By Antonio D. French
Filed Wednesday, March 29 at 2:09 PM
A group of long-time Soulard residents have formed an ad hoc committee to address neighborhood concerns about Mardi Gras with the hope of cancelling the 2007 event.
The group will read a statement at Mardi Gras Inc.'s annual Mardi Gras Forum to be held on Thursday, March 30, at 7:00. The forum will be held in the Boilermaker's Union Hall, 1547 South Broadway.
In an email to the media, organizers say the group came together and formed the committee "when several residents, fearful for their safety and that of their neighbors, outraged at the destruction of their private property, and discouraged by the general disrespect of the neighborhood by Mardi Gras planners and attendees, decided it was time to join together and speak out against the event."
They claim the annual event has become "overly promoted, dangerous and out-of-hand" and would like to see it permanently removed from the historic Soulard neighborhood.
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