One week after the Metro Council passed the economic opportunity zone to incentivize business growth in north Baton Rouge, Mayor Kip Holden vetoed the ordinance, saying it is well intended, but lacked a cohesive approach. “This legislation calls for this government to provide tax breaks without a real plan,” Holden writes in his veto message
Holden vetoes economic opportunity zone; Delgado says he will push for council override
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