1. The Super Bowl XLVII Host Committee used tax dollars to: Manage 8500 volunteers, taking jobs away from local hospitality workers Purchase up to 35,000 parking spots at no cost to the NFL Purchase local media to promote NFL events Purchase citywide décor elements (signs, banners, wraps) while censoring local businesses & individuals WE ARE NOT A COMMERCIAL! Mayor Landrieu & City of New Orleans spent $300 million renovating MSY airport attempted to revoke residents’ First Amendment rights with Clean Zone ordinances Changed Mardi Gras parade schedule, which caused krewes to lose money Forced unreasonable upgrades & deadlines on NOLA cab drivers while offering permits to out of town taxi corporations. Super Bowl 47 should not be NOLA residents’ cross to bear! Did you know the NFL is a nonprofit organization?