South Lake Charles has had two new property tax votes go down in flames since I moved here 4 years ago. Schools are busting at the seams due to out of zone kids on free or reduced lunch with behavior issues and baby momma's. Schools don't want to kick them out because the Fed's increase each schools $$$ for every kid getting free/reduced lunch but the tax payers are asked to dig deeper to increase the size of the schools. Once a year the schools send home signup sheets for adding kids to the free lunch program, same thing with medicade. The state is spending major chedda advertising the medicade program right now. Drop Hayden off every morning and see 2-3 kids on one bus from out of zone and know they are the only ones picked up. Multiple busses do this, wonder why the transit system for Calcasieu parish is running a deficit? How many out of zone kids would make it to school if their parents had to drive them across town?
"Eventually, they are going to run out of other peoples money." Margret Thatcher