NYC says no to Gooch's Garlic Run

[thegunmaker]

Gooch's Garlic Run, a fundraising event held by the Blue Knights Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club, has been denied permission to park participants motorcycles in NYC, there-by effectively cancelling the fundraising event. Gooch's Garlic Run has been a fundraising event to raise money for children with severe medical illnesses, for 23 years now, but this year will be an event without a ride. The Blue Knights have donated all of the event procedes to several ill youngsters every year to help alleviate the medical bills incurred from their treatments. The event will still be held on-site at the Rockaway Townsquare Mall, just off Rt 80 in Rockaway, NJ.

[library user]

Link?

[Vaquero]

sounds like helping people out goes against the NYC socialist mantra that, that is the Govt’s job.

his royal hienie, elitist nebbish, ‘bloomers’ has spoken.

[lowbridge]

So thats what happened to the Gooch!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkGhcfYDhjg

[Cacique]

The socialist/liberal mantra is that charity should be a government responsibility.

[chapin2500]

How the hell did you remember THAT episode?! That was the most ‘random’ post on FR I've seen in a long time. Cheers :)

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

Unbelievable.

[thefactor]

Rockaway ping.

[thefactor]

Sooooo, because they can’t park in NYC they can’t ride? I have seen this ride, though. We’re talking thousands of bikes. I think they shut down the Lincoln Tunnel for them.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

Here is the original banning article from February....

http://www.dnainfo.com/20100201/manhattan/little-italy-biker-ride-may-go-ahead-without-community-board-approval

[thegunmaker]

Unfortunately, that member was found to have been mis-quoted, though the media did not correct the information.

[NFHale]

Hey Blue Knights Law Enforcement:

Do it anyway, and tell Bloomberg to go f**k himself. What’s he going to do, call the cops on you?

He’s a POS.

[AmishDude]

Tell them it’s a gay pride event.

[Jack Hydrazine]

[Rome2000]

New Yawk, its not a city, its a target.

[LukeL]

Who doesn’t remember the Gooch?

[ml/nj]

I'm not a motorcycle guy. But this reeks of Commandant Bloomberg. His bicycle lanes, fake waterfalls, and everything else he has done to NYC are a disgrace. This Garlic Run thing isn't his, so it cannot be done. Seig heil!

ML/NJ

[Pharmboy]

We love Rockaway...always votes Republican.

[ml/nj]

I think they shut down the Lincoln Tunnel for them.

And part of I-80. I am one of those who might be inconvenienced. I don't mind.

ML/NJ

[Citizen Soldier]

My husband rode the run years ago and still has the t-shirt, they went through the Holland Tunnel and he said the noise level was incredible, they end up in Little Italy, eat, then return home. It is a fundraiser. Too bad we are taken over by socialists.