The Wall Street Journal
June 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Something strange happened in the French Quarter in December. The trash-strewn streets were swept spotless seemingly overnight. Graffiti old enough to graduate was power-washed out of existence. And Bourbon Street’s signature scent of vomit and regret was replaced with the smell of lemons.
It wasn’t magic. It was a new emergency sanitation contract. And now—much to many residents’ and business owners’ dismay—the mayor wants to take it away.
Read more: https://on.wsj.com/44oVVNa
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