We'll meet at noon. After briefing, there's a lunch at 12:45pm.

• On Friday, February 21st, the Louisiana Board of Commerce and Industry will consider a request from Folgers Coffee to be exempted from Orleans Parish property taxes on $80 million of its business property.
• The exemption, if approved, would cost New Orleans schools and other city services $12.4 million in lost revenue over the next 10 years.
• The project for which Folgers is seeking an "incentive" (in 2020) already went under construction in the Fall of 2019.
• Folgers is asking for $12.4 million in public subsidies to create 5 jobs -- $2.5 million in tax-payer funds per job

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