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re: MOP asks state SC to rehear St George case
Posted on 4/30/24 at 3:59 pm to sec13rowBBseat28
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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Posted on 4/30/24 at 4:02 pm to sec13rowBBseat28
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"Those people are going to be broke on day one," Pierson said.
The Supreme Court literally said they would be operating at a surplus on day 1. In fact, a 16 million dollar surplus. And the doesn’t include potential back taxes for nearly 5 years
OH WE GONNA BE SO BROKE
Posted on 4/30/24 at 4:03 pm to sec13rowBBseat28
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"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."
Posted on 4/30/24 at 4:04 pm to sec13rowBBseat28
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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.
Date of incorporation, by law, is the date it was voted in IIRC.
Boundaries are what was in the petition which was voted up.
MOP is trying to muddy the waters here to delay this.
Problem is that I don’t think the state SC will allow a rehearing when the lower courts ignored the issues to begin with. That should have been settled even if they ruled against incorporation.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 4:06 pm to sec13rowBBseat28
Pierson accept it, she lost.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 4:08 pm to sec13rowBBseat28
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But Pierson said the Supreme Court failed to address to major components of the incorporation
TO. TOO. TWO.
IT IS frickING TAUGHT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
fricking journalism is dead.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 4:23 pm to sec13rowBBseat28
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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.
I’m on the fence about St G and this ticks me off.
She’s essentially admitting they want this tied up in litigation for another decade and hopes that the organizers will just give up,
Posted on 4/30/24 at 4:33 pm to sec13rowBBseat28
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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.
Now let's use the same logic with the City of Baton Rouge, when one of their arguments was that they couldn't balance their budget without the money pilfered from the St. George area. Let's also talk about that $200-$250M that is owed to St. George.
This post was edited on 4/30/24 at 4:34 pm
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