For decades, the highway to Bush was a fairy tale. Realtors didn't even disclose it to homebuyers because nobody believed it would happen.

We lived our lives thinking this rural haven was safe by distance alone.

But the fairy tale is over. The road is built. And with the pavement comes the plan.

Why are they here?

Developers ran into a wall in Mandeville, Covington, and Madisonville. The people there fought back.

So, the developers turned their gaze northward—to us.

They see our land as "vacant" and our community as "unorganized." They are betting on us being too quiet to stop them.

This wasn't an accident. This was premeditated.

• Only 400 letters sent out.
• Timed exactly for the week before the Holidays.
• Designed to sneak an entire urbanization agenda under the wire while we were busy with our families.

They didn't care about our input; they hoped for our silence.

Nobody asked the residents here if they wanted this. But who did they ask?

The Parish 2040 Plan proudly lists the "Stakeholders" they interviewed.

It reads like a "Who's Who" of local government and big business.

The "Stakeholders" List

The Mechanism: The draft code says Town Center standards are "Optional."

The Trap: A developer buying 30+ acres can "elect" to use these standards instead of Rural zoning.

The Rule: Lot sizes drop to 4,000 sq ft if connected to "Central Utilities."

The Loophole: It does not specify Municipal utilities.

A developer can build a Private Package Plant to trigger this density clause.

Result: Suburban density in the middle of a forest.

From the Zoning Report Definitions:

• Density: 12 Units Per Acre
• Lot Size: 3,000 Square Feet
• Design: "Front doors face a central green... Garage access in the rear."

Document: "Apartment Building (3+ Units)"

Density: 1 unit per 1,500 sq ft (~29 units/acre).

Height: Up to 5 Stories allowed in Town Centers.

Do we have the fire trucks for 5-story buildings?

Do we have the roads for 29 families per acre?

There are NO exemptions for agricultural commerce.

• X Outside Storage: Strictly Prohibited (Hay, equipment, supplies).
• X Facades: Must be 50% Transparent Glass.

The Grandfather Trap: If your stand closes for 6 months, you lose grandfather status. To reopen, you must install 50% glass walls on your pole barn.

They call our lifestyle "Blight".

The study explicitly uses photos of existing rural properties (fences, boat storage) as examples of what is "wrong."

They view our way of living as something that needs to be "enhanced" or hidden behind shrubs and walls.

Our initial noise WORKED.

• Win: "Single Family Exemption" added (exempts individual homes from review).
• Win: Small Box Store rules adjusted (validating our concern).

It's a small start, but we can force more concessions.

40%

We need signatures from 40% of area residents.

The Reality: The road is here. Even if we stop this plan in February, they will come back.

We must negotiate from a position of strength.

We must decide what concessions we can live with, but dictate the terms ourselves.

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