New Orleans Strip Clubs: Modified New Orleans curfew needed for safety: Kristin Gisleson Palmer
January 18, 2012
Today, at a similar time of escalating crime and neighborhood violence, it is our duty as elected leaders to stand up, be bold and consider any and all methods that will keep our families and our communities safe.
To that end, with the support of my City Council colleagues, I authored and the council unanimously passed an amendment to the 1994 law that modifies the curfew for minors by three hours (8:00 p.m. rather than 11:00 p.m.) on crowded weekend evenings (Friday and Saturday), in the French Quarter and a section of Faubourg Marigny that contains the Frenchmen Street entertainment district.
The over-arching question has been, why the French Quarter and this particular section of the Marigny? The answer is simple. No other neighborhood in the city, state or nation sized at .66 square miles, just 12 blocks wide, contains more than 350 alcohol beverage outlets, and includes adult entertainment establishments and numerous strip clubs.
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