Activists petitioning for Toad’s to cancel Ted Nugent show find no one home

New Haven Register ^ | Aug 1, 2013 | Mark Zaretsky

[kevcol]

Community activists hoping to convince Toad’s Place president and owner Brian Phelps to cancel the Ted Nugent concert scheduled for Tuesday stopped by the York Street rock club Wednesday night with petitions signed by 2,500 like-minded people.

They can keep hoping — but on Wednesday, all they encountered was a locked door.
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Fair also said that if there is no dialogue and the show is not cancelled, peaceful protesters will turn out the evening of the show.

“We’re making every effort at dialogue first,” said Williams.

“I want to sit down and actually have a decent conversation with him,” Fair said of Phelps. “So our plan is to come back tomorrow then ... I called him a couple of times” but “he hasn’t picked up.”
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“She can give the petitions to someone” in the office, Phelps said. “I’m not really interested in meeting with her.
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“It’s not possible to be neutral,” Williams said of the suggestion that Phelps might believe Toad’s is a business that is simply presenting a show that some people want to see. “You cannot be neutral on a moving train.”

Said Fair, “How would people feel if (Nugent) were going to Newtown to hold a gun rally?”

[Tainan]

The Motor City Madman getting protested by at Toads. That is a title of a song.

A slight bit more accurate...;)

[GeronL]

Dialogue: Do what we say or we try to destroy you.