The Capital Area Transportation System will levy a $184 million property tax on homeowners and businesses. It would cost the owner of a $295,000 home an additional $300 a year, or more than $3,000 over the next 10 years.

FutureBR --> Blue Ribbon Commission --> Together BR --> IAF (Industrial Areas Foundation) --> The Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) is a national community organizing network established in 1940 by Saul Alinsky.

The CATS tax is not subject to the homestead exemption. Central and unincorporated areas of the parish are excluded from the tax.

OCCUPY BATON ROUGE, the local version of the far-left Occupy Wall Street, has targeted passage of the CATS tax on April 21 as one of their top priorities. For more on Occupy Baton Rouge, click this link: http://occupybr.com/