LA Supreme Court Parking Issue Debated

The Times-Picayune reports that Chief Justice Pascal Calogero, Jr. appeared before the State Legislature's Joint Committee on the Budget to request that the court be allowed to contribute $3.5 million in unspent budget money toward completing restorations of the Royal Street courthouse. The situation quickly focused on the parking woes of the courthouse, with legislators expressing "exasperation that the parking issue had not been solved and that the state might be hit with another expense related to the project." The article provides a brief summary of the expenses and obstacles the restoration project has faced to date.

Posted by AJR at April 23, 2003 07:32 AM