Noise Pollution on the Mall

Last night we were in downtown Grand Rapids to have a nice enjoyable and leisurely evening of food and pleasurable entertainment. A block away was Rosa Parks Circle, where it was the occasion of the year's first "Blues on the Mall" event. The music was attempting to drift towards the restaurant where we were eating our meal on the outdoor patio, except for the ROAR of several dozen packs of MOTORCYCLES, drowning out the music notes.

It was great seeing throngs of people coming downtown on a weekday night to enjoy the company of others, in our inviting metropolitan center, but whose idea was it to have a gathering of MOTORCYCLES concurrent with a blues concert?

Who will win this battle of audible stimulation?

The MOTORCYCLES did, with their din of revved engines and barely muffled exhausts.

Somebody was not thinking about how incompatible these two events are.

Fortunately, the bikers did manage to settle down as they may have realized there was a concert a few blocks away from their gathering, and some of them strolled down in the direction of the music.

It did turn out to be an enjoyable night on the town, but someone at City Hall should be checking calendars to see if scheduled events might CLASH!

More power to the West Michigan Blues Society for organizing this enjoyable venue for music lovers - KUDOS!

But I send Horseshoes and Boomerangs to City Event Schedulers for their lack of foresight for the blind approval of these permits of two audibly opposing events.

THINK, people, THINK!

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