New Haven Independent

Posted by: cedarhillresident | October 31, 2008 4:26 PM

ok paul I am totally wanting to stealing these!!! MY goodness to funny!!!!!! Mike that one I am totally saving and may have to put it on postcards!!!!! Where is Mayo's outfit??

Posted by: cedarhillresident | October 31, 2008 6:01 PM

ps Cuts need to be made their are ways to do these type of events with less. Where their is a will their is a way
Johnny will understand this line. It is time to stop running the city like a bunch of Spacone's!!!

Posted by: East Rockette | October 31, 2008 9:27 PM

Hang on, exactly how much money was spent on the parade -- apart from whatever the bus drivers got paid for making the extra trip? As far as I can see, the biggest expense was the hours that teachers, parents, and kids spent making costumes, and luckily, that came free.

It's a super-cute event, don't get me wrong. As mother to one of the marching solar panels, I followed the whole route with a grin on my face, and watched the kids and onlookers smiling the whole way round.

But a budget-buster, it ain't.

Posted by: write&wrong | November 1, 2008 10:10 AM

Cedarhill, Don't be silly...Mayo is dressed as the Mayor from his campaign for Gov spots a few years ago. Don't you remember the Mayor on the bike... classic!

Posted by: Gary Doyens | November 1, 2008 6:20 PM

These are great events, Captain Planet. They don't cost much and they build community. If you could get your head out of the stars, you'd understand you must SUBSTANTIALLY cut city payroll, refocus the departments and mission of the city. Alarminig school kids is pitiful and dishonest.

Posted by: robn | November 2, 2008 11:14 AM

I second the supposition that this parade is cheap compared to other events like the StPatty's parade, where the sidewalk cleaning bill alone probably dwarfs the holloween parade.

This event is a great way to give kids an indelible memory of participating in civic life in New Haven and also serves as a reminder to New Haveners that there are faces behind those educational tax dollars.

Posted by: jawbone | November 2, 2008 3:03 PM

ROBN,
Here, Here. Nix the St. Patrick's Day Parade. The extreme public drunkeness is disgusting and embarassing. And I ain't no teetotaler...

Posted by: cedarhillresident | November 2, 2008 6:05 PM

Ok but lets remember how much money is spent in the downtown area after the St. Patty's day parade. It helps people to rediscover New Haven. And the fact that New Haven was the originator of the St Patty's day parade in 1842! This is one of our claims in history just like the hamburger and the Frisbee the cotton gin the erector set. How many non new haveners come for this parade and return to downtown for other things following this event. It is a big part of marketing new haven as a fun place for out of towners to visit.

Posted by: Deuce | November 3, 2008 8:11 AM

What's with Piscitelli's man-boobs suit?

Posted by: Walt | November 3, 2008 9:04 AM

Doesn't Piscatelli remember that Giuliani took a political dive after his adventures in drag?

Posted by: Deuce | November 3, 2008 3:40 PM

I love the circular arrows on Mayor Johnny's costume. What does that represent? That he talks in circles? It's Captain Give 'Em The Run Around!

Posted by: elmcity69 | November 3, 2008 5:25 PM

as usual, our mayor loves to engage in sulkiness and scare tactics. anyone else thinking that if Johnny D. gave back his undeserved raise, this small budget parade needn't be discontinued?

of course, that would be too rational for the bunch running our city.

Posted by: Anon | November 3, 2008 5:41 PM

It's a sumo wrestler costume. Had the picture of Mike Piscitelli been taken from a little further back, that would've been clear.

Posted by: jawbone | November 4, 2008 12:11 PM

Cedarhill, all due respect (and I do respect 99% of your postings) but I don't buy your argument at all. Downtown New Haven is not a fun place at all during the St. Patricks Day parade. Come down next year and get a taste of it and see if you still feel the same way afterward. Then try and imagine me pulling a 3 and a 5 year old through that mess.
This brings me to another completely different point. The St. Patrick's Day parade represents a subtle form a racism that the city participates in. Namely, why is it that the open container laws are allowed to be lifted for the St. Patrick's Day parade and not lifted for the Freddy the Fixer Day or Puerto Rican Pride parade? My vote is to not lift the open container law for ANY of the parades. Again, I ain't no teetotaler, but enough with the puke, piss and burning furniture in the streets every March...