What began as a parking issue has become so much more — from ATVs to horses to people making an area in Carrolton impassible .
It had WWL’s Newell Normand asking how far the laissez faire attitude for which New Orleans is known is supposed to stretch. “We can’t be a no enforcement area,” Councilman Joe Giarrusso said.
“Particularly with Mardi Gras coming up, we don’t want anybody to be hurt,” Giarrusso said, adding that it’s clear people are getting the sense that New Orleans is looking the other way in terms of enforcement.
Normand said he’s mystified about why people so often say that New Orleans is a different kind of city. Because it’s not. New Orleans has laws like everybody else.
They’re just not enforced like they should be
It’s time to take action, GIarrusso said. Half of the street is in the 3rd district and the other half is in the first and Giarrusso said he met with the city attorney’s office and the business owners recently to get to the bottom of the troubles.
The plan is to go after the liquor license of business contributing to the problem.