Several hundred teachers and employees of the East Baton Rouge Parish Schools are making it clear that they are against four tax exemptions being requested by ExxonMobil.
At a meeting held last night at Shiloh Baptist Church those gathered voted 445 to six in favor of a one-day walkout on October 31st.
Instead of heading to classes that day, they plan to use a personal day to stage a protest of the potential multi-million-dollar tax abatement for the energy company at a meeting of the Louisiana Board of Commerce and Industry.
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