As we get closer to Mardi Gras, New Orleans city leaders continue their calls for Mardi Gras revelers to keep illegal obstructions, such as sofas, grills, and tents, off the neutral ground.
“You’re not discovering the neutral ground. We all know it’s there. You can’t plant your flag and say this is the new land this is now mine,” city council president J. P. Morrell said. “You’re not Columbus or Magellan. That neutral ground’s already been found. You can’t claim it, you know, for the Smith Family or something.”
Morrell told WWL’s Tommy Tucker that everyone is entitled to enjoy the neutral ground and other public spaces along the parade route. That’s why, he says, city officials are enforcing the city’s ordinances banning objects that obstruct access to those areas…