Moreno optimistic city can escape financial mess sooner than expected

Can New Orleans clean up its fiscal house in half the time? The mayor seems bullish.

New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno says the cuts her administration has made is already showing savings, and 40 audits of sales tax collections has already realized about $7 million, with 145 more audits to go.

She says the city could dig its way out of its fiscal hole earlier than expected…

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