[FlipWilson]

Dear Mayor,

Perhaps you are correct. But without those events your city will suffer an economic disaster that will make it look like a virtual Katrina hit it, but without the physical damage.

Time to start figuring out how to more safely make these events happen rather than taking the lazy way out.

Just saying.

[mewzilla]

This is the same incompetent who blamed Trump for her refusal to cancel Mardi Gras.

[kingu]

Ahh, all these grand plans. No large events - okay, so what are you going to do about the tens of millions of dollars you’re wiping away from room taxes? Sales taxes (if they collect that there..) And how will property taxes work out now that you’re intentionally devaluing the properties?

These are decisions the city will come to deeply regret. And I’m really glad I’m not in the hospitality sector right now.

[JonPreston]

New Orleans elected this idiot, so they deserve what they get.

[Ann Archy]

LaToya??? Really?? Where are the MEN that people should follow??

[central_va]

Does breast flashing spread disease?

[CincyRichieRich]

Nice work, bankrupted city!!! I’ll have a muffaletta with that!

[OttawaFreeper]

Funny, I thought Democrats really liked their Festivals.

[Russ]

Move the festivals outside the city limits. Move the 8 home games of the Saints to a college stadium outside of New Orleans. Problem solved...

[Terry L Smith]

This is the same vagina that decided to allow the bodies of crushed victims in that hotel building rubble to remain in place till after Mardi Gras!

I think that a few bone-casting shops on Royal St. might be doing some workings

[Artcore]

These POS are drunk with this new found power that we willingly gave them! Decisions made out of fear and hysteria are never good ones! We are going to regret giving these A$$wipes this type of power for generations!

[Boomer]

Once again; stupid is as stupid does. I wish stupid hurt. It really should.

2020; the year in New Orleans that wasn’t. Or; how to destroy the economy of a city in one easy step.

[VanDeKoik]

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3828776/posts

"Mardi Gras may have worsened New Orleans' coronavirus emergency, experts say"

Oh the comments were full of people saying how stupid it was to have had it, and how it was a worthless thing anyway

"Mayor Cantrell: No large events or festivals in New Orleans until 2021"?

Now the comments are calling her an idiot, and "why no she care about the businesses there?!?!?!?".

[dennisw]

They have a Mayor Latoya? That’s really messed up.

[Codeflier]

Can’t wait to watch the Oklahoma Saints vs. Omaha Jets.

[RightField]

No more parades?
Second line gone?
I seriously doubt it.

[freedom1st]

No Saints Marching In in 2020?

[Buckeye McFrog]

Sounds like a great opportunity for Biloxi or Tampa to steal Mardi Gras from them.

[Taxman]

There may be an upside to all the lockdowns:

It might be impossible for ANY Democrat to get elected to public office for a generation or more!

[Romulus]

For the record, the “lockdown” in LA has been relatively sane. Police not being Nazis here as far as I know. People allowed to be out and about in reasonable numbers without being hassled. Just don’t be an irresponsible jerk about it.