Mayor LaToya Cantrell may have only 40 days left in office, but she’s in the middle of yet another battle with members of the New Orleans City Council.
This time, Cantrell and the mayor-elect are at odds over how to fill the city’s budget deficit.
Cantrell caught the ire of council members after she refused to allow Councilman Joe Giarrusso to proceed with a presentation on how the council plans to fill the city’s budget hole by adding revenue that’s available to the city. Cantrell claimed the council left her in the dark…