BATON ROUGE – East Baton Rouge Parish Attorney Gregory Rome pled his case to the Metro Council on Thursday to find more funding for his department.
As part of the cuts, the parish attorney’s office could lose between eight and sixteen lawyers. Council members suggested possibly offsetting costs with fees collected by the parish attorney’s office.
“I’ve watched y’all, and I hope nobody takes offense to this, bend over backwards to help the DA find money, and he’s one of my best friends. I understand you have to help constitutional offices, but I’m your parish attorney, y’all need to help me find some money, y’all really do.”…