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Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Already done with the Sun article above. No mention of a festival, not even the concept of one. Just a "lets close the road four times and see what happens."

I don't know why all the details would be talked about when the whole thing was still in the works. Being worked on, but still in the works.

You are also assuming common sense from someone considered one of the worst aldermen in the city, which is a pretty big stretch.

By some. Others consider her perhaps the best alderman. Much of the negative light on here that I've seen is due to the media misrepresenting stories. (i.e this one - IMO, and the Calatrava bridge)

Seriously, if it even existed in anyone's mind at the time, all Farrell had to do was say "We're envisioning closing Memorial to hold a new festival." THAT is the common sense thing to do.

Again, road/lane closures aren't something that are "public" per se. You or I could go down and apply for the same closure if we wanted to have an "Orange shirt festival" on a Sunday afternoon in August. There isn't any public discussion on matters like this. The transportation dept sees if it works, makes it work, and gets it done.

She had no idea what she would do with the open road, she just knew she wanted it closed to traffic. Her very own comments prove this out.

The article at the very least alludes to her plans, if not spells them out. I don't think that means she has "no idea."

It's also sort of the reasoning for the festival, that it isn't for any reason other than the lanes aren't needed for traffic on a Sunday afternoon in August, let's try something that may or may not use them more effectively.