Posted on 01/26/2018 1:48:43 PM PST by JoeProBono
The storm drains of New Orleans got a thorough cleaning over the past few months and among the trash and debris, workers found 93,000 pounds of Mardi Gras beads, city officials said Thursday.
The 46 tons of beads were all found in the popular downtown thoroughfare on St. Charles between Poydras Street and Lee Circle, the Times-Picayune reported.
While the vast amount of Mardi Gras beads indicate good times were had in the area, city officials said it also means litter needs to be decreased. Overall, the $22 million, three-month clean-up project yielded 7.2 million pounds of debris in city drains.
"Once you hear a number like that, you never go back - so we have to do better," said Dani Galloway, interim director of the city's Department of Public Works, the New Orleans Advocate reported.
It’s quite apparent
Your grammar’s errant
You’re incoherent
“”Overall, the $22 million, three-month clean-up project yielded 7.2 million pounds of debris in city drains.””
The $$$ amount just doesn’t seem possible...I’d love to see it broken down...
Don’t make me have to send in a grammar SWAT team.
How is this not causing global warming? I heard just the sight of those women caused a few chakras on Al Gore to burst.
That is a cute modest way to deal with Mardi Gras traditions!
People are really pigs, aren’t they? I would say “drunk” pigs but I don’t think pigs partake of the hard stuff. It just seems like a horrible amount of money for 90 days cleanup. It would almost have to have been working around the clock..but perhaps not. It’s just too much for a conservative person to swallow.. What could $20,000,000 do? It’s sick to think of it being used for THIS!
I shudder to think what else they found in the storm drains.
As long as dey hot, females, and under tirty, babe.
True dat.
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