re: RIP BTR

EBRPSS needs to just tell the state to kick rocks and go to 4 or 5 regional ISDs.

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After multiple gailed attempts, they were told, form a city first.

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Im sorry but you're a fool if you thought black caucus people like Sharon Weston Broome were going to vote in favor of the ISD if a city were formed. You didn't need them anyway.

You're also a fool if you believe the majority of EBR parish is going to vote in favor of the ISD after SG is formed and allegedly takes their tax base away.

Due to the fact that it requires a majority vote in EBR, The reality is that creating a city makes the ISD less likely. Not more likely.

What it DOES do however is route money and the ability to dole out quid pro quo contracts to people like Bodi White or whoever runs SG.

It's what he tried to do for CH2MHill in central. All of those people were getting free work done to their own personal property, their friends businesses were getting subcontracted out, etc.

The SG ISD is a good idea. The desire to incorporate is classic BR/Louisiana BS.

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The St. George effort came about becausr S EBR efforts to form an ISD were continually blocked by the BR delegation (SWB). After multiple gailed attempts, they were told, form a city first.

Most St. George people had no problem with Kip until he teamed up with Delgado and others that called them terrorists.

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For most people SG is strictly an education/school issue, but it became an incorporation issue because people like Broome told SG people to incorporate first.

It's still an education issue with me even though some here see bogey men hiding behind every tree and have no clue what it's all about.

We just appointed another supt. and district scored dropped again despite people asking us to give the new guy a shot.

Both Broome and White said they would get involved with the school's even though the mayor has no official role in education. Let's see if her interest helps. It's all we can do.

I'm willing to give get a shot.

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The SG ISD is a good idea. The desire to incorporate is classic BR/Louisiana BS.

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Thank you.

Most just want an ISD. Give us the ISD and let's move on.

The incorporation thing was a red herring designed to change the target and stop the ISD.

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Passing a statewide vote is irrelevant. I never once said anything about a statewide vote being a hurdle. It's the parish vote that will trip you up due to the incorporation efforts. Why are SG supporters so blind to reality?

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I agree, the parish wide vote is the highest hurdle, but it must be closer than you think.
Why did City Hall fight so hard to stop the petition and get people to take their sigs off, etc. They didn't want the vote, that's why.

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Uh because incorporation would take a lot of money away from them.

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Exactly, and they feared a vote because they thought they might lose which is the point I was trying to make.

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Huh? You don't need to win a parish-wide vote to incorporate a new city. That vote would only be in the area to be incorporated. You need to win parish-wide to form an ISD. See my point?

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Yes, that's correct.