The Advocate: New Orleans funds major infrastructure projects, picks Calvin Duncan as clerk. See full results.
CBNO Executive Director Nellie Catzen was interviewed on the impact of the bond sale resolutions on the November 15th ballot.
“The approval follows widespread public education campaigns about the bonds from city leaders and nonpartisan advocacy groups. Nellie Catzen, executive director of Committee for a Better New Orleans, said throughout their campaign they often dispelled public concerns about rising taxes or the money being diverted.
‘It has to be used on the topic that voters approved, and that's an exciting thing,’ she said. ‘It means that projects the city needs big money for will happen.’”
