Big Wins in Louisiana this Week
The Creation of St Georges & throwing out LA's Gerrymandered Congressional district map
Hello all,
There have been a couple of massive “Louisiana First” victories in the past week. So, we here at the Louisiana First Standard want to highlight these fantastic developments.
So, let’s dive into the 2 “Louisiana First” victories that will benefit the future of Louisiana:
#1 St Georges will become a new city
Last week, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled 4-3 to allow residents of the incorporated southeast Baton Rouge area to form a new city.
Back in 2019, residents of unincorporated East Baton Rouge voted to incorporate into a new city called St. Georges.
After the election, the Democrat politicians in Baton Rouge Parish filed a lawsuit to bog down the incorporation of St. Georges over the past 4 years.
Fortunately, the Louisiana Supreme Court will allow the residents of incorporate southeast Baton Rouge to form their own city and prevent Baton Rouge proper from wasting their tax dollars. For decades, the wealthier residents of incorporated southeast Baton Rouge have seen the Mayor and Parish Council of East Baton Rouge Parish waste their tax dollars on failed projects/policies.
Scott McKay from The Hayride gave a summarized history of the St Georges incorporation in one of his recent columns. I provided a portion of his article here to shed more light on the St. Georges situation:
“And the impetus for St. George from the very beginning came from a desire by people living in the southeastern reaches of the parish to have an independent school district, which is entirely common all over the South in jurisdictions where parents aren’t interested in their kids being bused to schools all over town. Texas, which offers terrific public education, is full of independent school districts within cities. Houston in particular is loaded with them.
But when the people who wanted that southeast Baton Rouge ISD initially proposed it, they were told by a certain state senator representing North Baton Rouge that if they wanted a separate school district they needed to have a city to go with it.
That state senator’s name was Sharon Weston Broome, and she has fought the St. George incorporation tooth and nail ever since the effort to organize the city was begun.”
One of the organizers of the St Georges incorporation Chris Rials wrote an excellent article in The Hayride about this situation. So, definitely check his article out.
Here’s a solid excerpt from his piece:
“This rare opportunity to create a pacesetter 21st century city is invigorating, since the new governance model will be decoupled from antiquated policies, practices, and politics. Of the 64 Louisiana parishes, only EBR, Orleans, and Lafayette Parishes have an elected Mayor-President. All surrounding parishes have an elected Parish-President, which avoids the inherent conflict of interest to redirect parish funds for city-only services. Never again should unincorporated areas in EBR Parish fund services that are exclusive to the city of Baton Rouge. Never again should incorporators be harassed with legal fees to defend the “consent of the governed” without evidence of fraud.”
Once St. Georges becomes incorporated, it will automatically become one of the largest cities in Louisiana—with an estimated population of 86k residents.
The incorporation of St. Georges is a big win for the Louisiana First movement
#2 Louisiana’s Gerrymandered Congressional district map thrown out
For the past two years, Congressional re-districting has been a major issue in Louisiana politics.
At the beginning of this year, the Louisiana Legislature passed a heavily-gerrymandered that would have created a 2nd minority-majority US Congressional district in Louisiana—CD 6. if this map remained, then current Republican Congressman Garrett Graves would have lost his seat, and longtime Baton Rouge Democrat politician Cleo Fields would have been the favorite for this new district.
Fortunately, the 5th US District Circuit of Appeals ruled 2-1 this week to throw out this Congressional district map. The justices ruled that the new Congressional map was heavily gerrymandered and violated the Equal Protection Clause,
With the new map thrown out, Louisiana will likely stick with the current US Congressional map from 2021 for the Fall elections in November. Qualifying for this Fall’s US Congressional elections starts in two months (mid-July), so I highly doubt there will be enough time to change Louisiana’s Congressional District Map.
Overall, the “Louisiana First” movement witnessed some major victories this past week. So, we here at the Louisiana First Standard are glad to share this important information with the audience.
Anyways, thank you all for reading, and may Christ Jesus bless the state of Louisiana! Only Louisiana First!