A Baton Rouge nonprofit with a long history of mismanaging public funds is about to receive an $8 million annual windfall in taxpayer dollars

January 4, 2017

coa-2 — The East Baton Rouge Council on Aging spent more than $200,000 renovating the building at 6955 Florida Blvd. into a bingo hall. It opened in October 2014 and closed just nine months later, though the COA continues to pay $8,300 per month to rent the facility. (Staff photo)

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Last November, voters in East Baton Rouge Parish narrowly approved a 2.25-mill dedicated property tax that will generate nearly $8 million a year over the next 10 years for the East Baton Rouge Council on Aging. The millage was somewhat controversial before the vote. Opponents—among them, the Baton Rouge Area Chamber—pointed out that a 2015

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