Comments on: Plaza Trashed On Halloween – November 1, 2011

By: Unknown

Unknown — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 04:34:13 +0000

maybe if humboldt gave us teens and college somewhere to go on halloween night and stuff to do we wouldnt go trash your so to believe perfect arcata town. my high school does a safe a sober party event for graduates on grad night so we can party have a good time and not get drunk and trash things maybe humboldt needs to do that for us on halloween night just a suggestion. we are teens we arent going to stop having fun because some people got butt hurt we need a compromise another thing to do.

By: Wanda De Justus

Wanda De Justus — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:42:50 +0000

Thought southern cal folks, ultra special to the town-

By: kevpod

kevpod — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:54:34 +0000

If you’re saying that coming to Arcata from L.A. and throwing money around gives you the right to trash our town, you’re simply wrong: it doesn’t. As to the cops being “worthless,” what, exactly, are you talking about? That they don’t catch crooks or what?

It sounds like you don’t know much about Arcata and are importing the slacker standards for behavior from wherever you came from.

By: hot chick 2345

hot chick 2345 — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:58:18 +0000

I was there that night and i rode the statue just like the other 100 people did. I have been here for 3 halloweens now and they are all the same. If the fact that locals are complaining about broken glass and some graffiti ya’ll need to take another look around. That town allows bums to feel like its ok to be homeless and the cops around here are absolutely worthless. The drug usage and tolerance out here astounds me! SO seriously people get over it. This is a big college town well almost. That college brings in alot of money for that town that is not from drugs. Its one night a year.If yall are looking for a problem this is not it. There are so many other things that are wrong with Arcata. Sorry to tell you locals.

By: LJ

LJ — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 03:52:36 +0000

People who participated in, and defend the level of disrespect displayed on the plaza on Halloween, are irresponsible. Yes, people get drunk, people party, people get rowdy. But destruction and disregard for the heart of our community is selfish, rude, immature, and mean. I’m proud to call this tolerant town my home, but this kind of event drives a wedge rather than builds understanding. It’s discouraging to old and young alike.

By: Mark Sailors

Mark Sailors — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 03:06:01 +0000

Mr,
No its not a “F THE SYSTEM” attitude,I think it is a sense of entitlement bred into the youth of today. ,a generation that feels like they are entitled to trash the plaza, or riot when a team wins the superbowl, or camp and defecate and urinate on the town square.
Come on folks, we are better than this.
Or we aren’t and the fall of our civilization is more close than we care to admit.

The next bubble to burst is the education bubble,(www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2011/11/02/when-will-the-education-bubble-explode/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter )

By: MR. IMPORTANT GUY WHO CARES ABOUT STUFF

MR. IMPORTANT GUY WHO CARES ABOUT STUFF — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:23:19 +0000

Christ everyone, people got drunk and did rowdy shit. Is it really the end of the world? It’s also not fair to blame HSU students for this because it wasn’t just us. Also, those who DID do some of the crazier stuff don’t represent HSU’s student body at all. Unless it was awesome rowdy, in which case, they totally do.

Dude who jumped off a roof? SWEET! Dudes who tagged Ol’ Mac? Not sweet.

Anyone else think this may in part be fueled by the “fuck the system” attitude going around the country right now due to the Occupy movements?

By: kevpod

kevpod — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:37:27 +0000

If the supposition is that having problems signifies a dire direction, then that’s something I don’t agree with. We will always have problems.

I’m about to post a compilation of the crowd shots I mentioned. What all of them suggest, including the Halloween crowd that I don’t have a pic of, is that our downtown and other spots in town are exceedingly popular, mostly with happy shiny people having all sorts of fun.

By: Michele

Michele — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:26:38 +0000

“If you’re waiting for all the problems to go away, that will never happen so there might be better places for you. Others of us have decided that the excesses are worth it to live here.”

I believe from what I read in the posts and what I hear people saying on the street, is that ‘others’ are changing their minds. At least they aren’t in agreement with the ‘excesses’ and direction their beautiful city is heading.

JMHO…

By: kevpod

kevpod — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:57:58 +0000

Arcata is a wonderful, imperfect town. There is so much to do here, and so many wholesome, healthy activities. I had major trouble finding places for all the pictures of different crowds of people having various forms of fun in this week’s paper, and didn’t even cover everything.

If you’re waiting for all the problems to go away, that will never happen so there might be better places for you. Others of us have decided that the excesses are worth it to live here.