Boston's Paddy's Day Parade: Parade of sponsors run from toxic event

[unhappycamper]

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/columnists/margery_eagan/2014/03/eagan_parade_of_sponsors_run_from_toxic_event

Eagan: Parade of sponsors run from toxic event
Margery Eagan
Sunday, March 16, 2014

It’s become South Boston’s toxic parade.

Every major company that St. Patrick’s Day Parade organizers touted on their website as a “proud supporter” of today’s parade is a supporter no more.

First the Westin Waterfront. Gone. Then Gillette. Then Clear Channel’s JAM’N 94.5, which used to send a float. Then Entercom’s WAAF 97.7/107.3, which sent a float with a station banner. Then Entercom’s WEEI 93.7, which sent station street teams to hand out Red Sox schedules along the route. Then CBS local’s Mix 104.1 and AMP 103.3, which used to send station cars. Then Great Media’s Hot 96.9 FM. Gone, gone, gone, gone, and gone.

The Boston Beer Co. held on to the parade until Thursday. There are more than a few pubs along Broadway. Then Club Cafe, a longtime South End restaurant and bar popular with Boston’s gay community, announced it would stop selling Sam Adams beer “until such time as either the parade organizers change their position or Sam Adams removes its support.”


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A few more Boston articles on the subject:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/03/15/the-south-boston-patrick-day-parade-story-you-haven-heard/1cWGE9P41gWgvCTRodcbRI/story.html

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/03/15/more-marching-fine-line/vBAHJ4NrkywCvHdgCtSBmJ/story.html

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Our assembly area: the intersection of D Street and Broadway.

This will be the first time ever that the VFP section of parade will march in front of the street sweepers.

If you're in the area, we should be stepping off around two-ish.

Like Earnie Boch (local car salesman) usta say: Come on down.

[Paper Roses]

1. Three cheers for all the companies who stood their ground.

The old timer who chairs this parade needs to get with the times. This blatant bigotry and discrimination needs to end now. A big celebration like St Patrick's day is just the place to do it.

Top 'O the mornin' to all.

[Smarmie Doofus]

2. Boston's Way Ahead of NYC On This. Here the Parade Parades on W/O ....

LGBTs and w/o any commercial ramifications. That I know of anyway.

The *new* NYC political establishment ( deBlasio, et al) boycotts; it but the old sleazeballs, panderers and opportunists continue to participate or ... presumably... send people.

I speak of the Cuomo/Schumer/ Bloomberg dominant wing of the party.

I'm *assuming* they participate anyway. Anyone know for sure?

Perhaps they simply maintain a "judicious" ( i.e. craven) silence. That's their way

[Smarmie Doofus]

3. Near as I can tell, I'm wrong about Cuomo.

Not that he isn't a "sleazeball" but he does, in fact boycott, the Parade.

OTOH, Schumer and Bloomberg both participate and thereby promote and encourage the continued exclusion and ostracism of LGBTs.

[pinto]

4. Ernie Boch - there's a flash back! You and the crew have a good one, unhappycamper.