11-29-2018, 02:31 PM
(11-29-2018, 11:50 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(11-29-2018, 11:00 AM)Spokes Wrote: But drinking on the streets is illegal. We know that the entire street was packed. So all of those were breaking the law.
This has turned into a back and forth about what is legal or not. I think it's hard to not say that laws were being broken widespread, but that's besides the point, and that's just me.
But....the fact remains that the region paid 500,000 in police costs and even more in health care costs. That's an issue. I'm all for students and students having fun, but it's hard no to see that it's an issue
*sigh*...I think it's hard to say that the laws were being broken in a widespread fashion (not that such lawlessness is unusual in our society, just look at speeding--yet somehow, we don't call the cars on Fischer-Hallman "illegal").
As for the costs, sure, set that as the budget for the event next year, if it's successful, it should be easy to attract paying vendors the following year to cover the costs.
Just because everyone speeds down Fischer-Hallman (me included) doesn't mean they're not breaking the law.
Just because people drink in the middle of the streets at the party and don't get charged doesn't mean it's not breaking the law.
But that's the issue. Are tax payers willing to spend a half million dollars on this? I think that's the whole issue, it seems like they're not. If they were, why not just keep things status quo?