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This is rich considering the fact the library tax is about to come up for another vote only a few months after it was defeated. How come the library tax doesn’t have to wait for a “presidential cycle”?

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My view is the same no matter the issue, I don’t want stuff continually put in a ballot till it passes, I don’t care what it is.

I don’t believe there’s any force bussing. Wasn’t the desegregation case settled over a decade ago? Maybe I’m wrong :dunno:

After such a significant defeat, you have to wonder what caused it and why it failed. In this particular case, it was likely a combination of factors that motivated several different groups of voters to turn out.

For people who currently live in and would remain part of the East Baton Rouge Parish School System, there were concerns about the loss of funding and the damage it could create for their own schools. There may also have been a negative perception of the leadership running St. George. I don’t live there, so I can’t say for certain, but some voters may not have been convinced they demonstrated the level of governance needed to ease concerns.

Another factor was likely concern over future property tax increases in the St. George area, especially among residents who do not intend to send their children to the proposed public schools. There is also a perception, whether accurate or not, that the breakaway school effort was motivated in part by racial issues.

Beyond those concerns, Louisiana voters generally tend to vote “no” on amendments unless there is a strong and convincing campaign for a “yes” vote, and that didn’t seem to happen in this case.

One interesting result was Livingston Parish voting yes. Livingston is one of the few parishes that arguably had a reason to vote no. If much of the middle-class flight from East Baton Rouge is driven by dissatisfaction with the school system, why would Livingston want EBR to have another alternative? You would think Livingston would prefer more middle- and upper-middle-class families to continue relocating there instead. The same logic could potentially apply to places like Zachary and Central as well.

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What happens if it doesn’t? Is there another path towards the separate school system?

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If it falls locally and statewide I would imagine it will be a bit before they try again? A couple years or so?

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If you live in Springlake or if you live in Village St. George and you are an average student, where’s the closest high school?

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How many students in those areas actually attend public high schools? For example, if 80% of the students are enrolled in private schools, why would the district build a new high school there if the enrollment wouldn’t support it financially? From a fiscal responsibility standpoint, it would make more sense to bus those students to Woodlawn, McKinley, or Tara wouldn’t it?

The issue is that much of the population effectively opted out of the public system, and now there are complaints that the same system didn’t build a school in that area. A separate district was never necessary, what was needed was for families to opt into the existing system in large numbers at one time and reclaim it, but no one seems willing to do so.

It’s probably more work than that what you’re interested in, but Jeffrey Morgenthaler.’s recipe is my favorite.

All-Day Bloody Mary Mix
150 grams water
150 grams fresh lemon juice, strained of pulp
150 grams Worcestershire (Lea and Perrins)
6 grams (roughly 1 rounded teaspoon) citric acid
4 grams (roughly 1 teaspoon) Tabasco
2 grams (roughly ½ rounded teaspoon) celery salt
2 grams (roughly ½ rounded teaspoon) finely ground black pepper
1.5 grams (roughly ¼ rounded teaspoon) MSG
Combine ingredients in a quart-sized container and mix well.
Cover with a lid and refrigerate for at least one hour, or for up to two days.
Strain through a fine mesh strainer (nut milk) bag.
Makes approximately 1 pint (500 ml), lasts nearly forever.

All-Day Bloody Mary
1½ oz (45 ml) vodka
2 oz (60 ml) All-Day Bloody Mary Mix
2 oz (60 ml) tomato juice
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice.
Roll gently and vigorously to combine and chill.
Pour into a pint-sized glass rimmed with salt and cracked black pepper.
Garnish with a lemon wedge and dill pickle spear.

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They are worth a good bit. 1000% to 50,000% above face value on average.

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So, 10 cents to 5 dollars? It sounds a lot less impressive that way doesn’t it?
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Its either 1985 0r 82. but in the middle of that year they stopped making pennies out of copper. Look it up to make sure, but all pennies before that year will be copper and if you have a reasonable amount you can take it to a scrap metal place or somewhere.. And the copper on one penny is actually worth more than 1 cent.

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The transition year was 1982; however, since 2006, it has been illegal to melt down U.S. pennies or nickels for their metal content or to export them in large quantities for that purpose. Violating this can lead to massive fines or even prison time. Uncle Sam is one step ahead of all you scrappers.

Pennies that are currently not valuable won’t likely ever be valuable. People hoarding them don’t understand how coin values work or what rarity means in the coin collecting market. So, if you got a bunch of worthless pennies I wouldn’t worry about holding them.