The Googa Moola occupation of the park was cancelled today because of rain. Good riddance. This is the 2nd year this monstrous invasion of the Nethermead has been a bust. Three times is is not a charm: we’re going to fight any Googa Mooga III plans as hard as we can to take back the public’s park.
This year the toxin spread into neighborhoods around the park via constant helicopter patrols circling overhead… perhaps because the NYPD felt it had to spend their windfall take from the park’s organizers, who paid the police 4x what the Prospect Park Alliance got out of it. The Alliance somehow managed to negotiate less money this year for a bigger, longer event. They were so played. Collusion? Corruption? Incompetence? While I oppose this private taking of the park on democratic grounds, the fact that the Alliance hardly gained anything out of it on their own grounds is mind-boggling.
Stay tuned for a report on the status of the Green Herons. These birds built a nest on the edge of the Nethermead, right where the Goolag Mooga ended up placing a performance stage and semi-truck-length generator.
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