Stephanie Riegel: Deconstructing Holden’s latest bond issue fiasco

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On Jan. 14, the Metro Council voted 8-4 against putting Mayor Kip Holden’s $335 million package of proposed public safety construction projects, including a new $204 million parish prison, on a May ballot. How did the administration get it so wrong, again? After three failed attempts at passage of a tax hike to fund capital

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