I'm sure most of you have heard about TrueMajority's
Pants on Fire float. I was lucky enough to have the float in my town. I hope posting about this isn't inappropriate but the week has been so hard a have a strong desire to share and vent.
The week started out fantastic. We had Ben Cohen of Ben and Jerry's here for the day. We had great press coverage and an excellent turnout. But then during the week we started driving the vehicle around town. Most responses were great but I'm shocked by some of what I feel are terrorist actions taken against us.
The first was when the vehicle was parked downtown in front of a theatre. Someone in a gold SUV drove past and shot with a paint gun 11 times at the float and driver. Then the most shocking event happened in the middle of the day at a busy stoplight. The driver was stopped for a red light when someone jumped out of a pick-up truck, ran up to the float and yanked a speaker that was attached to the float with a metal bracket. They broke the bracket, stole the speaker and sped away.
Now the house that had the float parked at it for one night has been egged two nights in a row. The last time was just two hours ago. Oh, and we also got pulled over by the police twice. I won't be sleeping well tonight. Sorry for the vent!