Stop Sanitizing Bay to Breakers

I don’t support AEG’s relentless efforts to sanitize San Francisco fun and culture from this city’s signature annual event, Bay to Breakers.

I realize that a measure of control, sanity, safety and respect are due and demanded, but I don’t believe that means outright abolishing the event and its relatively peaceful debauchery that so many have come to love.

San Francisco has always been a town set apart from others in its ability to act out without acting up, to have to creatively separate good, adult fun from the chaos of a disrespectful crowd.

I also realize that for this year’s event, things are already pretty well set.  Perhaps we should all pay close attention to see if this year’s sacrifice of culture is worth the predicted corporate/family friendliness.

Thomas Wood

Concerned Resident