If you know anything about Mardi Gras in Scott, you know this parade isn’t just another one on the schedule. It’s a big deal. Every year, traffic backs up for miles, parking is a free-for-all, and people line the streets early, all for a day of Mardi Gras fun. But for some float riders this year, that fun never even got started.
A handful of floats were reportedly turned away before the parade started, with police citing a state law that says a vehicle’s tires can’t extend past the fenders. Some riders scrambled to find a truck that met the requirements but ultimately didn’t make the cut before the parade rolled. After spending thousands of dollars and months preparing, being shut down at the last minute was understandably frustrating.
But let’s be real—as we sit here days later, it’s become clear that the main issue here isn’t the rule itself. According to reports, everyone signed off on it before the parade. The real issue is that some float riders feel like they followed the same rules as everyone else but got a different result.
This is basically the grown-up version of what happened to me and my siblings all the time when we were kids. I’d get in trouble for something, but my brother or sister would do the same thing and somehow get away with it. It was infuriating. And I didn’t even have social media back then to air my grievances or rally people to my cause…