We expect it (increased sales taxes) will continue that way through the year. With Mardi Gras, as well as Festival International, we will see only more people here, not just Katrina residents here, but more visitors.

We revised the budget based upon September and October taxes that had been collected. When I am looking at this December report, we are another $1.5 million over the revised budget for September and October figures.

I think we will have a balanced budget. I don't think we have a balanced capital improvement fund.

We just don't have the numbers on what those sales taxes will be, ... I don't know how we could calculate that.

If the bargain is that you are going to get lower property taxes but higher sales taxes, that is no bargain at all for the folks making less than $100,000. They are going to end up with more of a tax burden than they had before.

We haven't raised the operation and maintenance tax rate much over the years. And sales taxes basically have tanked.