The consultant, Tanya Blunt Haynes, owns a hair salon in Gentilly and an image consulting business called Jolie Image Consulting.
The consultant, Tanya Blunt Haynes, owns a hair salon in Gentilly and an image consulting business called Jolie Image Consulting. There is nothing in the law that prohibits using campaign money to pay for image consulting services, but there are questions about purchases Haynes made for Cantrell while the campaign was paying her a retainer that reached $6,000 a month in 2021.
A federal grand jury issued subpoenas at area stores in August and September, asking for records of Haynes’ purchases. One went to a kitchen and bath store in Metairie where the manager said Haynes and her husband, former New Orleans police detective Vernon Haynes, purchased cabinets for a kitchen remodel at their home.
But another subpoena went to a high-end clothing boutique on Magazine Street where sources with …