New York Welcomes Protesters With Discount Program

NYC mayor, Michael Bloomberg, citing that New York City is proud to be a place where anyone can get their message across, introduced a "Peaceful Protester" incentive program offering discounts on hotels, glasses of wine and even the Sex Museum. Tour guides have whipped up a plethora of opportunities. "Stuck with time to kill between the Planned Parenthood demonstration and the Ukuleles for Sanity Concert? Take the "Bohemians and Beats of Greenwich Village" tour, walk by Stonewall Place (where the Gay Liberation Movement took militant wing), and end up with another tour: "Radical and Immigrant Heritage of the Lower East Side. Walk the streets where . . . socialists, anarchists and free-thinkers gathered." Protesters who don the "peaceful" button will receive much the same package of discounts as Republican convention attendees. Who knows, they might even end up watching Cats together and singing along.


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