Mayor of New Orleans Mitch Landrieu has done his fair share of griping over the past year. Meanwhile, the City of New Orleans has been engulfed in debt and violence.
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The previous commentary in this space queried whether members of the Caddo Parish Commission had learned anything from two defeats of a tax renewal that would have had a net result of
If at first you don’t succeed … be prepared to get a worse beatdown the second time, the Caddo Parish Commission learned this past weekend as its tax renewal was gutted 3-1
Editor’s Note: A guest post from Lee Schalk, State Government Affairs Manager at the National Taxpayers Union New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu is calling for three major tax hikes on his city’s
As a solution to courts ruling that the City of New Orleans must pay millions for the city’s firefighters pension fund, renovate the Orleans Parish Prison and refine the police force,
Via Facebook. Rumsfeld apparently sends this in every year as a running protest against the ridiculously complex tax laws…
In case you didn’t know, Tax Day is upon us, and Uncle Sam wants his money. As accountants look longingly
If it’s good enough for Switzerland, Italy, and other countries and states, it ought to be good enough for Louisianans
One thing that veteran politicians count on in the electorate to become veteran politicians is for the electorate to have
Would you pay an extra $18 to avoid having to wait a long time to renew your Louisiana driver’s license?
A growing dispute over sales taxation never may have happened had the Legislature addressed the matter more decisively and rationally
At year’s end, it’s useful to hold out Shreveport over the last 13 months as an object lesson to the
…it’s a letter signifying that you’re paying that tax under protest, because you think the CATS tax is unconstitutional. East
When the Caddo Parish Commission decided to ask voters to lengthen term limits from three to five, it gambled with
Saturday, Caddo Parish officials are wanting voters to approve both parish-wide measures on the ballot. The public needs to resist
The federal government’s effort to paint stripes on the same-sex pair horse and calling it a marriage zebra in Louisiana
I love this time of year. As summer winds down and the kids head back to school with new shoes,
The false narrative propagated by supporters of same-sex marriage came crashing down yesterday as a couple of administrative rulings made
Have you ever heard President John F. Kennedy’s 1962 speech to the Economic Club of New York? Listen to some
