Central City News

Browning Comes Out Swinging at Record of EBR School System BATON ROUGE — Leaders of the effort to create the new Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System came out swinging at last week’s Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon. They announced they’ll introduce bills in the April 8 legislative session to place the proposed new independent school […]

There’s a lot to like about Gov. Jindal’s tax plan. After all, nobody likes paying income taxes. But, because the governor wants his plan to be revenue neutral, he’s proposing major increases in the state sales tax — raising the rate as well as the application. Under Jindal’s plan, hundreds of services and transactions — […]

BATON ROUGE — Details of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s tax plan are still sketchy, but the Governor’s office last week released a document which said the following professional, business, and personal services would be subject to a new 5.88 percent state sales tax.  In general, services are not currently subject to sales taxes. The list includes: […]

BATON ROUGE — Proponents of imposing a sales tax on business and professional services say it’s really not a tax on business, because business owners will just “pass it on” to the ultimate consumer of their services. But Baton Rouge architect Joshua Hoffpauir, who said he is still gathering information on the Jindal tax proposal, […]

Struggling Businesses Would Be Hit Hardest BATON ROUGE — To help offset the repeal of state personal and corporate income taxes, Gov. Bobby Jindal is proposing an all-new $1 billion tax on professional services, business services, and personal services at the rate of 5.88 percent of gross sales. Now some small business owners are wondering […]

BATON ROUGE — With repeal of the state income tax and the imposition of a new sales tax on professional, business, and personal services, many business owners are shaking their heads at what they see as a massive increase in paperwork. On Wednesday, one business owner said, “The worst time of the year for me […]

Why Big Business Loves It, But Some Small Businesses Hate It BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby Jindal is proposing a massive overhaul of Louisiana’s tax system for introduction in the April 8 regular session of the Louisiana Legislature.  Jindal’s plan, which he said is still evolving, includes: •    Repeal of the state income tax on […]

CENTRAL — Councilman Wayne Messina Tuesday asked the Central City Council to defer a proposed “anti-peddling” ordinance he had proposed.  The proposal would have imposed more regulations on house-to-house solicitation by salesmen. However, it ran into objections because of provisions in the ordinance which would have required political candidates and their supporters to meet a […]

State Law Will Increase Power Of City Council CENTRAL — On Tuesday, the City Council passed an ordinance to implement a state law that requires all appointments to the city’s Planning & Zoning Committee to be appointed by the Council. Since Central became a city, the appointments have been made by the mayor.  However, by […]

BATON ROUGE — Central Mayor Mac Watts and City Councilman Wayne Messina were among over 400 attendees from Louisiana’s municipalities who participated in the Louisiana Municipal Association’s Mid-Winter Conference for Municipal Officials at The Crowne Plaza Hotel and Conference Center here. Councilman Messina said this annual conference is aimed at updating elected and appointed town […]