Voodoo Music Mess: Rehage & Rains Bring Ruin Upon N.O. City Park
It is a vision of New Orleans not seen since those painful days of
October 2005 when dead refrigerators and rubble were painfully piled
under the oaks that line the streets of our city. A time when the inner
sanctum of our neighborhoods and lives was muddied and crushed by the
failure of public systems.
morning-after vision of a callous, irresponsible and mismanaged event.
And as with other damage to City Park documented on this site for
months, should have and could have been dealt with during planning
stages, calling into question management at all levels of both Rehage
Entertainment and City Park. As a promoter with experience in Central Park in NYC and the National
Mall in Washington, Rehage knows better. Were these horrible pictures
depicting the aftermath of a music event in either of those respected
and venerable public spaces, it would be national news and the
promoters and subcontractors would be paying a very heavy price in
both dollars and reputation. But, it's just City Park, where damage begins on paper, during the
planning stages, on the desks of well-paid and overworked public
servants we taxpayers entrust with the stewardship of this
irreplaceable and and vital landscape. And that fact raises many
troubling questions about leadership, responsibilty and consequences. It remains to be seen whether there will be any answers....or
atonement, if such a concept is even possible.
