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Jan 31, 2012 The Nonprofit Exemption: Bad News for Taxpayers
Nov 3, 2011 Clarifying the Draft Zoning Ordinance
Oct 25, 2011 The S&WB’s Governance Problems and Options for Reform
Oct 6, 2011 BGR Examines Local, State Items on Fall Ballots
Aug 2, 2011 Paid Detail Policies and the NOPD
Aug 1, 2011 BGR Comments on Proposed Amendments to School Facilities Master Plan
Jun 28, 2011 BGR Comments on Proposed Amendment to Layoff Rule
Apr 26, 2011 The Future of the Crescent City Connection
Apr 12, 2011 BGR Examines Four Jefferson Parish Ballot Propositions
Mar 15, 2011 Addressing the High Cost of Nonprofit Exemptions
Feb 10, 2011 BGR Presentations to the Tax Fairness Commission
Nov 24, 2010 BGR Reviews 2011 Budget
Nov 8, 2010 Inside Outsourcing: City Contracting
Nov 4, 2010 What ‘Rolling Forward’ Means for Tax Rates
Oct 18, 2010 BGR Reviews 10 Proposed Amendments
Sep 14, 2010 BGR Reviews October 2010 Ballot Items
Aug 11, 2010 Addressing Infrastructure Needs in New Orleans
Jun 8, 2010 Shifting the Costs of the Homestead Exemption
May 20, 2010 BGR Opposes Dilution of Open Meetings Laws
May 19, 2010 Public School Governance in New Orleans
Apr 7, 2010 A Need for Clarity: The Revised Master Plan
Mar 17, 2010 Contracting Reform in New Orleans
Jan 19, 2010 Questions for a New Mayor
Dec 14, 2009 Building a Model Assessment System in New Orleans
Oct 27, 2009 Neighborhood Participation and the Master Plan
Oct 14, 2009 In Search of the Master Plan
Oct 12, 2009 Master Plan Not Ready for Public Hearing
Sep 16, 2009 In the Private Interest: A Review of the Lake Forest Plaza TIF Proposal
Jun 9, 2009 Legislation Would Override Planning Provisions in N.O. Charter
May 13, 2009 The House that Uncle Sam Built: The Continued Expansion of Subsidized Housing in New Orleans
Mar 23, 2009 Who’s Behind the Tree? The Homestead Exemption and Taxpayers in the New Orleans Area
Mar 16, 2009 On the Ballot: Jefferson Transit Taxes
Feb 4, 2009 BGR’s Letter Makes Recommendations on the Economic Development Fund
Jan 15, 2009 Rethinking the World Trade Center Building Transaction
Oct 14, 2008 On the Ballot: November 2008
Oct 1, 2008 Maintaining New Orleans’ Streets
Sep 24, 2008 Schools Plan: Unanswered Questions
Sep 16, 2008 On the Ballot: October 2008
Jul 22, 2008 Look Before You Leap: Tax Increment Financing in Jefferson Parish
Jun 23, 2008 On the Ballot: Orleans School Taxes
Jun 19, 2008 World Trade Center Letter
Apr 14, 2008 Mending the Urban Fabric: Part 2
Mar 12, 2008 Drafting a TIF Policy for New Orleans
Feb 12, 2008 Mending the Urban Fabric: Part 1
Dec 10, 2007 Open Letters: The Future of N.O.‘s Blight Programs
Nov 28, 2007 The Clarity Deficit
Oct 8, 2007 On the Ballot: October 2007
Sep 17, 2007 Stop the Insanity on Subsidies
Sep 5, 2007 Jumping the Gun on Recovery Plans
Aug 17, 2007 Cementing Imbalance: The Regional Distribution of Subsidized Rental Housing
Aug 14, 2007 Of Equitable Assessments and Lower Tax Rates
May 21, 2007 UNOP Revisited: An Analysis of the Revised Citywide Plan
May 17, 2007 Budgeting in a Time of Crisis
May 15, 2007 Public Investment, Private Developers
May 3, 2007 Seeking Subsidies on Top of Subsidies
Mar 22, 2007 Jefferson Parish Ballot Propositions
Mar 12, 2007 Protecting New Orleans’ Tax Base: Which PILOTs Should Fly?
Mar 5, 2007 Not Ready for Prime Time: The Citywide Plan
Oct 12, 2006 Letter to City Council: Office of Inspector General
Oct 10, 2006 Issues on the November 7 Ballot
Sep 18, 2006 Issues on the September 30 Ballot
Sep 18, 2006 The Road Home Rental Housing Program: Consequences for New Orleans
Aug 14, 2006 Planning for a New Era
May 8, 2006 City Council Contract Is Out of Bounds
Apr 13, 2006 The ‘Road Home’ Takes a Wrong Turn
Apr 12, 2006 Challenge for Mayoral Candidates
Apr 5, 2006 Municipal Bankruptcy in Perspective
Mar 22, 2006 Why Consolidate Assessors?
