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Gen. Russell Honore for the help he delivered after Katrina, video the mayor rode a horse at the head of the Zulu parade wearing an video Army camouflage jacket with four gold stars video on the collar and a military beret, clenching Honore's signature cigar between his teeth. "Mardi Gras is part of our tradition," Nagin said. "It's something we needed ... to get back to the norm. We needed it psychologically." Nagin has said bluntly that New Orleans needed the money from Mardi Gras tourism and homegrown activity to shore up the city treasury. "Don't think this is a party without a purpose," the mayor said Tuesday. Two divergent groupsIndeed, the municipal government is starved for money, and the heavy lifting of rebuilding New Orleans picks up again today. City residents are waiting for new federal flood zone maps that will determine whether it makes sense to rebuild their damaged dwellings.
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