. I read about it after it happened.
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