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Posted on December 7, 2009 at 5:12 PM
NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans City Council agreed to raise the citywide property tax to pay off a court judgment for city firefighters.
The $3 million judgment stems from a decade-old lawsuit. Firefighters claimed for years that the city did not give them the required pay raises.
Rolling forward the tax by 1-mil will cost the average household in the city an additional $15 a year.
A judge ordered the payment to bring retirees into line with current firefighter benefits.
Credit: AP
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