New Haven Independent

posted by: davec on March 11, 2011  12:56pm

Write as many citations as you can.  We need the $$.  16 cops laid off, Fire Engine 8, Library staff laid-off, library hours cut.
Stumbling down Chapel Street with a Bud Light should be seen as a form of voluntary taxation…

posted by: O'Toole on March 11, 2011  1:13pm

Family oriented, really? If I had a family I’d go nowhere near that parade. I could hear it now: “Daddy, why is that guy peeing on the sidewalk?”

posted by: Blue Flu on March 11, 2011  2:05pm

Mr Limon,
Lets make a deal… the cops don’t strike and show up for work on Parade day and we as citizens will curb our public drinking.  Seems fair to me.

BTW O’Toole… get with the program.  I understand that Haters like you will hate, but you should also be aware that there are plenty of family friendly areas along the parade route.  In fact, if you would like I would be happy to set aside some VIP tickets to the grandstand area on Church street for you and your family.  That way you can see what the parade is really all about instead of making sweeping generalizations about the actions of a few.  With 300,000 people there are bound to be a few examples of poor behavior but by no means is that what the parade is all about.

posted by: Sheila de Bretteville on March 11, 2011  2:09pm

street life is what makes a city for me !
I miss the streets filled with food and people during the Italian festival that moved to a parking lot, and all times that Chapel Street had performers as part of the pIlot pen ... I am grateful and happy that. Patrick’s Day brings out crowds!

posted by: M on March 11, 2011  3:41pm

Again people, put your booze in a plastic cup and don’t get fall down drunk & pee in the streets and you will be fine!  My friends and I said and DID this last year and we were never confronted by or bother by the police.  If you can’t attend a public event in the middle of the day and drink responsibly without getting plastered and acting a fool than you should spare the rest of us your antics and stay home! As for everyone else who can behave like mature adults, Happy St. Patrick’s Day, enjoy the parade and the lovely weather :-)

posted by: Bruce on March 11, 2011  4:08pm

Blue Flu:  My 2yo daughter would love to see this parade, but I hesitate to bring her because the crowds are so dense and dangerous for small children. What would you say is the best location?  Personally, I enjoy the revelry, but last year her stroller was nearly crushed by the crowds on Chapel near the Green.

posted by: Threefifths on March 11, 2011  4:24pm

sláinte sloynta

posted by: joe on March 11, 2011  4:28pm

@ bruce try to get down there early and go to the green near I think it’s city hall…its usually a good spotqith the reviewing stand nearby I’ve enjoyed that spot for years…

posted by: Threefifths on March 11, 2011  4:29pm

Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF2IaDQa2c8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOydQFJdx1k

posted by: Paddy on March 11, 2011  4:31pm

Bruce,

I would say the best spot for you and your family would be on Church St. anywhere from City Hall up to Grove St. Tons of families with small children watch the parade from this area. I hope you and your family come out and enjoy the wonderful New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade!!!

posted by: Blue on March 11, 2011  5:06pm

Bruce,
I agree with Paddy… have fun!  Indeed the crowd is much more “tame” on Church between chapel and Grove… you may want to stop near the viewing stand in front of city hall… there is a family friendly area there with bleachers.

posted by: 093 on March 11, 2011  5:44pm

Hey chief you start giving out citations
I certainly am not giving any citations out let them have fun the city allowed drinking for decades and now no. I am gonna sit back and enjoy the parade as longs as no one gets out of control

posted by: Lets show them their right on March 11, 2011  9:00pm

HEY DAVE C, i think a much better idea would be for all the police to show up late, stand around, get paid and continue to take heat from the public and bloggers about how lazy and useless they are.  Hell is this is the majority feeling, might as well let them be right…GOOD LUCK NH your on your own hahahaha

posted by: @ chief lemons on March 12, 2011  2:01am

you want us to take action? on your say so?  why?  so you can throw us under the bus when the “residents” complain like you did Melendez?  no thanks, do it yourself!

posted by: Mike on March 12, 2011  8:33am

Limon needs to focus on the violent crime in this city, period. Threatening tickets for open containers is an absolute joke for the St Patty’s parade especially when parts of this town are already like the wild west(cops don’t often issue tickets for anything).

posted by: wally heller on March 12, 2011  11:37am

... This parade was NEVER for kids.
This parade brings scores of thousands of people back into new haven because of the bacchanal that it is.  people who don’t come into town for any other reason during the year (now that the summer concerts were axed)  and each one i bet doesn’t spend less then $30 in new haven.  minimal. 
That’s a lot of money for a random sunday during what’s usually a crappy weather day.
Is it new haven’s finest cultural offering?  absolutely not.  Do the parade goers often get drunk and sloppy?  Yes they do.
but, is new orleans going to ban drinking on mardi gras anytime soon?

posted by: travelyn's corn on March 12, 2011  9:55pm

Threefifths, we don’t always see eye to eye, but i want to tell you, i do appreciate the knowledge and appreciation of different cultures your postings have shown in the past.  those are funny commercials, and the proper greetings of an true irishman.  no matter where they live or were born.
go raibh maith agat my friend.

posted by: Threefifths on March 13, 2011  5:35pm

posted by: travelyn’s corn on March 12, 2011 8:55pm
Threefifths, we don’t always see eye to eye, but i want to tell you, i do appreciate the knowledge and appreciation of different cultures your postings have shown in the past.  those are funny commercials, and the proper greetings of an true irishman.  no matter where they live or were born.
go raibh maith agat my friend.

Éirinn go Brách

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkky3YHzNBM&feature=related