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JCishome wrote:
Nope, sorry, wrong, but thanks for playing our game.

The Puerto Rican festival DOES have a disproportionate amount of thuggish behavior, trash and air of impending violence. It has nothing to do with a culture's "ways" - for some reason, it attracts a large number of beasts who think they can get away with anything because they have a flag on their t-shirt.

YOU, madam, are the racist for implying that we should allow sub-human behavior because Puerto Ricans are just like a bunch of teenagers set loose in dad's liquor cabinet. If I were Puerto Rican, it's you I'd be offended by.

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That's the thing with these "progressives." They treat certain minorities as their pets. As if they are just animals who don't know any better. So they will scold you if you try to call them out on their misbehavior.

Hoboken's treatment of the St. Paddy's Day Parade has been right on the mark and is inspirational for us civilized people. In addition to providing tight police control, they dramatically increased the fines for offenses such as disorderly conduct to $2,000, for one day only. This has had the effect of lowering misbehavior, as well as providing a financial source of recoupment for the security and cleanup costs associated with the event.

Try doing that to the PR parade and the "progressives" would probably have a fit for trying to hold their pets accountable to the same standards we hold the St. Paddy's Day attendees to. But I believe these "progressives" are on the wrong side of history. More and more people are seeing through their BS tactics of throwing the race card at every turn to give a free pass to unacceptable behavior. More people want to do the right thing, and the fair thing, and demand civilized behavior from all.

So you may not see the crackdown immediately, but I think it is coming.

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TheBigGuy wrote:
It never ceases to amaze me how certain people on this board cannot comment on any issue except through their own ?social justice prism?. Thus every other contrary opinion is invalid because it formed on institutional racism and white privilege. Consequently, all contrarians are branded and dismissed as racists.

All people are asking for is accountability on the part of all festival organizers and the city to ensure festivals safe and happy events for all the attendees. They are quick to label people but they never acknowledge that there are issues with celebrations that go on for 2 days and end on Sunday night 8:00pm with police cars, sirens blaring in response to 911 calls. Exchange Place is the perfect location for these festivals, my favorite is the South American festival? we just want the guests to be considerate of the neighbors and the waterfront environment.

Well said.

Pebble wrote:
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JCishome wrote:
"Eye-candy flack"? Really.

I don't know Ms. Morrill, but I'm sure she's very capable. Calling her "eye-candy" is disrespectful, misogynistic...and incorrect.

They're referencing the new male hire as a gay jab...

Wishful_Thinking wrote:
It's a shame this owner has let this become a hazard - historically, coal chutes had cast-iron vault covers, similar to the cast-iron and bullet glass sidewalk vaults you see in SoHo in NYC (smaller, of course).

It should be filled in, a more sensitive owner could find a replacement to mark the place of an interesting tid-bit of history http://www.urbanremainschicago.com/ne ... ute-covers-now-available/

JC_Livin wrote:
Thanks for posting this. I recently started commuting by bike - which I was terrified to do - and have found I feel quite safe and the drivers are far more aware than I expected. This makes me feel even better.

devilsadvocate wrote:
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JCishome wrote:
I'm amazed at the attention this person is getting. Weren't we all clueless, self-important blowhards at that age?

Um no. I was enrolled in a useful major at a good college (or maybe I was in grad school already - can't recall her exact age), had a job, managed my own budget, and didn't expect to live in the best part of town when I couldn't afford it.