New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, under fire for spending tens of thousands of taxpayer money to travel first class, has relented and says she will reimburse the city nearly $30-thousand in flight upgrades. She insists though, that as a city employee, she was doing city business…
“However…I will have to reimburse the city for those business expenses,” she says.
Cantrell originally refused to absorb the cost of first class airfare upgrades; saying it was for her “safety and security.” The New Orleans city attorney was asked to determine if she did or did not have to absorb the upgrades to first class. He says city policy requires all city employees to seek the lowest fares available, OR reimburse the city for deluxe accommodations. Cantrell says she will abide by the decision…
“I’m moving forward to do that. The good news is – as I’ve said ‘ work done for the city of New Orleans>”
Some argue her recent “sister city” trip to France will not benefit New Orleans in any substantial way. Cantrell is also under scrutiny for supporting a convicted teen carjacker and for using a city-owned French Quarter apartment as her own.
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