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Mardi Gras not cancelled but will be 'different' in 2021, city says
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Thursday, Mayor LaToya Cantrell and krewe captains discussed ideas for presenting their parades safely in light of coronavirus.

NEW ORLEANS — Mayor LaToya Cantrell on Thursday told Carnival krewe captains to submit recommendations by Dec. 5 on how their parades might proceed with Mardi Gras 2021, while observing guidelines to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Cantrell repeated her announcement earlier in the day that Mardi Gras 2021 is “not cancelled, just different.” She and other city leaders spoke at a virtual meeting of the Mayor’s Mardi Gras Advisory Committee, which is made up of captains and representatives of all the city’s parading clubs.
“It is a religious holiday and in no way will it be cancelled in our city, but it will be something different,” she said.
At the start of the meeting, Dr. Takeisha Davis, the CEO of New Orleans East Hospital and a member of the Mystic Krewe of Femme Fatale, spoke on behalf of a subcommittee formed by the group to address COVID-19 safety concerns. Davis said that leading that group was “an impossible task” but important if Carnival is to proceed safely with COVID-19 still spreading throughout the community.
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The group’s recommendations, which would have to be considered by the City Council, include strongly urging paradegoers to wear masks that cover their nose and mouth, to prevent the spread of the virus. They also recommend paradegoers take their temperature before going to a parade, as well as bringing hand sanitizer and adhering to social distancing along the parade route. Krewe members who are members of the subcommittee would also urge those who are sick, high risk or vulnerable stay home.
In what is sure to be seen as an insurmountable request, the subcommittee is also suggesting that alcohol consumption by paradegoers and float riders be limited. They also recommend that “high value” throws be limited, to discourage crowds from gathering and competing for them. They also suggest krewes be required to have float riders stay six feet apart on a float, which might mean adding more floats to a parade, which could run afoul of existing city rules mandating the lengths of parades. It would also add to the costs of staging a parade.
A city ordinance already requires float riders wear a mask, but the subcommittee recommended that krewes require float riders to wear masks that cover their nose and mouth.
Tourists should be encouraged to get a COVID-19 test before coming to parades, the subcommittee recommended.
Krewe leaders also suggested that local TV stations televise more Carnival parades, to offer an alternative to those who cannot or should not attend in person.
The committee also recommended that there be coordination between local parishes so that the recommendations are followed by all local krewes. That hinted at the question raised by some recently about whether parades that are cancelled in New Orleans might try to parade in Jefferson Parish or other local parishes.
“We absolutely love Mardi Gras but we want to ensure that if we go forward, we do it in the safest way possible,” Davis said.
Cantrell told krewe captains that they will need to take the lead in determining the look and feel of Mardi Gras next year. She asked them to come up with recommendations by Dec. 5, which many see as an important deadline, with the start of the Carnival season just a month away, on Jan. 6.
She suggested that krewe leaders be creative in their ideas for a safe Carnival, such as staging a televised event where the “Mayor toasts parked floats with royalty only.” She and other city leaders also suggested krewes who decide not to parade could park floats and allow timed groups of people to walk by to view them.
Cantrell acknowledged the national news headlines earlier this year that suggested Mardi Gras 2020 was a “super spreader event” which put lives at risk for COVID-19. Cantrell has said that no public health officials ever suggested canceling this year’s Mardi Gras.
“There were things we didn’t know that that we know now. What we know now is forcing us to do some things differently,” she said Thursday.
“There’s a lot of headwind to get through in order to make a traditional parade possible,” admitted James Reiss, the co-chair of the Mayor’s Mardi Gras Advisory Committee and a leader of the Rex Organization. “We want to do anything we can to celebrate the season.”
Reiss is co-chair of the committee along with Elroy James, the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club president.
During her presentation, Cantrell also detailed the huge financial costs of Carnival, including expenses for public safety agencies, sanitation and parks and parkways crews, which she said total $7.6 million. She pointed out that with the city facing enormous financial challenges, Carnival costs will only add to that.
Earlier in the day, the City Council voted unanimously to pass an ordinance that would keep a krewe’s seniority intact if they decide not to parade in 2021.
So far, the krewes of NOMTOC, Oshun and Adonis have said they will not parade next year. Previously, a krewe could lose its standing if it did not roll.
“To be clear, this is not cancelling Mardi Gras parades,” said Councilwoman Kristin Palmer, who co-authored the ordinance with Jay Banks at the request of the Cantrell administration.
“This is simply a common-sense protection that crews may choose to avail themselves of should it become untenable for their organizations to participate,” Palmer said.
“The fear that folks would lose their spots, their ability to parade, is something that is definitely out there,” said Banks, who reigned as King Zulu in 2016. “We wanted to make sure that no one had to live with that.”
Mardi Gras is February 16.
 
