Are you happy with the 2012 city budget?

On December 1, the City Council voted unanimously to approve Mayor Landrieu's $497 million budget for 2012. The budget reduces spending in nearly all departments excluding the Coroner's Office, the Fire Department and the New Orleans Police Department, which received a 9 percent budget increase to $119 million from $109 million in 2011. Landrieu has maintained throughout the budget process that improving public safety and lowering the city's notoriously high homicide rate are his top priorities.

The Lens wants to know your thoughts on the way the city has decided to spend money in 2012.

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In 2012, the city will cut spending in all areas but public safety. Do you agree with the decision to prioritize police and fire department spending over other areas such as infrastructure and social welfare programs?

Are you generally pleased with the way you've seen tax dollars spent since Mayor Mitch Landrieu came into office last year? Why or why not?

Please consider the following areas of city spending and tell us which you think are most important: police and fire, courts and criminal justice, infrastructure and roads, parks and recreation, health, family and welfare programs, blight cleanup.

Why do you think your top priorities for public spending deserves the investment?

Do you think the city has an ethical obligation to deliver on pension commitments made to civil servants? Why or why not?

In which New Orleans neighborhood do you live?

In what year were you born?

What do you do for work?

What is your gender?

What race or ethnicity are you?

Which of these best describes your education level?

Thank you for participating. We'll be in touch!

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