Jefferson Parish Council conflict escalates as 5 plan to ask for IG's office investigation

The Jefferson Parish Council is planning to hire a law firm to investigate the Inspector General’s Office for potential ethical violations and professional misconduct, just weeks after the taxpayer-funded watchdog released a public letter scrutinizing parish plans to spend $10.3 million on a brewpub complex in downtown Gretna. In a resolution added last-minute to Wednesday’s council agenda, Jefferson Parish’s five district council members propose the parish select a law firm to “provide an analysis, study, report and/or recommendation” regarding the conduct of the Inspector General’s Office and whether Inspector General...