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The petition to annex the Baton Rouge General and The Mall of Louisiana into the City of Baton Rouge contained the signatures of five property owners.  One of the property owners that did not sign the petition was the Kansas City Southern Railroad. That fact could be critical to any suit challenging the legality of […]

State law outlines the procedures for annexing property to a municipality and for challenging the legality of an annexation. Annexation can occur by filing a petition and holding an election, as found in La.R.S. 33:151 et seq. An annexation can also occur by petition under La.R.S. 33:171 et seq.  When there are no registered voters […]

If the annexation of parts of The Mall of Louisiana goes into effect June 13, as envisioned by the Metro Council, the City of Baton Rouge may have to build a new Fire Station and a new Police Substation to cover The Mall of Louisiana. At present, law enforcement at The Mall is provided by […]

The St. George incorporation movement will hold a community-wide meeting this Tuesday, May 6 at Woodlawn Baptist.Chairman Norman Browning said the event will provide a real opportunity to ask questions and have a dialogue.  The forum begins at 6:30 p.m.  Voters can drive through to sign petitions starting at 5:30.

Metro Councilman John Delgado and some Baton Rouge media outlets have been pushing the story that businesses in the unincorporated areas of the parish are lining up to be annexed into the City of Baton Rouge. The message is that business is unhappy with being part of the proposed City of St. George and is […]

In the current fiscal year, more than $80 million will be collected in local taxes from the area within the boundaries of the proposed City of St. George. What happens to those dollars after they are received by the City-Parish Treasurer’s office has been the subject of a growing controversy. St. George organizer Norman Browning […]

— Everybody who visits the Red Stick Farmers Market knows Francis Chauvin.  She’s the friendly lady from Hammond who bakes the best pies.  She’s also bright-eyed and eager to tell the latest news from Hammond, Ponchatoula, and the Florida Parishes. But not many who visit the farmers’ market know that Francis Chauvin is much more […]

Mayor-President Kip Holden was reportedly planning to hold a news conference last week to announce the annexation of the Mall of Louisiana into the City of Baton Rouge, which some believe would have been a serious blow to the proposed City of St. George. The same report said that opposition from some members of the Metro Council […]

Efforts to incorporate the proposed City of St. George have come under full-fledged assault in the current session of the Louisiana Legislature with a number of bills to make it more difficult for a new city to incorporate. Of the three major bills that would hamper St. George, two have been amended to make them […]

Rep. Ford Stinson, who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1936 to 1972 with a little time out during World War II to go kill Nazis, was one of the legislature’s all-time best bill-killers. Legislative sessions are defined by the media based on what passes.  That’s “news.”  But very often the real news […]