WEBVTT NOTE duration:"00:02:12.8980000" NOTE recognizability:0.851 NOTE language:en-us NOTE Confidence: 0.88839376 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.812 The New Orleans Gay Pride Parade NOTE Confidence: 0.88839376 00:00:01.812 --> 00:00:04.199 is set to roll next weekend after NOTE Confidence: 0.88839376 00:00:04.199 --> 00:00:06.049 missing the last two years, NOTE Confidence: 0.88839376 00:00:06.050 --> 00:00:08.030 but organizers plan to roll on NOTE Confidence: 0.88839376 00:00:08.030 --> 00:00:09.670 a shortened route. It traditionally NOTE Confidence: 0.88839376 00:00:09.670 --> 00:00:11.688 rolls through parts of the marine NOTE Confidence: 0.88839376 00:00:11.688 --> 00:00:13.620 and the French Quarter, but as NOTE Confidence: 0.88839376 00:00:13.620 --> 00:00:14.848 Mike McDaniel explains tonight, NOTE Confidence: 0.88839376 00:00:14.848 --> 00:00:17.099 the parade could still be in jeopardy NOTE Confidence: 0.88839376 00:00:17.099 --> 00:00:19.205 because of a different problem garbage. NOTE Confidence: 0.8600623 00:00:21.740 --> 00:00:23.528 That parade is set for next NOTE Confidence: 0.8600623 00:00:23.528 --> 00:00:25.320 weekend because of the pandemic, NOTE Confidence: 0.8600623 00:00:25.320 --> 00:00:26.940 it hasn't happened since 2019. NOTE Confidence: 0.8600623 00:00:26.940 --> 00:00:28.240 It's a centerpiece in NOTE Confidence: 0.8600623 00:00:28.240 --> 00:00:29.215 celebrating Pride Month, NOTE Confidence: 0.8600623 00:00:29.220 --> 00:00:31.490 but without a garbage contract. It'll be NOTE Confidence: 0.8600623 00:00:31.490 --> 00:00:33.440 off the table. We've become more NOTE Confidence: 0.8600623 00:00:33.440 --> 00:00:35.145 and more concerned. Sarah Manowitz NOTE Confidence: 0.8600623 00:00:35.145 --> 00:00:36.850 should be finalizing plans for NOTE Confidence: 0.8600623 00:00:36.903 --> 00:00:38.318 this year's Pride parade in NOTE Confidence: 0.8600623 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:39.930 New Orleans, but there's a NOTE Confidence: 0.8600623 00:00:39.930 --> 00:00:41.925 problem I would much rather be NOTE Confidence: 0.8600623 00:00:41.925 --> 00:00:43.515 spending this time right now. NOTE Confidence: 0.8600623 00:00:43.520 --> 00:00:45.590 Sitting down and planning the lineup NOTE Confidence: 0.8600623 00:00:45.590 --> 00:00:48.067 instead of having to get on a soapbox. NOTE Confidence: 0.8600623 00:00:48.070 --> 00:00:49.822 And, you know, shake every tree NOTE Confidence: 0.8600623 00:00:49.822 --> 00:00:51.970 I can to resolve garbage pickup. NOTE Confidence: 0.85177726 00:00:52.420 --> 00:00:54.667 To hang up, securing a garbage pickup NOTE Confidence: 0.85177726 00:00:54.667 --> 00:00:57.217 contract which is required by the city could NOTE Confidence: 0.85177726 00:00:57.217 --> 00:00:59.500 stop the tin float parade from rolling NOTE Confidence: 0.85177726 00:00:59.500 --> 00:01:01.564 June 11th. We are actively continuing NOTE Confidence: 0.85177726 00:01:01.564 --> 00:01:04.356 to reach out to companies that have not NOTE Confidence: 0.85177726 00:01:04.356 --> 00:01:07.227 called us back to get anyone to give us a NOTE Confidence: 0.85177726 00:01:07.230 --> 00:01:09.156 bid. Only two companies have bid. NOTE Confidence: 0.85177726 00:01:09.160 --> 00:01:11.414 Manowitz says a $2500 bid fell through, NOTE Confidence: 0.85177726 00:01:11.420 --> 00:01:13.352 leaving only one a bid for NOTE Confidence: 0.85177726 00:01:13.352 --> 00:01:14.640 $33,900 from Ramelli waste. NOTE Confidence: 0.85177726 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:16.570 I thought it was a joke, NOTE Confidence: 0.85177726 00:01:16.570 --> 00:01:18.820 it wasn't company owner Bob Ramelli who NOTE Confidence: 0.85177726 00:01:18.820 --> 00:01:21.766 didn't want to go on camera says the cost NOTE Confidence: 0.85177726 00:01:21.766 --> 00:01:24.440 is comparable to his past 20 to $30,000. NOTE Confidence: 0.85177726 00:01:24.440 --> 00:01:25.481 Contract with crew. NOTE Confidence: 0.85177726 00:01:25.481 --> 00:01:27.910 Devout and the more than $70,000 one NOTE Confidence: 0.85177726 00:01:27.974 --> 00:01:30.104 for the Saint Patrick's Day parade. NOTE Confidence: 0.85177726 00:01:30.104 --> 00:01:31.526 It's apples and oranges. NOTE Confidence: 0.85177726 00:01:31.526 --> 00:01:33.674 Menuez says a better comparison would NOTE Confidence: 0.85177726 00:01:33.674 --> 00:01:36.560 be the gay Easter parade and that past NOTE Confidence: 0.85177726 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:38.599 pride parades spent less than half NOTE Confidence: 0.7985626 00:01:38.600 --> 00:01:40.370 of what Ramelli waste bid. NOTE Confidence: 0.7985626 00:01:40.370 --> 00:01:42.589 I don't know if they think we're NOTE Confidence: 0.7985626 00:01:42.589 --> 00:01:44.620 trying to plan pride mageddon, NOTE Confidence: 0.7985626 00:01:44.620 --> 00:01:47.098 but $33,000 is not only cost prohibitive, NOTE Confidence: 0.7985626 00:01:47.100 --> 00:01:48.156 but it's discriminatory. NOTE Confidence: 0.7985626 00:01:48.156 --> 00:01:49.564 Unable to pay that NOTE Confidence: 0.7985626 00:01:49.570 --> 00:01:51.658 Menuets hopes something else comes through NOTE Confidence: 0.7985626 00:01:51.658 --> 00:01:54.529 to make sure the parade rolls is planned. NOTE Confidence: 0.89026695 00:01:54.750 --> 00:01:57.398 We're not asking to not have to pay NOTE Confidence: 0.89026695 00:01:57.398 --> 00:02:00.078 or have a deep discount, we're just NOTE Confidence: 0.89026695 00:02:00.078 --> 00:02:01.848 asking for something that's reasonable. NOTE Confidence: 0.80712384 00:02:02.620 --> 00:02:03.708 Hearing about the snag, NOTE Confidence: 0.80712384 00:02:03.708 --> 00:02:05.068 the mayor's office is now NOTE Confidence: 0.80712384 00:02:05.068 --> 00:02:06.194 working with parade organizers NOTE Confidence: 0.80712384 00:02:06.194 --> 00:02:07.790 to try and find a solution. NOTE Confidence: 0.80712384 00:02:07.790 --> 00:02:09.790 So far, that's still up in the air NOTE Confidence: 0.80712384 00:02:09.790 --> 00:02:11.320 reporting from the French Quarter. NOTE Confidence: 0.80712384 00:02:11.320 --> 00:02:12.896 Mike McDaniel, Eyewitness News.