Feb 16, 2006 Building a Trust Takes Time
Feb 8, 2006 One Need, One Levee Board
Feb 1, 2006 Structuring a Responsible and Responsive Redevelopment Authority
Jan 26, 2006 Unfair Assessments Become More Unfair and Arbitrary
Dec 22, 2005 Wanted: A Realistic Development Strategy
Nov 14, 2005 BGR Calls for Clarity and Increased Participation in City Planning Effort
Aug 24, 2005 BGR Comments on Condominium Subsidies
May 11, 2005 Unfair Assessments, Excessive Exemptions
Jan 26, 2005 Funds and Games: Paying for the Saints
Nov 22, 2004 On the Right Track? New Orleans’ Economic Development in Perspective
Oct 20, 2004 Issues on the November 2, 2004 Ballot
Aug 18, 2004 System Upgrade: Retooling New Orleans’ Civil Service
Apr 17, 2004 April 17, 2004 Ballot Issue
Mar 25, 2004 Jefferson Parish Fiscal Outlook
Mar 25, 2004 Uneconomic Development: An Analysis of the World Trade Center Lease
Nov 25, 2003 Slip-Sliding Away?
Oct 8, 2003 Runaway Discretion: Land Use Decision Making in New Orleans
Oct 4, 2003 Issues on the October 4, 2003 Ballot
Apr 14, 2003 Tax Increment Financing in New Orleans
Oct 21, 2002 Jefferson Parish Charter Amendments November 5, 2002 Ballot
Oct 14, 2002 Report of Proposal Evaluation Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans
Jun 14, 2002 Sewerage and Water Board Privatization at a Critical Stage
May 6, 2002 The St. Tammany Parish Home Rule Charter
Feb 20, 2002 Charter Amendment March 2, 2002 Ballot
Jan 18, 2002 New Orleans District and Industrial Millage Proposition
Jan 11, 2002 Challenge for a New Mayor: Professional Services Contracting
Nov 26, 2001 Legal Services Contracting at the Local Level
Nov 21, 2001 Public Contracting for Legal Services
Sep 24, 2001 City of Harahan Demographics, Finances, and Employee Salaries
Sep 17, 2001 Third Term Charter Amendment
Jun 15, 2001 Privatization of Water and Wastewater Systems in New Orleans
Jun 11, 2001 BGR Outlook on Jefferson: Jefferson Parish Public School System Performance and Financial Review

All Reports by Title

Apr 7, 2010 A Need for Clarity: The Revised Master Plan
Aug 11, 2010 Addressing Infrastructure Needs in New Orleans
Mar 15, 2011 Addressing the High Cost of Nonprofit Exemptions
Apr 17, 2004 April 17, 2004 Ballot Issue
Nov 14, 2005 BGR Calls for Clarity and Increased Participation in City Planning Effort
Aug 24, 2005 BGR Comments on Condominium Subsidies
Jun 28, 2011 BGR Comments on Proposed Amendment to Layoff Rule
Aug 1, 2011 BGR Comments on Proposed Amendments to School Facilities Master Plan
Apr 12, 2011 BGR Examines Four Jefferson Parish Ballot Propositions
Oct 6, 2011 BGR Examines Local, State Items on Fall Ballots
May 20, 2010 BGR Opposes Dilution of Open Meetings Laws
Feb 25, 1999 BGR Outlook on Jefferson: Jefferson Parish Government Finances
Jun 11, 2001 BGR Outlook on Jefferson: Jefferson Parish Public School System Performance and Financial Review
Mar 19, 1999 BGR Outlook on Jefferson: Tax Renewal on March 27 Election Ballot
Nov 16, 1998 BGR Outlook on Jefferson: The Department of Public Works
Jul 13, 1998 BGR Outlook on Jefferson: The Jefferson Parish School Board
Oct 11, 1999 BGR Outlook on Jefferson: The Jefferson Parish School Board Budget
Apr 14, 1997 BGR Outlook on Jefferson: The Parish Council
Mar 20, 1998 BGR Outlook on Jefferson: The Parish Council, the Sheriff, and the District Attorney
Aug 1, 1997 BGR Outlook on Jefferson: The Sheriff and the District Attorney
Oct 16, 2000 BGR Outlook on Orleans: Overview and Status Report on the New Orleans Capital Program
Dec 18, 1998 BGR Outlook on Orleans: The Orleans Parish School Board
Feb 10, 2011 BGR Presentations to the Tax Fairness Commission
Sep 18, 1998 BGR Report on Constitutional Amendments on the October 3, 1998 Ballot
Oct 23, 1998 BGR Report on the November 3, 1998 General Election
Sep 18, 1998 BGR Report on the Orleans Assessors Tax Proposal
Oct 18, 2010 BGR Reviews 10 Proposed Amendments
Nov 24, 2010 BGR Reviews 2011 Budget
Sep 14, 2010 BGR Reviews October 2010 Ballot Items
Feb 4, 2009 BGR’s Letter Makes Recommendations on the Economic Development Fund
