PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN PRIVATE SECTOR
Hotel taxes are at the center of Cantrell’s fight to provide more money for New Orleans infrastructure
By Jeff Adelson
Source: The Advocate
February 24, 2019
This year agencies in New Orleans charged with overseeing the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, running the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center...Cantrell pressing governor to use convention center funds for New Orleans infrastructure
By Beau Evans and Julia O'Donoghue
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
February 22, 2019
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has signaled she wants $75 million for city infrastructure repairs straight from the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center’s...Nonprofit finds ‘lost penny’ in hotel taxes
By William Wann
Source: The Maroon
February 19, 2019
What was originally meant to be a temporary move to ease the construction of the Superdome may still be...Mayor Cantrell launches task force seeking portion of Convention Center surplus
By Rob Masson
Source: FOX 8
February 19, 2019
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Mayor LaToya Cantrell wants millions of dollars from the Convention Center and said the city...Death and Hotel Taxes: BGR releases new report on New Orleans hotel sales tax
By Jennifer Gibson Schecter
Source: Biz New Orleans
February 2019
The old idiom that nothing is certain but death and taxes remains true, with the possible addition of Roger...Should New Orleans Receive Money In Hotel Taxes Collected?
By Newell Normand
Source: WWL Radio
February 18, 2019
Amy Glovinsky and Paul Rioux of the Bureau of Governmental Research joined Newell to talk about the tourism dollar...City councilwoman wants to shift tourism funding to public transportation
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
February 6, 2019
New Orleans City Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson Palmer is calling for an end to a longtime arrangement that diverts about...Research findings say hotel tax money could improve city services
By Josh Roberson
Source: FOX 8
February 5, 2019
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -The City of New Orleans wants to spread the wealth from hotel tax funding. The Bureau...Commentary: Cantrell’s taxing issue
By Gambit Commentary
Source: Gambit
January 31, 2019
Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s effort to get more of New Orleans’ hotel-motel taxes into the city’s general fund got a...Watchdog group: New Orleans should get more from hotel tax, scrutiny needed for Convention Center
By Tyler Bridges
Source: The Advocate
January 31, 2019
The Bureau of Governmental Research has waded into the big-dollar tax dispute between Mayor LaToya Cantrell and the tourism...