Mayor LaToya Cantrell and Mayor-elect Helena Moreno have traded punches in recent days over the size of the mayor’s fleet of take-home vehicles, which Moreno says she plans to rein in as mayor.
In a meeting with Times-Picayune reporters last week, Moreno, who will assume office on Jan. 12, highlighted the vehicles as an unnecessary expense that she will cut, amid a range of efforts to claw the city out of a deep financial hole.
“I can tell you that I’m getting rid of three of the mayor’s cars,” said Moreno, saying that the mayor’s fleet included three vehicles used by Cantrell herself and one used by her senior advisor Julius Feltus…