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New Orleans mayor visiting cities Katrina evacuees fled to
The firefighters have been fighting the city of New Orleans for over a decade now for the millions.
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Many city employees can look forward to getting a bigger paycheck thanks to a new ordinance signed into law Monday by New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu.
New Orleans gives workers a 44 percent pay raise.
The plan comes just as the New Orleans City Council unanimously approved the plan, even though the Landrieu administration never referred the council to an impact report on how the living wage proposal would affect the city in the long-term.
“We are elevating the quality of life and safety for our citizens and attracting private sector investment, new industries, and entrepreneurs that are creating thousands of new jobs and enhancing economic opportunities across the board”, Landrieu said. “It’s a more eclectic city than it was before, but there’s no hint or no chance that the city of New Orleans has ever lost its historic character or its essence as a gumbo”.
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Landrieu’s office say the mayor will meet with former New Orleans residents to discuss the progress of the city since Hurricane Katrina and encourage them to return. But Landrieu doesn’t think his city’s struggle to revitalize means New Orleans has an inherent flaw. “What the country needs to be thinking is, ‘What’s going to happen when it hits us?”