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December 2023 As residents of the French Quarter, we are blessed.We say this because we are fortunate to be able to live in America’s oldest historic neighborhood – to appreciate the architecture and the stories that that architecture tells. We tell these stories through not only us as the people that live here – but to the world. It is this history and the architecture of this 300 year plus city that we have to offer.… Read more »
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What tourists experience in the French Quarter may deter them from returning

https://www.audacy.com/podcast/newell-normand-7db0d/episodes/what-tourists-experience-in-the-french-quarter-may-deter-them-from-returning-2ebca  … Read more »
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Louisiana State Police are returning to New Orleans

https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/jeff-landry-signals-return-of-state-police-to-new-orleans-but-what-does-that-mean/article_d453c8a2-9b9a-11ee-865b-7f0127aa88eb.html#tncms-source=featured-2 Jeff Landry signals return of State Police to New Orleans, but what does that mean? Louisiana governor-elect hints at surge of troopers three years after they left town Three years after Louisiana State Police quietly pulled out of New Orleans, disbanding a specially funded unit that had stood watch in the French Quarter since 2014, a return of troopers in force appears close at hand.Read more »
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President’s Year-End Message to Members

TWO QUESTIONS FOR 2021  At French Quarter Citizens, this year started off, as did the rest of the world, with high hopes at the beginning of a new decade. We’re ending the year questioning the idea of democracy and the thought of individual liberty.  Aside from maybe Jason Williams and a number of the new judges elected, most people will be glad to see the year 2020 come to a close.… Read more »
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Gail Cavett

Gail Cavett grew up in Morgan City, LA, which was like growing up in Mayberry. She was active in high school sports, band, and student activities. She attended LSU in Baton Rouge after which she was a flight attendant for TWA based in New York, where she met and married her former husband, an Entertainment Lawyer in Beverly Hills, California, where she lived until divorcing and returned to Louisiana.… Read more »
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