LaFrance Proposes Election to Split Fire Department Sales Tax with EMS

During the May 28 Plaquemines Parish Council meeting, district 7 council member Carlton LaFrance put forward an ordinance that would call an election in the parish to rededicate (or change) how sales tax revenues historically used to fund the Fire Department are allocated. After an extended back-and-forth debate on the ordinance—that caused some long-time disagreements about the relationship ...

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