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Posted on 4/30/24 at 3:52 pm to sec13rowBBseat28
There were three original plaintiffs.
SWB, Lamont Cole, and a third individual that I believe was MOP.
One got tossed at the trial level, SWB got tossed at the appeals level, and I believe Cole got tossed at the SC level.
SWB, Lamont Cole, and a third individual that I believe was MOP.
One got tossed at the trial level, SWB got tossed at the appeals level, and I believe Cole got tossed at the SC level.
This post was edited on 4/30/24 at 3:54 pm
Posted on 4/30/24 at 3:59 pm to sec13rowBBseat28
From the advocate. I’m not linking that garbage news site.
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Baton Rouge Mayor Pro Tem Lamont Cole will ask the state's highest court for a new hearing on the incorporation of St. George to address key missing details from the previous ruling, according to his attorney Mary Olive Pierson.
"I don't know why they're so anxious to get involved in this," Pierson said of St. George's organizers. "They don't understand that this case is not over yet."
But Pierson said the Supreme Court failed to address to major components of the incorporation: the city's official boundaries and date of incorporation. Both are up to the courts to decide, according to state law.
Pierson added these issues will likely need to be remanded to a lower court to resolve.
"It's just going to be a mess," Pierson said. "The Supreme Court does not have the ability to fix those two problems."
Andrew Murrell, a spokesman for St. George, said the city officially incorporated when they won their election in 2019 and that the boundaries match those outlined in their petition to incorporate from years ago.
"I would like somebody to ask why they continue going down this path," Murrell said. "What are they hoping to accomplish by dividing the citizens of their own parish?"
Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome and Cole sued organizers soon after, claiming the new city failed to comply with state law and would harm Baton Rouge's services and finances by taking away $48 million in tax revenue annually.
A district court sided with Baton Rouge leaders, saying the St. George plan was not "reasonable." So did an appeals court, which said the plan didn't meet all the requirements of state law — though that court removed Broome for the lawsuit for lack of standing, leaving only Cole left to challenge the incorporation effort before the Supreme Court.
Pierson said there were several other issues they took with the Supreme Court's ruling, including their determination that St. George could operate with a balanced budget, but that she would not provide further details at this time.
"Those people are going to be broke on day one," Pierson said.
Pierson said they plan to file their request for a rehearing before their deadline of May 10.
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