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We saw the website before, but weren't sure what to make of it. Now, the people behind this unofficial mock funeral and parade have flyers up. So it's on, as far as we can tell.
Looks like things will get kicked off at 6:00 PM and then head up Market to 17th Street. Of course, if you are among the crowd (some expect 100,000) coming to the Castro neighborhood tonight, you run the risk of being labeled an "ungrateful lout" by the official city Un-Halloween website. You've been warned.
Which BlogSpot website has captured your heart? Details of the planned funeral after the jump.
Here 'tis:
Death of Castro Halloween
Funeral Procession
Halloween Night
Wednesday, 10/31/07, 6PM
Come join us to mourn the Death of Castro Halloween with a funeral procession from
Beale & Market to Castro & Market on Halloween Night Wed, 10/31/07!
6:00PM Meet at Robert Frost Statue on Beale & Market
(Bring black cardboard coffins, dress in dark clothing,
bring a red rose for the burial)
6:15PM Funeral Procession Begins
6:15-7PM Funeral Procession from Beale & Market to Castro & Market
7-7:30PM Burial & Eulogy at Twin Peaks Bar on Castro & Market
7:30-8PM Resurrection of the Spirit of the Castro
Volunteers Wanted:
1. Pall bearers for the coffins
2. Mourners & Zombies for the funeral procession
3. A gay man with a fabulous costume to embody the "Resurrected Spirit of the Castro" by popping out of the coffin after the burial at Twin Peaks bar.
Tell your friends! Contact castrodirge@yahoo.com for details.
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100,000 even after everything was cancelled? This is going to be pandemonium.
I thought they would do a play titled: "How the Grinch (Newsom) stole Halloween" with some good ol' classic Grinch poetry!
Who is this David Perry dude? Looks like he is a downtown PR flack with a lot of clients who take SF city money one way or another.
Your tax dollars at work, ungrateful louts. Remember that when you go shopping in the Castro, or elsewhere, in future.
Oh, this is good. Mr. Perry is "[a] firm believer in the philosophy that there are only two forces in the world – fear and open communication."
We can see which one he chose, or was paid to choose, here.
David Perry & Associates did a terrible campaign. When you make posters made by an absolute amateur, and PSAs that are youtube quality, it makes you wonder where that $40,000 that was paid with MY tax money went to.
A cheap looking campaign = Encouragement to go to the event.
Oh yeah... I commented on their PSA vids on Youtube and their cheap-o blog site promoting their "stay at home" campaign, and they censored me. Thank you, you taxpayer funded censorship idiots.
Now I found out, their youtube videos:
--Ratings disabled
--Comments disabled
Yep... taxpayer funded censorship.
$40,000? Those flyers had to have been made with Microsoft Word and a cheap HP printer in like 30 minutes.
SF: the city that always sleeps.
Holy shit what a fucking wanker.
Take a look at the Home for Halloween website, emphasis added:
"So Far, Really Good ...
Right on Bevan -- and humble is how all of us who have been working on the "No Halloween in the Castro / Home for Halloween" campaign feel right now -- humbled by the work of our public safety professionals, our incredibly competent (and patient) police officers; humbled by the dozens of Castro business owners, bar-keeps and neighbors who have helped in this effort."
Dude. If you were so fucking humble, you would STFU and give back the tax dollars you have wasted.
When you think about the 600 cop presence:
Assuming $50/hr. average for overtime
Six hours of work
and multiply that by 600
= $180,000
Uh huh... does that mean a .25 increase in sales taxes next year?
Also aj:
Their blog is operating on Blogger for free! Uh huh... can't afford to run a private one?