re: I don't care for Mardi Gras anymore.

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Somebody in Texas told me once, "If people in Louisiana stopped spending all their time planning for the next party, whether it be a crawfish boil, a tailgate party, a festival, or a Mardi Gras event, and spent all that time focused on holding themselves, their schools and their politicians accountable to improving their state, Louisiana might be worth investing in, once again."

There's probably some truth in there. Of course, that does not take into account that Louisiana is constantly just trying to patch things up from the yearly storms and the party atmosphere is needed just to forget, if only for a little while, all the problems.

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