How New Orleans spends your tax dollars
Does this chart reflect your priorities?
Council Members Shelley Midura and Stacy Head hosted a budget town hall meeting last night. Among the strongest points made was that the lack of community participation in the budget process may have led to a misalignment of expenditures with respect to community priorities.
See the town hall Powerpoint presentation for more of Shelley’s and Stacy’s concerns about the budget.
The video of the town hall should eventually be posted on the City Council Web site.
Mark your calendars for budget meetings that begin on Thursday of this week. Mayor Nagin is supposed to deliver the budget on Friday. Just one month remains for the City Council to review and approve a budget.
Finally, follow and contribute to the budget discussion by signing up for the NolaStat Google Group.
