Posted on 11/02/2012 11:58:02 AM PDT by EBH
At least two groups of people scheduled to run the New York City Marathon Sunday are organizing protests against the city's decision to allow the marathon to go forward, despite Hurricane Sandy's devastation.
Furious over resources going to the marathon instead of to relief efforts, Penny Krakoff, a social worker, plans to take food and supplies to the Staten Island starting line before breaking off to deliver them to Sandy victims.
"I cannot start a 26.2 mile run in Staten Island—people are missing, stranded, in need of resources. Brooklyn and Queens have equal devastation," she told Gothamist. "Parts of Manhattan are without electricity, water, major hospitals are closed. The Bronx too has its own challenges. Today I will volunteer at a city evacuation shelter. Sunday morning I will catch the marathon bus to Staten Island. Not planning to run. Plan to volunteer instead and gather resources (extra clothes, bottles of water, food from runners at the start). Let's not waste resources and attention on a foot race. Who is with me?"
A Facebook group called "Marathon of Relief" with nearly 500 likes also proposes runners show up for the start of the race, and then depart to deliver aid along the route.
"Runners will show up at the starting line, but will break off en masse at different points of the city to deliver supplies to places hardest hit and without power," it says. "This will mean departing from the race, to head to various buildings, running up and down stairs delivering water and canned goods, etc."
And another, with more than 2,700 likes, called "Boycott the 2012 NYC Marathon," has a similar message:
"Due to the catastrophic events, we have decided to wear our Bib numbers on race day, BUT WILL NOT BE RUNNING.
(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...
will this private group be paying for the police protection and stuff too?
I wonder if Doomberg refused a reset date for the organizaers.
Yes. The main reason the races they put on have risen so much in price is that the city now charges them for police services.
this guy is such a twit. They actually lifted the term limits law for this narcissist.
You get what you ask for, well they asked for it and they got it.
And considering this is NEW YORK CITY, natural disasters like this jsut don't happen in the northeast, the coverage should be even more intense. Compare this to the media on Bush after Katrina.
On the other hand, with the heavily democrat and cheating-stronghold precincts under water and the people too busy digging out to vote, maybe the state will break for Romney.
The “Boycott the 2012 NYC Marathon” Facebook group has already announced plans to continue with the volunteer efforts originally announced alongside the protest.
Shortly after the cancelation announcement was made, the group posted the following message to their page:
To our supporters, we are still moving forward with our initiative on Sunday, November 4 in Staten Island. More details to follow.
The “Marathon of Relief” group made a similar announcement:
We are glad to hear the news that the City has decided to cancel the NYC marathon. Now we get to fully focus our efforts on a marathon of volunteers!
Read more: http://www.upi.com/blog/2012/11/02/NYC-Marathon-canceled-after-protests/5561351878843/#ixzz2B6akdkWf
No kidding?
LOLOLOL
I didn’t know about this! To hear the media tell it, Bloomberg is a national hero.....finally.....for “canceling” this thing.
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