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New Orleans City Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell, who led the 18-candidate field in the Oct. 14 mayoral primary, charged nearly $9,000 in personal or political expenses to her city-issued, taxpayer-financed credit card since taking office in 2012, according to public records given to Gambit and other news organizations by the campaign of Cantrell?s runoff opponent Desiree Charbonnet.

According to those public records, Cantrell reimbursed the city for at least $8,950 in such charges. The Charbonnet campaign alleges in radio ads and in public statements that Cantrell has a lot more explaining to do ? allegedly because she charged a total of more than $40,000 in questionable expenses to the city-issued credit card over the years.

Moreover, almost half of Cantrell?s reimbursements ? $4,433.22 ? came via a single check received by the City Council Fiscal Office on July 17, 2017, five days after Cantrell qualified for mayor.?