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Category: Government & Politics

Landrieu privately negotiated for new property tax increase

If the City Council ratifies a tax increase Saturday that members privately negotiated with Mayor Mitch Landrieu, it will take one of the final actions needed to produce a balanced 2011 budget.
by Karen Gadbois December 10, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

BESE member to seek revote on RSD returning schools

Hours after the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education approved Superintendent Paul Pastorek’s to let Recovery School District campuses consider a return to local control, one board member said that she plans to introduce a competing proposal at BESE’s next meeting.
by Ariella Cohen December 10, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Despite recommendation by mayor’s group, Gusman wants to double jail size to 3,200

Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman has changed his position on work done by Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s Criminal Justice Working Group, saying he needs 1,800 more beds than the 1,438-bed facility recommended by the group.
by Matt Davis December 9, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Council sets Saturday meeting to raise taxes another mill

The City Council voted six to one this morning to hold an extra meeting on Saturday at 10 a.m. in a dash to approve another property tax increase for the city’s 2011 budget, at the behest of Mayor Mitch Landrieu.
by Matt Davis December 9, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Big Four redevelopments rise or fall on federal tax bill

Even as President Barack Obama agrees to keep Bush-era tax cuts, a consensus is still lacking on an extension of tax credits needed to rebuild New Orleans’ Big Four housing developments, as well as other Gulf Coast complexes.
by Ariella Cohen December 7, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Don’t plan on recycling bottles from New Year’s Eve bash

The recycling program for most of the city, announced in the recent contract negotiations with Metro Disposal and Richard’s Disposal, will not start with the new year, an attorney for the companies said.
by Karen Gadbois December 7, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Jindal, Palin show some spine (on the bookstore shelves)

by Mark Moseley December 3, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Trash contract not started

Three weeks after heralding major concessions in the Metro Disposal trash-contract negotiation, the city has yet to begin drafting the new contract or amendment that will lock in the details of this new agreement.
by Karen Gadbois December 3, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Some city workers lose access to documents and e-mails

The crash of a key city computer server is stymieing work across New Orleans’ already strained government and making it tougher for residents to get the services and information they need.
by Ariella Cohen December 2, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Crash of property computers hurts city’s anti-blight effort

While city officials struggle to tame blight, a key piece of the administration’s strategy – selling seized property at sheriff’s sale – has been hampered by the Clerk of Court’s computer crash, now in its second month.
by Karen Gadbois December 2, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

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