Comments of the Week: Sarah Palin, Bumbershoot, and the Farmland

Mon., Sep 24 2012 at 12:00AM

You had plenty to say about 'Shoot '08, the Veepstakes and local happenings during the week of August 29 through September 4. Check out comments on the stories here, then follow the link back to the original piece.

Stay Together, Carry a Gun, Protect the Hill: The area being patrolled is one of the nastiest places in this city and the cops won't do squat about it. I've seen drug deals in the parking lot of the gnarly apartment building north of the Charlemange (this one has no name - just a no-trespassing sign) at 7:30 a.m. when moms are walking their kids to the bus stop. I've stepped over syringes on sidewalks just steps away from where a homeowner or renter was pulling weeds in his yard and pointed it out to him in case he wasn't wearing gloves. I'm bothered by crime in this neighborhood, but when I voiced this concern on another Beacon Hill blog on a post which dealt with crime rates in our area, another poster accused me of being a white yuppie (not either) and racist. So, thanks for doing this article so that I could get this off my chest. I'm sure I'll get called a white yuppie (OK, I'll take the white-yuppie paycheck if you're offering). And as I posted before, I don't see how being concerned about the safety of your neighborhood has to do with what race or tax bracket you're in. THAT sort of thinking implies that any nonwhite person doesn't give a damn about their community - and THAT, Beacon Hill whiners, is racist thinking. For shame. - Submitted by Beacon Hill Res

Bumbershoot: Three-Sentence Review of Dan Deacon: So very true. I was working security and saw the show from the top of the stairs. I was expecting hipster crap, but I had no idea how utterly fantastic the crowd would be! The human tunnel was amazing. Watching it form around the Ex-Hall from above was a thing of beauty. - Submitted by Lori