26-07-2017 14:24 via wbrz.com

See list of suggested roads mayor's new tax would fix

BATON ROUGE – The mayor's new property tax proposal goes before Metro Council for its first appearance Wednesday.The council is expected to introduce the tax and debate whether or not it should make its way to a parish-wide vote on the November ballot. Voters then would have the final say on if the property tax would be levied.The property tax would cost homeowners about half of the levy for the CATS tax, a separate tax that funds operations of the city's public transit system. The tw
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