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New Orleans trash collectors litigate over removing foul French Quarter odors
THE FRENCH QUARTER, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, JUL 24 – New Orleans replaces IV Waste with Henry Consulting amid legal disputes over contract validity and sanitation, with residents praising cleaner streets despite $2.1 million higher costs.
- On Monday, Sanitation Director Matt Torri told the council a no-bid contract would cost $2.1 million more, prompting Henry Consulting to sue after losing its deal.
- After a competitive bid last year, the city negotiated a $73 million, five-year contract with Henry Consulting, while tourism figures showed over 19 million visitors spent $10 billion in the French Quarter.
- IV Waste’s emergency service has made the district gleam, Jill Wagner said `The Quarter has never been this clean`, as residents and business owners praised 'Trash King' Sidney Torres IV.
- The metastasizing litigation now pits the outgoing mayor against a feisty city council and the attorney general, and a new law empowers the management district to choose its own garbage collector.
- Rival firms continue to watch the showdown, as Danny Conwill said `It's not even in the same solar system-- the service they provide versus what others provide`, while Sidney Torres IV said `We're going to do our job, and they can watch and learn`.
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New Orleans trash collectors litigate over removing foul French Quarter odors
In one of America's favorite party hotspots, residents and business owners say the stench of trash and bad decisions is being scrubbed clean like never before.
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