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We need the right priorities, not a victory lap

Today the Mayor announced the City-Parish took in over $15 million in sales tax revenue for the month of March – a lot of money from your pockets to local government.

But Kip Holden’s victory lap deserves a caution flag. Rather than taking credit for a Tom Cruise movie attracted by the State of Louisiana’s tax credit program, the Mayor should make a mid-year appropriation of these unexpected funds to law enforcement to immediately put more cops on our streets – instead of waiting until next year. (more…)

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We’ve reached an important milestone

Today, I submitted a campaign finance report to the Louisiana Board of Ethics showing that our campaign for Mayor-President has raised over $250,000 for the November 6 primary election. Thanks to so many of you, during the last reporting period we received 455 individual donations covering each of East Baton Rouge Parish’s 12 Metro Council [...]

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The BRAVE Project

Today a local version of Operation Ceasefire, the Baton Rouge Area Violence Elimination Project, kicks off. This is a tremendous first step in combatting the senseless violence that has been creeping throughout East Baton Rouge Parish. I want to thank my colleagues on the Metro Council for unanimously voting to allocate the funds needed to [...]

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