Posted on 04/21/2016 11:41:09 AM PDT by nickcarraway
They came. They smoked. They left more than seven tons of trash.
After more than 8,000 people flocked Golden Gate Park on Wednesday, or 4/20, as the San Francisco’s marijuana-loving community call it, countless bottles of Shasta soda, beer cans, Fruit Loops boxes and butts were left scattered across the grassy, green lawn.
"We think we will end up with over 15,000 pounds of trash," San Francisco Recreation and Park General Manager Phil Ginsburg said Thursday morning. "Yes, it's impactful to our park."
Ginsburg noted the mess was an improvement from last year. That trashy haul tipped the scales at 17,000 pounds.
Police said the event was mostly peaceful, though one person with a gun was taken into custody. A park employee said the man had pulled a gun and people nearby ran away.
Officers also removed four parents who brought small children to the smoky party, San Francisco police said.
The unsanctioned event has no permit and no event organizer, but even so, the city sends park crews out to clean up the mess at the taxpayer's expense.
"I really don't like it," said a 4/20 attendee named "Kourtney," who didn't look like he was cleaning up much trash himself.
Ginsburg said his employees would probably rather doing something else on a Thursday morning. But he noted it was Earth Day and that his crews were doing important work. The cleanup began at 6 a.m., he said, and would likely take a few hours.
I would have liked to have had the Fritos and potato chip concession at the park.
Hey maaaaaan! Don't forget like, all the Cheetoooooos bags and like, empty Mountain Dews, man!
leave it
No, that's from the Kenny Chesney concert.
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