Sunday, May 3, 2009

Post-Mifflin 2009 Thoughts

According to today's Wisconsin State Journal, it seems that this year's Mifflin Street Block Party was a great success. While the headline says "fewer problems," I'd say that's an understatement. As reported, there were only 140 arrests, with 2 of those taken to jail. Think about that for a moment. Last year, there were 440 arrests and 63 of those went to the hoosgow. That's a 68 percent decrease (if my math is right...which it may very well not be).

So, from my time there, here's what I think helped keep everything mellow this year: good weather, nearby port-a-johns, good music that everyone can dance to, a smaller crowd (maybe?), lots of food and even a few vendors like Pipefitters.

I wanna know your Mifflin experience. Did you think it was calmer? What made it so?