re: Economic Impact of the All Star Game in New Orleans

Most people who are set in their ways will never be convinced, but the real issue these days is not corruption. Most of it on any large scale has been dealt with. The reality is that we have an inadequate tax base and tax structure in a city that requires a lot infrastructure maintenance and repair and the providing services to a significant percentage who can't/don't pay taxes (although, thankfully, this situation is slowly beginning to change in the last few years). Then, there is the consent decree clusterfrick, which as a practical matter, is inherited from previous generations, and, likewise, the firefighters' pension fund issue.