New Orleans Mayor Agrees to Reimburse City for $30,000 Spent on 1st-Class Flights

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has changed her stance and agreed to reimburse the city for nearly $30,000 that she spent on first-class flights.
Cantrell, a Democrat, had refused to repay the city, saying that her luxury flights on trips to France and Switzerland were for legitimate city business. She initially claimed that the flight upgrades were necessary to protect herself from COVID-19 and that she had some travel safety concerns as a black woman.
New Orleans’s top legal officer, City Attorney Donesia Turner, issued a memorandum on Sept. 27, clearly stating that Cantrell is an employee of the city and therefore needs to follow the city’s travel policies….