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That led to a riot in 1996, and this year, two stabbings, police injuries and scores people being arrested or hauled off to detox.Īt a news conference Monday, Mayor Paul Soglin said the party needs to end or be greatly curtailed for safety and financial reasons: 'Every dollar spent on police overtime is going to come out of some other program.'īut Soglin offered few specifics about what could be done, other than to say, 'My goal is to make it as uninviting as possible to people.'

The themes were lost and the party became an informal drinking bash. Ironically, stricter city regulations in the early '90s - the need for more insurance and plastic beer-garden fencing - made the event too expensive for the Mifflin Co-op to keep sponsoring.

'The party in its great times was more than just a party,' says Stockwell, now operations manager for WORT radio. Proceeds from beer and food sales went to the co-op, community organizations and charities. Between bands, speakers would address these topics. Each year had a different political theme: the environmental effects of pesticides, U.S. When Stockwell worked for the old Mifflin Street Co-op, which sponsored the party in the '80s and '90s, he helped organize it. Norm Stockwell remembers when the Mifflin Street Block Party was about more than getting hammered.

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