Nov 9, 1998 BGR’s Review and Analysis of the Real Property Service Charge
Oct 20, 2000 Bond Propositions in Orleans Parish: November 7, 2000 Ballot
May 17, 2007 Budgeting in a Time of Crisis
Dec 14, 2009 Building a Model Assessment System in New Orleans
Feb 16, 2006 Building a Trust Takes Time
Aug 17, 2007 Cementing Imbalance: The Regional Distribution of Subsidized Rental Housing
Jan 11, 2002 Challenge for a New Mayor: Professional Services Contracting
Apr 12, 2006 Challenge for Mayoral Candidates
Feb 20, 2002 Charter Amendment March 2, 2002 Ballot
May 8, 2006 City Council Contract Is Out of Bounds
Sep 24, 2001 City of Harahan Demographics, Finances, and Employee Salaries
Nov 3, 2011 Clarifying the Draft Zoning Ordinance
May 19, 1997 Consolidating Multiple Police Forces into One
Oct 20, 2000 Constitutional Amendments on the November 7, 2000 Ballot
Mar 17, 2010 Contracting Reform in New Orleans
Mar 19, 2001 DDD Tax and Bond Proposal
Mar 12, 2008 Drafting a TIF Policy for New Orleans
Jan 26, 2005 Funds and Games: Paying for the Saints
Oct 14, 2009 In Search of the Master Plan
Sep 16, 2009 In the Private Interest: A Review of the Lake Forest Plaza TIF Proposal
Nov 8, 2010 Inside Outsourcing: City Contracting
Oct 20, 2004 Issues on the November 2, 2004 Ballot
Oct 10, 2006 Issues on the November 7 Ballot
Oct 4, 2003 Issues on the October 4, 2003 Ballot
Sep 18, 2006 Issues on the September 30 Ballot
Mar 22, 2007 Jefferson Parish Ballot Propositions
Oct 21, 2002 Jefferson Parish Charter Amendments November 5, 2002 Ballot
Mar 25, 2004 Jefferson Parish Fiscal Outlook
Sep 5, 2007 Jumping the Gun on Recovery Plans
Nov 26, 2001 Legal Services Contracting at the Local Level
Jun 9, 2009 Legislation Would Override Planning Provisions in N.O. Charter
Oct 12, 2006 Letter to City Council: Office of Inspector General
Jul 22, 2008 Look Before You Leap: Tax Increment Financing in Jefferson Parish
Oct 1, 2008 Maintaining New Orleans’ Streets
Oct 12, 2009 Master Plan Not Ready for Public Hearing
Feb 12, 2008 Mending the Urban Fabric: Part 1
Apr 14, 2008 Mending the Urban Fabric: Part 2
Apr 5, 2006 Municipal Bankruptcy in Perspective
Oct 27, 2009 Neighborhood Participation and the Master Plan
Jan 18, 2002 New Orleans District and Industrial Millage Proposition
Jun 9, 1999 New Orleans International Airport: Governance, Regional Cooperation and Airport Expansion
Mar 5, 2007 Not Ready for Prime Time: The Citywide Plan
Aug 14, 2007 Of Equitable Assessments and Lower Tax Rates
Mar 16, 2009 On the Ballot: Jefferson Transit Taxes
Oct 14, 2008 On the Ballot: November 2008
Oct 8, 2007 On the Ballot: October 2007
Sep 16, 2008 On the Ballot: October 2008
Jun 23, 2008 On the Ballot: Orleans School Taxes
Nov 22, 2004 On the Right Track? New Orleans’ Economic Development in Perspective
Feb 8, 2006 One Need, One Levee Board
Dec 10, 2007 Open Letters: The Future of N.O.‘s Blight Programs
Aug 2, 2011 Paid Detail Policies and the NOPD
Aug 14, 2006 Planning for a New Era
Jun 15, 2001 Privatization of Water and Wastewater Systems in New Orleans
Dec 28, 1999 Property Tax Exemption and Assessment Administration in Orleans Parish
Oct 21, 1996 Property Taxes in New Orleans: Who Pays? Who Doesn’t? And Why?
Mar 12, 2007 Protecting New Orleans’ Tax Base: Which PILOTs Should Fly?
Nov 21, 2001 Public Contracting for Legal Services
May 15, 2007 Public Investment, Private Developers
May 19, 2010 Public School Governance in New Orleans
Jan 19, 2010 Questions for a New Mayor
Oct 14, 2002 Report of Proposal Evaluation Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans
Jan 15, 2009 Rethinking the World Trade Center Building Transaction
Oct 8, 2003 Runaway Discretion: Land Use Decision Making in New Orleans
Sep 24, 2008 Schools Plan: Unanswered Questions
May 3, 2007 Seeking Subsidies on Top of Subsidies
Jun 14, 2002 Sewerage and Water Board Privatization at a Critical Stage
Jun 8, 2010 Shifting the Costs of the Homestead Exemption
Nov 25, 2003 Slip-Sliding Away?
Sep 17, 2007 Stop the Insanity on Subsidies