I work down there....and the city is deserted right now....hardly any tourists.....

New Orleans without tourists is in serious trouble.....they almost HAVE to have Mardi Gras.....

they missed out on essence....jazz fest....and all the other random festivals.....and Saints games...and conferences that draw people to N.O.

Mardi Gras is the 1st big thing of the year....if this can be pulled off....everything else will work too
 
I work down there....and the city is deserted right now....hardly any tourists.....

New Orleans without tourists is in serious trouble.....they almost HAVE to have Mardi Gras.....

they missed out on essence....jazz fest....and all the other random festivals.....and Saints games...and conferences that draw people to N.O.

Mardi Gras is the 1st big thing of the year....if this can be pulled off....everything else will work too
Lol I knew it was all about the money b4 opening this thread.. I was like New Orleans like fuck that we not trying to miss out on these millions , Madrid gras is on
 
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Gimme a fucking break. Hopefully Joe Biden will have a fucking
way to end the bullshit
 
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Cantrell acknowledged the national news headlines earlier this year that suggested Mardi Gras 2020 was a “super spreader event” which put lives at risk for COVID-19. Cantrell has said that no public health officials ever suggested canceling this year’s Mardi Gras.
If mofos were to come to Mardi Gras and just act like everything is normal..be seeing crowds of people packed in bars and clubs on the news saying"We dont NEEED NO MASKS here!!!" etc :smh:
 
Lol I knew it was all about the money b4 opening this thread.. I was like New Orleans like fuck that we not trying to miss out on these millions , Madrid gras is on

no doubt....

not sure how familiar you are with the city....but all those hotels on canal st and in the quarter are damn near empty
 
No mayor you can’t do this I know some white people are pressuring you but you need to back off from this. CACs are too irresponsible with this damn virus

she's in a tough spot....what helps is NO is more or less a black city but dont put it past the money people to support another 'brother' or 'sister' to run against her when she's up for reelection

she fukked high school football and the saints.....people take that shyt serious down here
 
It will be different this time..... this time they're going to have the walking dead for realz.... the "Rona Walking Dead" !!!


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Some black folks are fine with death too.

Actually, we are fine with living.

New Orleans and the rest of the state were trending downwards before the entire country saw an explosion in cases. While the governor was moving the rest of the state to phase 3, Cantrell kept New Orleans in Phase 2.
 
She has no choice. This shit has her teetering on career suicide at this point.

Not really.

LaToya Cantrell is largely beloved by Black voters, especially Black women in New Orleans.

She's going back to city hall in 2022. No incumbent has been unseated in New Orleans since 1946.
 
she's in a tough spot....what helps is NO is more or less a black city but dont put it past the money people to support another 'brother' or 'sister' to run against her when she's up for reelection

she fukked high school football and the saints.....people take that shyt serious down here

She is in a tough spot but I don't think it's going to cost her the mayor's seat in 2022. She's gonna take a hell of a lot hits right for being Black, a woman, not creole and not a native but she's just gonna have to dig her heels in, put her big girl panties on and let history redeem her when we get on the other side of the pandemic.

41 Years ago Dutch Morial stood on his square and cancelled Mardi Gras due to a police strike and gave no fucks. Four decades later, that's a just a footnote in New Orleans history.

The parades will either head to the other parishes or just have their balls/galas and call it a night.
 
This is where the federal government has to step in. Pay New Orleans to not have this event at all.
 
As long as the locals have the oyester, crawl fish, and low country broil plates for sale in the front yard, then I’m game.
 
As long as the locals have the oyester, crawl fish, and low country broil plates for sale in the front yard, then I’m game.


They might draw fines if they do that.

I think a few vendors who set up outside of the clubs and bars got popped for doing that.
 
They might draw fines if they do that.

I think a few vendors who set up outside of the clubs and bars got popped for doing that.

Even if they do it outside their own home? Last time I was there locals had the grills out and were selling $10 plates from their homes as ppl walked by.
 
As long as the locals have the oyester, crawl fish, and low country broil plates for sale in the front yard, then I’m game.
I keep telling people that this Covid shit basically has opened doors for a lot of revenue, one of them is home cooks .. it’s a market out there to make a lot of money being a in home take out restaurant.. get some bizz cards, pass it out to a few people you know.. take pics/vids of the menu for the night and text it to possible customers.. start out making a few hundred a night , fuck around and grow clientele list and get 4 figs some nights.. if you plugged into white people.. up the price and make smaller portions and cake off they non cooking ass.. they will spread your bizz quick fast through word a mouth
 
Never thought they would cancel their biggest tourist event of the year.

Its up to the people to protect themselves.
 
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