Who is behind Lepre-Con ?

We have seen posts here saying that the people who contacted the press are not the real individuals.

Mello is a smart man. He gets it. The bars keep the drunks all in one place. Not only that but the fact that people have to wait for a bartender to pour a drink instead of the self service usually found at parties means people drink slower pace at a bar that is packed to the gills than at a house party full of amateurs. Worst mistake this town ever made was asking the bars to start opening late. We should actually encourage them to open early & have them put on more security and keep loads of cops down by the bars to keep the drunks in line and give them nice $2,000 tickets when they get out of line.

Why don't you just outlaw the sale of individual kegs during the week OR, when you purchase a keg, you have to provide your address.

That's what they use to do to us in Oneonta. We would have to leave our address. This way the cops knew where to raid.

Thought the parade was the main cause of all these issues? Why waist valuable time at a city council meeting? Crime rate is up shouldn't city council and public safety director focus on more important issues now that the parade is cancelled?

@Hobbs...honest question. Why are you interested in organized the event? Even you knew who the person was what would that do? I've heard that some want so stick this person with the bill or sue them for damages incurred. Is there precedent for that?

Ok that's more than one question. I'm not trying to be argumentative, just curious.

So I thought the Parade was the problem ? "Huh". I would agree that bar opening early is better then later. When the bars open late it is basically saying start drinking at home around at around 8am drink as much as you can till 10 then get in line for the 11am bar opening. Now remember you are going to be in line for 45 min so drink enough to stay drunk and maybe some alcohol in a coke or Dunkins coffee. When you get in bar around 1113am do shots since you haven't been really drinking for more then an hour.
Now if bar is open at 8am there is no rush to drink because you have all day. Plus then of being spread all though out neighborhoods more people will be located around the bars which are mostly on Washington and 1st street.

@MT....I fully agree. I think the late opening may actually backfire. I understand the rationale put forth by the Safety Director, however the consequence will be that people will party in their houses earlier. In fact the irony of this whole thing is that a few years ago the city tried to control the bar scene by asking for a late opening. This gave rise to the house party scene which has been the cause of the worst problems in recent years.

dan cunning writes in to make a comment about the parade and that tool fap has to mention that the guy lives in church towers. it was a great!!! parade his family volunteered many many hours to put on over the years. so now everytime fap writes in let's not forget to mention that he lives in the Sadsackville, that creepy part of Losertown that's also home to Seigel, Brice and Gardner.

Bar crawls are also easier to manage than the free for all that was the parade. With a crawl you keep all the people on a predetermined route with scheduled stops at each location. It will allow you to properly plan and deploy law enforcement to where the greatest concentration of people will be throughout the day.

I also don't buy the hype that the city I'd going to lay the smack down this year on revelers. How's that different from any other year? They've been heavy handed with enforcement in prior years but it's done little to stem the problem

The fact of the matter is, the comment about wasting time at city council meetings is directly on point. The Mayor still has a huge mess on her hands and took the family aspect out of the day. Now it is 100% completely a Mardi-Gras style party and the Mayor has nobody to blame but herself for not keeping her residents and visitors safe in the first place.

And honestly, who writes peoples names and where they reside on comments after an article on a website. That was done in poor taste and should be amended to take that away.

I just want to point out to all those commenting that without the parade we are now a Mardi-Gras style party, that on the official Marti-Gras website
http://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/schedule.html
There are 60 official parades listed. So Hoboken no longer having a parade does not make it Mardi-Gras style. I think I know what you are trying to get out, but Mardi-Gras is all about parades, find a better analogy.

Was not referencing a parade, was more along the lines of referencing a giant out of control party on the streets. Nice try though.

fact of the matter is, there is going to be a HUGE party the first weekend of March, cancelling the parade didnt stop anything. it is going to get ugly and any sort of family oriented activity or any sort of tradition is now gone with that parade being cancelled and that was the point I was trying to make.

I agree with you but you are not the only one trying to use the analogy (in this tread yes). You are right, it is now just going to be a group of people who's only intention is to get as drunk as they can, but that was the mantra of the past few years and there still was a parade. Mardi Gras is actually very controlled for what it is. Very few fights on the street, not a lot of property damage and over the years I've been down there, I'm yet to witness any public urination, although I am not naive to believe it isn't' any urination, fights, issues down in the Quarter that week. But I digress and want to stay on topic. If you are sincere about the family oriented activities, I hope you will give the Irish Heritage Festival in Sinatra Park on the 14th a fair shake.