11-23-2018, 04:07 PM
(11-23-2018, 02:19 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(11-23-2018, 01:57 PM)Spokes Wrote: The universities will definitely try to take a hands off, we're not responsible, approach to this. So what do you do, just quadruple the fines issued to party goers?
Start arresting people who are occupying the street. Start early in the day patrolling up and down the street and arrest anybody who violates the right-of-way of the patrol car.
Not sure how effective this would really be.
I do remember years ago when this was previously an issue one year the police showed up early in the day. I don’t know exactly what their orders were but I assume they started ticketing offences early in the day to try to keep it under control from the beginning.
I wonder how the $half-million compares to costs for other events? I have no idea. Sounds awfully expensive for one party.
What? no way. Do you want to live in a police state? Plus this would likely cost so much more money and resources than just having police walking around the party and supervising.
As a taxpayer, i'm not pissed off at all. Things cost money, all services do. This is a student town and young people have the right to have fun. Go to any university town and parties like this happen, some bigger some smaller. In fact, this is pretty ideal as Ezra's residents are 100% students, it's right next to campus, in an easy location for services/emergency/etc. They just need to make it more official, have vendors and make money off it somehow. This is a big event that creates a community spirit for the students and will make them look back and have fun/good memories about their time in Waterloo.