ZACHARY - The Zachary City Council voted against rolling forward to a millage rate of 5.48 on property taxes in Zachary.

The vote didn't come easily for councilman John LeBlanc, who says he was pressured by the city attorney to vote in favor of it.

LeBlanc says he is against the increase in rolling forward to a millage rate of 5.48 because he wasn't clear on what was actually happening.

"I'm not clear on this, and I know that there are several constituents of mine who are not clear on this. We've been told that it was to give a cushion, like if our sales tax dropped, it would be like a cushion for that," he said.

The proposed millage increase would've gone from 5.07 mills to 5.48 mills, bringing in more than $90,000 into the city.

Leblanc claims that back on May 13th, during a counc

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