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Will Mardi Gras return to New Orleans next year? The fate of the annual party is becoming a hot-button issue for businesses that want tourists to return to the city and evacuees who say New Orleans needs to focus on resettling its displaced residents first.
“This is not the time for fun, this is the time to put people’s lives back on track.”
Lillie Antoine
[ displaced person living in Tulsa, Okla. ]“Mardi Gras is far more than a party, it’s a celebration of who we are.”
J. Stephen Perry
[ president of the New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau ]“I’m trying to figure out where I’ll live next month. I truly can’t even imagine doing it.”
Lawrence Harvey Kreng
[ New Orleans musician currently living in Atlanta ]
