Bloodless Coup

Katrina's Lingering Impact on Mardi Gras

The problems of New Orleans remain far, far, far from fixed. The latest example of this? Planning is already underway for Mardi Gras 2007 of course, and a big brouhaha has developed over parade routes. Basically, the city doesn't have enough policy to patrol 2 parade routes on the same day (and to be clear Endymion rolls at night while Tucks and Iris roll during the day, so we're not even talking about 2 routes simultaneously). To repeat, the NOPD says it won't have enough police to patrol 2 parade routes in February 2007. Yes, that's a year and a half after Katrina hit.