Plaquemine Judge Wins Budget Battle

The Advocate reports that City Court Judge William Dupont prevailed in his lawsuit against the City of Plaquemine. Judge Dupont sued the the city after the board voted in December against allocating $30,000 in the budget for court employees' salaries. "For us to be able to [pay], programs are going to have to be cut and people laid off," Plaquemine Mayor Tony Gulotta said. "Nobody wants to see his (Dupont's) programs cut, but we're going to have to sacrifice ours."

Posted by AJR at April 24, 2003 10:06 AM