Friday, June 18, 2010
Mitch Landrieu statement on street musicians and the noise ordinance
Posted by Kevin Allman on Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 12:19 AM
Mayor Mitch Landrieu was in Washington D.C. yesterday, meeting with Obama administration officials regarding the oil catastrophe, when the brouhaha over NOPD's renewed enforcement of noise ordinances turned into its own gusher. If he Blackberry-ed or iPhoned over to his own Facebook page while waiting at the airport, he would've gotten an earful from citizens and visitors alike, almost uniformly unhappy at the newly enforced curfew of 8 p.m. for street musicians ... and the possibility that any musician found playing on the streets after 8:01 could be arrested.
Tonight, the mayor issued this statement:
New Orleans is the Cultural Capitol of the World, and we have an obligation to protect and support the very things that make our culture so authentic. It is possible for musicians and residents and businesses to co-exist in the French Quarter and across our city. It requires having ordinances that make sense, that are clearly communicated to the public and that are properly enforced. My administration is going to work with the City Council and the New Orleans Police Department to review the quality of life ordinances to ensure that they best serve the needs of our community.
What does it mean? Not sure yet.
(By the way: the mayor's Facebook page has 4,932 fans. The Facebook page in support of the musicians, "Don't Stop the Music. Let New Orleans Street Musicians Play!," which didn't exist 48 hours ago, has 4,547 fans ... a good number of whom are perplexed and/or angry visitors.)
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The more things change, the more they tay the same. C'MON, zmr Mayor...... this is the most important issue hee in New Orleans - you're not in Baton Rouge anymore, dud
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Talk about obfuscation. Come on Mitch, stand up and tell us where you really stand!
Mr. Mayor, I have been on the other side of the world and saw the good work you were doing to promote Louisiana in several countries of Europe. It's now time to stand up for the very thing that makes us special. I understand that this law is so broad that a person sitting on his/her front porch could be arrested for singing after 8pm. How far do we need to go to hit below bottom-the levees, the oil gusher? Let us keep some of the roots of our culture and sanity that are already stripped to the bone.
I'm about to instantly stop supporting Landrieu if this nonsense continues. He should be ashamed.
¡It seems spell goes against New Orlenas, The City most suffered!!! ¡People expected so much from Landrieu!! Neither musicians, nor music, generate crime and insecurity!!! Landrieu!!!Landrieu!!! Landrieu!!! Who is behind you???? Do the same as always?!! The $mall group that wants New Orleans to his way to his way to his way to his way to his way...???!!! his way...?????
