A Field Day? Not On Our Watch!

Well, after almost a week of rumors and runarounds, the Field Day Music Festival has officially been moved to New Jersey. Long Islanders have once again been saved by local legislature from the ill-minded and illicit filth — the sheer naughtiness that comes with any gathering of young people.
Dirty, dirty young people.

It all started when the Riverhead, NY police force decided one week before the event that they would not have the neccesary man-power to oppress… er… oversee such an event. It would be nice to be able to point the finger solely at the Riverhead Police Department, but apparently the reason they cwere able to muster the troops as it were, is that they had been promised additional officers by Suffolk County, who did not make good. The even was to take place at GIANT’S STADIUM… Were they really unprepared for the idea that a few people would show up? There aren’t many cities that would look at an event set to draw 50,000+ new people to the area and call it a bad thing. The amount of revenue Suffolk County was primed to collect is almost unfathomable.

Rather than just go on about the whole affair, I’ll give you some of what other people had to say about it. Here’s a letter from my friend Meghan, who is not only much more eloquent than I, but also infinately better at being both horrified and indignant at once:
Meghan’s Letter.

So you know where you stand according to the powers that be, here’s a clip from mtv.com explaining the current situation with the Field Day Fiasco: