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Sales tax for French Quarter police is back on the ballot and not everyone is in favor
Source:
wwltv.com
- Dec 2, 2020
NEW ORLEANS — Opposition is mounting to a New Orleans sales tax renewal on Saturday’s ballot.
French Quarter residents and business owners are at odds with the city administration over how the revenue should be spent.
The quarter-cent sales tax that now pays for extra patrols in the Quarter is set to expire at the end of the year.
Voters first approved the tax 5 years ago to beef up security after a shooting on Bourbon Street left one person dead and nine injured.
Christian Pendleton chairs the French Quarter Management District, the state board that oversees the supplemental police patrol program.
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