A little less than a year ago New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell spent tens of thousands of dollars taking city staff members on a trip to the communist nation of Cuba to learn about, "opportunities when it comes to trade, health care, education and other issues," according a report from last April.
After LaToya got home from her trip she wasn't exactly critical of the nation of Cuba, a place where no citizen has the authority to keep money away from the government's greedy hands.
Taking all of this information into consideration, it makes Mayor Cantrell's personal tax debacle of particle concern.
Liens filed by the IRS show Mayor LaToya Cantrell and her husband, Jason, owe more than $95,000 in taxes. Federal tax liens have been placed on the couple for eight of the last nine tax years (2010-2015, 2017-2018).
The latest lien was filed on January 28 on the home owned by LaToya and Jason Cantrell. The IRS claims the married couple owes income taxes from 2018 totaling $19,406.99.
One month before the January 2020 filing, the IRS filed a separate lien on the Cantrell property for $31,940.33 in unpaid taxes from the 2017 tax year.
In 2018, the IRS filed another lien for unpaid taxes from the 2013, 2014 and 2015 tax years, totaling $43,664.48.
When Cantrell was running for mayor in 2017, The Lens first reported on another tax lien, filed in 2014 for $27,564.99 in unpaid taxes. The total accounts for unpaid income taxes from 2010, 2011 and 2012 tax years. Records show that lien has since been released.
Wow! It sounds like Mayor Cantrell has a long history of not paying her fair share to the almighty government.
Democrats are such hypocrites.
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JULY 06: Mayor LaToya Cantrell speaks on stage at 2019 ESSENCE Festival Presented By Coca-Cola at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 06, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for ESSENCE)