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

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.

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.

I don't know whether we're going to pull it all from sales taxes, impact fees or a combination.

I think it will do very well ... As with most compromises, there are parts they like and parts they don't.