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Baton Rouge, Hospitality District, Hospitality Zone, Legislation, Mayor Landrieu, New Orleans, Taxes, Tourism
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If the idea of creating special legislative districts was devised as a strategy to thwart abuses of power and public money in the Post-Katrina era, is this the best legislation our elected representatives can craft? Aren’t we supposed to be frowning upon endorsing of old-school New Orleans power grabs these days? This is the epitome of the “Disneyfication” that everyone decries: handing over the heart of our amazing city to the tourism and hospitality industries on a silver platter in exchange for an alarming loss of process and control.






