Join us when the ceremony begins at 10 a.m.
Category: Government & Politics
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Mayoral appointees get raises, promotions while Landrieu thins ranks at City Hall
The mayor has touted how he’s made City Hall leaner and more efficient. But there’s one place that hasn’t seen much belt-tightening: the mayor’s office itself. He’s hired more appointees and boosted their pay as the number of police officers and firefighters has dropped.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Some one-time state money being budgeted more judiciously for 2015
Fiscal Hawks flying below radar this year, but their efforts from last year are coming home to roost.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Tricentennial will make for a very big year — and perhaps an equally big tax bite
The Landrieu administration devised a grow-or-die strategy for post-Katrina recovery and hopes to bring it to consummation by 2018.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Land Use
Keith Hardie talks Audubon tax fight, Newcomb fence at Newsmakers event
Watch here at 8 a.m. Thursday; you’ll have to supply the danishes and coffee.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Landrieu seeks special riverfront tax district to pay for decrees and pensions
The tourism industry is falling in line behind the measure — to avoid yet another hotel/motel tax increase.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Land Use
Mission accomplished: Landrieu administration promises one thing on blight, delivers another
The mayor promised to remediate 10,000 blighted properties in New Orleans. In January, he announced he had met his goal. But that was based on a study of all properties that had been fixed up, regardless of whether the city got involved. The city is now cited as a model for blight reduction, but there’s no official count of properties that have been remediated.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Post-mortem on Audubon millage: more to its defeat than anti-tax fervor
Family budgets have been nibbled from all sides by fees and walloped by higher rents or property taxes. Incomes haven’t kept pace.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Government & Politics
Bill to lessen crime of marijuana possession backed by liberals, libertarians
But it faces strong opposition from law enforcement. A committee will hear the bill Tuesday.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Live blog: Civil Service Commission considers overhaul of hiring, promotion rules
The meeting starts at 12:30 p.m. Several employee groups oppose the changes.