NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — New Orleans property taxes are now past due, and city leaders are urging everyone to pay up.
Chief Administrative Officer Joe Giarrusso says, “Pre-Mardi Gras, we were about 20% collection, got up to about 30% collection after Mardi Gras. I saw a line all the way down the hall last Friday. So, I’m sure people had that run on coming to pay. My hope is we’re 70-80%, and there’ll be money that trickles in this month.”
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Giarrusso went on to explain why the stakes are higher this year.
“We’re trying to balance through two or three things here simultaneously. The first is, we have to pay back the loan from the bank, we owe them money we’re on a schedule with them. Obviously part two Mayor Moreno talks about all the services we want to deliver to people. We can’t deliver those services unless we have money in the bank. Then three, how you make sure the budget itself is working.”…