SLO County News BlogGolf, Wine, Real Estate, Business & Travel NewsSLO Mardi Gras is still overThursday, January 26, 2006The party is still over. That's the newest version of the message San Luis Obispo officials sent out last year in hopes of putting the kibosh on riotous Mardi Gras celebrations.While the publicity, police force, planning and other operations cost the city about $350,000 last year, this year the city expects to spend about $50,000 less keeping the revelry down. SLO hopes to gradually step down the amount the city spends on publicity -- through TV and radio ads, posters and door hangers in problem areas -- over the years. The police presence on the streets over the long holiday weekend should also drop over time. Last year, there were about 450 officers. This year, there will be 350. Laws put into place last year for Mardi Gras -- including tripling the fine for serving alcohol to minors and making public nudity a crime -- will come back into effect over the long weekend. Read More
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