re: Mardi Gras ordinances approved by the NOLA City Council this morning (unanimous)

What is the reasoning for snap pop/stink bomb ban?

Do people think they sound like gun shots or something? As a kid, Mardi Gras was pretty much only time I played with snap pops. Are party poppers next on the ban list? They are louder than snap pops.

I'm in support of banning all, except...

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The placing of private portable toilets in the public right of way, including neutral grounds.

The placing of tents, grills and other personal items in the public right of way.

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The rules currently on the table are backed by Mayor Mitch Landrieu and enjoy wide support among council members. They would forbid:

Throwbacks (tossing throws back to the floats), subject to a fine of $250.
what about the bacchus floats designed for this?

Chaining ladders together.
good

Placing ladders closer than 6 feet to the curb.
great enforce the law already on the books

Roping off private areas.
This is going to be hard to enforce, plus I feel if you have been there for 10+ hours, it's shitty when someone just walks in front of the spot you have been holding

Selling "snap pops" and stink bombs.
sticking snap pops in straws and shotting them at the floars used to be a lot of fun
Riding the exterior of a vehicle in a parade.

The placing of private portable toilets in the public right of way, including neutral grounds.
City needs to do more to provide places to pee

The placing of tents, grills and other personal items in the public right of way.

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fine with this

I would also say no setting up before 5am the day of a parade too.