BATON ROUGE - The Spanish Town Parade has rolled the streets of Baton Rouge for over four decades, but with the proposed 2026 city-parish budget cuts, the parade may be impacted significantly.

"If we can't get the security, then we, like other parades, have talked about moving out of the city of Baton Rouge," Robert King, President of Mystic Krewe of the Preservation of Lagniappe.

King and some of the board members of the organization went before the Metro Council on Wednesday night, asking them to provide security for their Spanish town parade, as they have for many years prior.

King says they have been told several different prices that they would have to pay for security on the day of the parade. He says at one point he was told it'd cost them $50,000 to hire officers.

"Someone from

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