Ald. Tom Tunney's office has released a survey asking whether the Pride Parade should be moved downtown.
"Each year, City departments meet to recap what went well and what can be improved upon after each Pride Parade," Tunney wrote in a Facebook posting Aug. 15. "I have created a Pride Parade survey to hear from you as we continue to examine the pride parade route and evaluate all options for next year, which could include a move downtown. It will be available until Friday, September 5 and we will follow up with feedback from the survey."
The survey, available at www.surveymonkey.com/s/XJ92NDB, asks about respondents' main concerns about the parade as well as their thoughts about the potential change of location.
Talk turned to moving the parade downtown in the days following this year's parade after some members of the public complained of public drunkenness and fights the day of the parade, which was this year held on June 29. Competing petitionsone asking that the parade be moved, the other demanding that it stay in Lakeview and Uptownwent online as well.
On, July 1, Tunney said, "I'm not saying 'yes' and I'm not saying 'no,'" about a potential change of venue.
The following day, at the July 19th District CAPS meeting, police officials said that there were about 45 arrests made in the area between 5 a.m. June 29 and 5 a.m. June 30.