Is increasing Taxes the solution for NO?

When has increasing taxes ever solved any problem?

Increased taxes won't "fix" what is the problem in NO.

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LMAOOOO

The taxes are already outrageously high in New Orleans.

Tbh, decreasing taxes might be a better idea. Make NOLA have the lowest taxes of any major city, and you might attract some businesses and more people to the city, which could actually increase tax revenue.

It's NEVER the solution you dunce

NOLA / Orleans Parish problems have always been centered around the Mayor, City Council members, the DA who chooses who he wants to prosecute, and some crooked police officers. To many people looking to pad their pockets and they DGAF about the voters or what's best for the City's future. A plethora of selfish FUKS who will lie, cheat, and steal from their own mother. Most other Parishes deal with the same BS

just a few names in the last 20 years.

May 14, 2006: Jared Brossett booked with DUI in Florida. Technically, this was before being elected to City Council in 2014, but still. He got the charge reduced to reckless driving.

Nov. 21, 2007: Former Council President Oliver Thomas sentenced to 37 months in prison for bribery.

Nov. 13, 2009: Former Congressman William J. Jefferson sentenced to 13 years in prison for bribery and other charges, including from international companies.

February 11, 2010: Former state legislator Derrick Shepherd sentenced to 37 months in prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering.

March 11, 2010: Former Orleans Parish School Board member Ellenese Brooks-Simms sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for accepting bribes from Mose Jefferson, William Jefferson’s brother. She received a lenient sentence for helping prosecutors secure Mose Jefferson’s conviction.

Aug. 31, 2011: Former 4th Municipal District tax assessor Betty Jefferson, sibling of Mose and William Jefferson, sentenced to 15 months of home confinement and five years of supervised relief after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, money laundering and tax evasion.

Nov. 29, 2012: Former Councilman Jon Johnson sentenced to six months in prison for conspiracy to commit theft by funneling federal rebuilding grant money to his unsuccessful Senate campaign.

Sept. 2, 2014: Former state legislator and City Council member Renee Gill Pratt reports to prison for a 4-year sentence for her role in a corruption scheme involving the Jefferson family.

Sept. 8, 2014: Former Mayor Ray Nagin goes to federal prison for bribery and fraud for a ten year sentence.

Sept. 30 2015: Former Orleans Parish School Board President Ira Thomas sentenced to a year and a day in prison for a bribery scheme.

Feb. 27, 2017: A grand jury indicts David Bell Jr., a former Orleans Parish Juvenile Court chief judge, on both a count of racketeering and another of conspiracy to commit theft for his role in a Jefferson Parish auto theft ring. Bell resigned back in 2010 amid sexual harassment allegations.

May 31, 2018: Former Council President Oliver Thomas arrested after a traffic accident for an outstanding 2015 traffic violation.

July 14, 2020: Former state Sen. Wesley Bishop sentenced to four years of probation for lying to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development about a rental property he owned. Earlier this year, the Louisiana Supreme Court disbarred him.

April 27, 2020: Former Mayor Ray Nagin released from prison three years early due to the pandemic.

June 14, 2020: Councilman Jared Brossett booked in New Orleans with second DWI after crashing a city-owned SUV.

June 26, 2020: Federal grand jury returns 11-count indictment charging then-councilman and now-D.A. Jason Williams and his law partner Nicole Burdett with tax fraud. The trial is set for 2022.

Jan. 7, 2021: Collin Arnold, the city’s director of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, booked with DWI after crashing his city-owned vehicle into a parked vehicle. He pleaded not guilty and returned to work after a 60-day suspension.

Oct. 4, 2021: Frank Marullo Jr., Louisiana’s longest-serving judge, booked with drunk driving, driving against traffic and careless operation of a motor vehicle after a traffic accident.

October 18, 2021: Councilman Jared Brossett booked in New Orleans with third DWI after allegedly being found asleep at the wheel in a Brother’s parking lot.


I didn't even mention the Sewerage and Water Board as that is a dumpsta fire of criminals

The police issue has nothing to do with pay or finances. There's plenty of money there... that's why they were able to pay for so many out of town officers to come down for Mardi Gras.

The problem is that people don't want to be urban police officers anymore, and so the standards have gone down, leading to corruption and incompetence, which keeps even more people from joining the department.

Add in a court and jail system that is insanely broken. Officers are tired of arresting people at the beginning of shift and seeing them back on the street before the end of shift.

The only tax increase I would support is a parcel fee charged to every single municipal address, based on sq ft, that is 100 percent used to fix and upgrade the water and sewer and drainage systems. Those need more money.

No.

It’s going through the budget and cutting areas that have nothing to do with infrastructure and basic services.