BATON ROUGE - A lot of unanswered questions remain after the EBR Metro Council approved a taxing district for LSU.

Several people asked the council to vote against it until there's a clear understanding of where the money would be used.

"It doesn't say for how long, it doesn't say for what purpose. It's giving a blank check for, I guess, in perpetuities for the 1% sales tax to be levied," one community member said.

Members of the community went before the Metro Council to voice opposition to a proposed one percent sales and use tax that will be levied by the LSU Economic Development District.

Some say the decision should be made by voters.

"I believe that sales tax should be imposed with a vote of the people, and this particular district was drawn with a specific purpose of excluding

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