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New Orleans mayor wants cuts, fees for budget hole

October 30, 2009 By The Associated Press  BECKY BOHRER (Associated Press Writer)

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As New Orleans struggles to keep its recovery from Hurricane Katrina on track, it's facing one of its largest ever budget deficits, $68 million, and the prospect of higher fees for residents and forced furloughs for many city workers to address it.

Mayor Ray Nagin told the City Council on Friday that expenses have already been cut "to the bone" as the city has struggled...

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