Public Safety
City Council members maintain legally dubious hotel exemption while reinstating French Quarter sales tax
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
August 19, 2021
A special sales tax to fund supplemental police patrols in the French Quarter will be reinstated starting in October...
Quarter-cent sales tax for French Quarter on ballot again Saturday
By Kaitlin Rust
Source: FOX 8
April 22, 2021
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – In order to fund the “Blue Light Patrols” in the Quarter, the reinstatement of the...BGR Opposes French Quarter Sales Tax Proposition on April 24 Ballot
By Biz New Orleans Staff
Source: Biz New Orleans
April 22, 2021
NEW ORLEANS – The Bureau of Governmental Research is weighing in against a proposition for a 0.245% sales tax...Against the French Quarter Sales Tax: Why the Bureau of Governmental Research is advising voters to vote ‘no.’
By Peyton LoCicero
Source: WGNO
April 22, 2021
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO)– For our viewers heading to the polls this weekend, there’s a new report out that you should know...BGR Issues Report on April 24 French Quarter Sales Tax Vote
April 21, 2021
Today the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) releases On the Ballot: French Quarter Sales Tax, April 24, 2021. The report...Opinion: Newell: Cantrell admin hits French Quarter group with ridiculous attack
By Newell Normand
Source: WWL Radio
February 25, 2021
Earlier this week, Mayor Cantrell’s Director of Strategic Initiatives Joshua Cox had a press conference wherein he accused the...Fact Check: Cantrell Admin Spreads Inaccuracies about FQMD Statements Regarding Task Force Patrols
By Jenn Bentley
Source: Big Easy Magazine
February 22, 2021
The battle over security patrols in the French Quarter continues, with Mayor Cantrell’s administration remaining at odds with the...Voters shoot down all three Cantrell-backed tax proposals
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
December 5, 2020
New Orleans voters on Saturday rejected a package of ballot propositions put forward by Mayor LaToya Cantrell that would...French Quarter Sales Tax gets Sidney Torres endorsement
By Paul Murphy
Source: WWL-TV
December 3, 2020
NEW ORLEANS — Saturday’s tax proposition in the French Quarter just picked up a heavyweight endorsement from one of...BGR Releases Ballot Report on French Quarter Sales Tax Renewal Proposition
December 2, 2020
Today the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) releases On the Ballot: French Quarter Sales Tax Renewal, December 5, 2020....