What Time Is It?

Bobby Jindal

Mayor Mitch

McRambling in costume

While walking through the SDT-cleaned phantom streets of the French Quarter/Marigny this Halloween weekend (and wondering about the intelligence of the idiot that decided it would be a great idea to sell laughing gas filled balloons on Frenchman Street), I was shocked at the ingenuity displayed by some of our locale’s leaders when it came to their choice of costumes.

Who would have surmised that our state’s tea party-loving governor, Piyush “Bobby” Jindal , would have taken time out from his multi-state jaunt campaigning for fellow elephant lovin’ compatriots? But lo and behold there he was strolling through the FQ on Saturday night. At least, I could swear it was him adorned in the apropos costume of Two Face from the Batman movie series. What a fitting mask for our presidential wannabe; a perfect accoutrement for the man who tells his fellow solons to quit whining about billions of dollars in pending state budget cuts, yet refuses to provide details of his own budget plan. All the while, he launches website attacks against any other elected official who has the audacity to publicly unveil their own budgetary proposals.  Duplicity becomes you, Bobby. So, too, does the mask of the man who wears two faces.

Obviously enjoying the respite provided via a bye week, the notorious “Mad Hatter”, Les Miles, was also witnessed sashaying down Bourbon Street, resplendent in his costume choice that left a trail of hay in his wake.  Les was oblivious to the laughter inducing wardrobe selection he opted for, given his choice of the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz. Upon gazing at Les, the refrain of that timeless classic, “If I only had a brain…” played through my mind , solely interrupted by my query to him, “Hey Les, got the time?” 

Local solons were also in view, with our newly elected mayor, Mitch Landrieu, providing the star quotient on Decatur. At first, I was slightly puzzled by da Mayor’s duds, but after a few more adult beverages, the genius of his sartorial splendor dawned upon me.

Truly, a fairy godmother get up reflects what many local pundits have opined about Landrieu’s proposed city budget, given its reliance upon a huge increase in property taxes, and the populace’s disdain for the same.

In hindsight, perhaps a genie costume would have been more befitting Mayor Mitch, since then he would three wishes to utilize for the city’s fiscal ills.

Gridiron hero Drew Brees was seen gallavanting around town, impersonating an ancient greek. No, not Zeus, but the lesser known Diogenes. However, instead of looking for the honest man, Brees’ version of the lantern-baring Greek icon, was searching for the equally illusive Saints’ offense.

Finally, and epitomizing the adage "What’s good for the goose...," yours truly was also spotted holding the banner in front of the Floozie Kazoozies in the Monoghan parade on Sunday. Unfortuantely, no costume could do my face justice, so I went au natural.