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Castroween 2007 needs more lights, more dance music

by Tortuga Bi LIBERTY
... learning from 2006; planning for Castroween 2007....
Does Castroween need improvement?
Yes.
Is the answer what we tried in 2006 --
more cops, less entertainment, and
trying to close early?
Apparently not.


Bringing in 800 cops must have cost a huge amount
in overtime pay,
yet they couldn't even catch the man
who publicly shot several people.

That money could have been better spent on LIGHTS and
webcams,
to make costumes (and thugs) more visible.
And on DANCE MUSIC,
to provide a healthy outlet for
youthful energy.


Good news:
We WILL have an extra hour of
sunlight on 31 Octover 2007, and in following years
-- because the Daylight Savings Time season is being
lengthened.

-- TBL


....
Castroween 2006:
"... Some 800 cops were on hand,
and yet someone managed to bring in a gun,
shoot nine perople
--- and get away .... "

[ -editorial,
SF Bay Guardian,
8-14 November 2006,
page 5 ]

.....
For SF Bay Guardian news account
of 31 Oct 2006 event,
please see:

http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=2043&catid=4&volume_id=254&issue_id=261&v\
olume_num=41&issue_num=06

.....


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SaveFreedom
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sfbarea
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nakity/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/franhattan/
SUN, POB 426937, SF, CA 94142-6937



.....
by anon
There is a great need to confront the out of control youth violence in SF and Oakland. Is the the liberal/left up for the challenge? When I read posts like this, I pretty sure the answer is no, which is why people like Alix Rosenthal and Aimee Allison lose.
by thumper
The politicians in this city need a wake up call. Halloween in the Castro is the peoples party and no frickin pol or cop is going to shut it down. Do yourselves a favor and bring in more entertainment, humor us instead of banning us... That party has been going on for twenty years, and it will not stop. (period) If we don't get entertained then there will be more violence.(period)
Bevan Dufty must have been stoned when he decided to try and close it early.
Oh by the way guns have been a part of California culture since its inception. Maybe we should be teaching those kids how to aim......?
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