âWhat about downtown?â Community pushes back after Ocean Springs votes to cancel parades
Ocean Springs votes unanimously to cancel 2021 Mardi Gras parades
By Tristan Ruppert | December 23, 2020 at 5:50 PM CST - Updated December 24 at 6:45 AM
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - The good times will not be rolling in Ocean Springs in 2021. The board of alderman unanimously voted Wednesday to cancel the two Mardi Gras parades the city usually holds each year.
Not everyone was a fan of the decision, though. Some community members pushed back, pointing out that other events such as Cruisinâ the Coast and the Peter Anderson Festival were permitted.