On a personal note, as stated above, I’m quite open minded, but I wish that there would be fewer daytime drunks, less pissing, and less public nudity in SF in general. The number of shriveled cocks and tanned beer bellies I care to look at on any given day is quite low. Zero, actually.

The ‘other venues’ excuse is the same line George Bush fed us when he closed down our First Amendment rights at every protest we showed up at. He was incredibly supportive of the First Amendment, of course, just as long as it wasn’t anywhere in the vicinity of his gatherings — most of which were on public property.

As always, there are people who are terrified that someone somewhere is having a good time.

SAVE BAY TO BREAKERS.

We need to develop a culture of harm reduction as relates to people pissing and shitting on the streets. In my neighborhood where piss is the least of our problems, I’d like to see crapper stations where people can get plastic bags, TP and sanitizer so that they can find somewhere to do their business, clean up and pack it all away, I mean people don’t shit in the streets of Mexico City where many are poorer and crazier than here, for chrissake.

Similarly, for Bay to Breakers, organizers might distribute disposable screw top bottles with mouths wide enough to accomodate any kind of genitalia, so that people can pour their drinks into them and put everything back where it came from when the time comes.

When we support development rules that take edgy dense urban areas and slates them for luxury condominiums and “livable city” treatments and amenities, then we are going to see the rise of a much less fun voting population and commensurately bland public policy. As Gavin Newsom said: “there is no fundamental difference between San Francisco and Stockton.”

-marc