BATON ROUGE - Early voting on the Thrive EBR plan started Nov. 1, and Wednesday night, Mayor-President Sid Edwards laid out what he says will happen if the three-part tax plan doesn't pass this fall.

Edwards did not mince words when he said the city-parish could slash its budget, getting rid of hundreds of jobs.

"Thrive doesn't pave the streets of Baton Rouge in gold, but it helps us keep our head above water," Mayor-President Edwards said Wednesday.

The proposed budget cuts more than 420 positions, spread across multiple departments, not including police and fire.

"What voters need to understand is that Sid is being very honest with them. The situation is what it is," Political analyst James Hartman said.

Taking a look at the proposed budget, these are some of the departments that co

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