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On 5/30/2022 at 5:36 PM, richyb83 said:

Also after the Garth Brooks concert....(old news) College Drive was blocked off

https://www.wbrz.com/news/police-street-racer-showed-zero-regard-for-human-life-while-fleeing-officers-2-arrested-for-weekend-car-stunts

https://www.wbrz.com/news/street-racer-connected-to-college-drive-shutdown-after-garth-brooks-concert-arrested-sunday-morning

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And for some more Underground Urban Planet

This whacko sicko goof ball.....Coursey / Cedarcrest

Police: Man tried to rape guard dogs after breaking into Baton Rouge business

https://www.wbrz.com/news/police-man-tried-to-rape-guard-dogs-after-breaking-into-baton-rouge-business

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There is increasing evidence that we live in a clown world, where rules don't really apply and the general public wants nothing to do with logical thought.

 

Also FYI.   I learned today that you can still get plenty of gas in Baton Rouge for $1.89 at 3125 College Drive.    Just a PSA to our Urban Planet friends.

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6 hours ago, cajun said:

There is increasing evidence that we live in a clown world, where rules don't really apply and the general public wants nothing to do with logical thought.

 

Also FYI.   I learned today that you can still get plenty of gas in Baton Rouge for $1.89 at 3125 College Drive.    Just a PSA to our Urban Planet friends.

Where/what gas station???

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CityStats: 70% of residents say EBR is headed in the wrong direction

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/564b4eabe4b0d6f83cf45269/t/63693fc91ed7ce3a9938044e/1667842004510/CityStats2022.pdf

https://www.businessreport.com/business/citystats-is-ebr-headed-in-the-wrong-direction-70-of-residents-say-yes

Select results from the CityStats poll:

Stay or Go?

  • Fifty-two percent of EBR parents say they want their children to leave the parish, while 39% say it doesn’t matter where their children live as adults. Just 6% say they want their children to stay put.
  • Fifty-nine percent of all respondents say EBR children don’t have opportunities here to earn more than their parents.
  • Reversing the negative trend from 2020, 8,656 people moved into the parish last year. This was nearly 3,700 more than in 2017, the year with the next highest net migration. Most of the inmigration occurred from other parishes within Louisiana rather than from other states.

Government and Civic Engagement

  • Seventy percent say the pace of progress is too slow, and 57% say the parish is going in the wrong direction, a record for the four years this indicator has been tracked.
  • Sixty-two percent say they have little or no influence over elected officials. The highest rate was 68% in 2020.
  • Sixty-one percent say they trust nonprofits to improve the quality of life here. The same percentage also trust businesses to make the parish better. 
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Another weekend in the Dirty South....partially? blocking a Interstate will not end up well eventually.

Sometimes you can hear it late off I-12 too

WATCH: Street racers set fire to parking lot, shut down I-10 in Baton Rouge with overnight car stunts

https://www.wbrz.com/news/watch-street-racers-set-fire-to-parking-lot-shut-down-i-10-in-baton-rouge-with-overnight-car-stunts

 

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Pretty cool WAFB weatherman Jay Grymes showed the new Mardi Gras lights on the South Chase Tower (BR's 3rd Tallest) on tonight's telecast!

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Now if One American Place would only follow suit ; called DDD a while back they thought it was a good idea. But nothing yet. BR's 2nd Tallest is virtually invisible at night

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13 hours ago, richyb83 said:

A Sign of the Times ....not a good look sadly.

 

Yes it does send the message that this area is done with. It'd be nice if they just bulldozed vacant properties like the former apartments/gas station at Drusilla and Old Hammond. 

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