Local Businesses, Chicken John Worried About McDonald's Coming to Dolores Park
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
Dolores Park Cafe, Faye's, and Chicken John (the self-appointed spokesman for the anti-American Apparel camp in 2009) have come out in force against Blue Bottle in Dolores Park, promoting a petition calling for Rec & Park to “stop commercialization of Dolores Park.” When I first saw the petition last weekend, I figured it was going nowhere thanks to the absurd language used:
To: Recreation and Park Commission of San Francisco, Mayor of San Francisco
McDonald's in Dolores Park?
Why not? Blue Bottle Coffee is a national chain store, and they are in the queue to get a permit to open a “push cart” in OUR Park. Who knows what’s next… (link)
Of course, it is obvious there will never be a MickyDs in the middle of the park, but 883 people took the bait and signed the petition. One Dolores St. crazy even signed thinking a McDonald's was actually being built:
It is unbelivable to think of having McDonald across from my house. It is not enough that we long term homeowners who pay tax, are bothered with your party permit WITHOUT THINKING OF US. NOW MCDONALD!!~
Don't get me wrong, I'm not opposed to the idea of having non-commercial, advertisement-free green spaces in the city, but is propagating the fictitious threat of Dollar Menu-pushing terrorists roaming around our park really the way to go about it?