Metro Council members are resurrecting a recently-defeated property tax that would fund a mental health facility in East Baton Rouge Parish in an effort to keep the mentally ill and drug-addicted from being unnecessarily jailed or hosptialized. Councilwoman Tara Wicker took the first step Thursday, adding an announcement to the council’s agenda for its March
Metro Council appears poised to place mental health center tax on October ballot
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