Since January 2021, Mayor LaToya Cantrell has spent roughly $29,000 extra on airfare so she can fly business or first class instead of coach, despite a city policy that forbids employees from doing so, records show.
The city’s longstanding travel policy directs employees to pay the difference in price when they opt for seats in any section other than coach.
Cantrell spokesperson Gregory Joseph said the city’s legal office would review the matter, but noted that the policy places no timeline on when employees must reimburse. “Technically, she’s not in violation of anything, is she?” Joseph said.
Joseph asked a reporter to email questions Monday morning, but had not responded by Monday evening. Cantrell responded to a text message Tuesday, but did not answer the question of whether she would reimburse the city.
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