Parish President David Hanagriff surprised at least one member of the St. Mary Industrial Group with his talk on Monday. But that wasn’t a bad thing for the pro-business organization. Hanagriff laid out a plan for consolidating the parish’s drainage districts, part of a process SMIG has embraced for years. SMIG President Greg Roussel said after the meeting that he didn’t know the president would talk about taxing district consolidation Monday. “We’ve always pushed for consolidation,” Roussel said. “Forty-four taxing districts in the parish. … I’m glad he’s pushing it.” Those districts currently include separate drainage districts for the parish west of the ...