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Campaign: Reduce assessors' offices from seven to one in New Orleans.
Status: Inactive (10/06-11/06)
Issue: The seven assessors' offices were both the most obvious target for shrinkage and the most difficult mountain for reformers to scale. No other parish in Louisiana, including those with larger populations and more taxable property, has more than one assessor. |
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Email Campaigns: 25
Advocacy Alerts/Emails sent to Governor & all LA Legislators: 15,276 | |
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Moreover, the system is costly: Each assessor makes an annual salary of about $90,000. When a generous benefits package is added, the per-assessor cost to taxpayers is about $140,000.
Results: Amendment 7 Approved. 78 % of voters statewide and 68 %of New Orleans voters approving the measure. The amendment will go into effect in 2010. |
