| # | Name | Comments |
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| 1 | justin brooks | |
| 2 | Matt Weller | Bring it back!!! |
| 3 | Nicolas Robertson | The city of boston is known to be one of the most culturally rich places in the country. The thriving music scene is and always has been one of the strongest aspects of that. This ban coming into effect puts damper on the already scarred club circuit and paves way for the slow downfall of live events in this city. This should not go un-fought!
Nicolas Robertson
Bodog Music Toronto |
| 4 | evan | |
| 5 | Lauren Hewitt | Please let the younger comunity participate in supporting live music |
| 6 | Anonymous | it's pathetic that you want to control all the venues because of one incident. you're putting more youth out there on the streets. how about just making 18+ shows/venues non-drinking? either way it's a loss of revenue and even more importantly you're letting kids be bored and get into more mischief in the streets. |
| 7 | Biff | |
| 8 | Anonymous | |
| 9 | Anonymous | |
| 10 | Adam A Delia | i do not understand what this will acomplish other than more people willing to break rules that are under-thought and thought of to begin with by people who are many years older and have no idea as to what they are truly doing. good day |
| 11 | John Capello | This will do nothing but hurt the economy relating to clubs, venues, as well as the bands themselves. If the issue is about under aged drinking, place stricter parameters on the clubs security to ensure against it, and don't make the bands suffer. |
| 12 | Emma | |
| 13 | Christian Henderson | Last I checked, this was a blue state... Act like a liberal city boston and trust your citizens, even if they can't drink!!! |
| 14 | Ashley Heywood | |
| 15 | Anonymous | As a music industry professional who has worked for booking agencies, you have no idea the effect this has on the Boston music scene and our ability to put on and promote shows. Also, this is punishing the kids that spend the most time at these shows, rather than parties drinking themselves to death. Its called a "bar fight" for a reasonn, not a show fight. |
| 16 | Julie | |
| 17 | Graham Wright | |
| 18 | Emily | |
| 19 | Chris B | What brought on this measure to restrict these all-ages shows for youth in Boston and surrounding communities? The negatives seem to outweigh the positives here. Wow, being under 21 and from a Boston suburb, this new ruling has prevented me from spending money in the city and state on gas, parking, city subways, restaurants, venue tickets and more. Sounds like a great economic move on the part of the Consumer Affairs and Licensing department.
I'm confused and upset by the actions of City Hall to restrict the arts in the city of Boston. All-ages venue shows give individuals under the age of 21 a controlled atmosphere for recreation, whereas without them frustrated youth may find other more delinquent means to spend their nights. In whatever context you put it, this is a major step backward for the city of Boston. |
| 20 | Sean Metzler | |
| 21 | Kristi-lyn | THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT! |
| 22 | Matt | |
| 23 | ben Cohen | Limiting the rights of legal-aged, law-abiding adults does not have their best interests in mind, nor does it solve the problem of noise and disturbances caused by 21+ inebriated crowds. |
| 24 | Anonymous | |
| 25 | vicki | |
| 26 | nicole! | |
| 27 | billy | We need to bring back the local music scene |
| 28 | Anonymous | We stand together infuriated by your decision to end 18+ shows in Boston. After all of our city's preaching of its efforts to keep kids off the streets, you take away our best option of controlled entertainment.
We will not be treated like second hand citizens. We are expected to be responsible enough to be sent to war, yet you can not offer us the chance to exercise our responsibility at a simple show, within a controlled environment. This is a persecution of our city's musical culture, and we will not stand idly by while you try to take away from us what makes our city so great.
Our numbers are strong,
our voice is powerful,
and we will not be overlooked. |
| 29 | Becca Seed | |
| 30 | Allison Radloff | |
| 31 | Colleen Clark | |
| 32 | Dex Muthafukin Ter | All ages have a right to entertainment. Including those under the age of 18. |
| 33 | Kayla Fernandez | |
| 34 | Anonymous | Yeah, a couple of friends and I tried to attend club Pure a few weeks back, and couldn't get in. We didn't know about the age change. We were forced to go to a slummy club that wasn't safe. Not at all safe... |
| 35 | Thea Douglass | |
| 36 | Linda | Although I understand the need for tighter security at due to recent events, the solution is not to persecute the youth of this city by banning them from music shows.
As this city refuses to release any further details about the incidents that occurred and is simply forcing this ruling upon the people it is difficult to understand why exactly this is happening and what makes the leaders of Boston feel that this is the best course of action.
As a resident of Boston and a college student under 21, I strongly urge the city to either re-evaluate its decision regarding this matter. |
| 37 | Noah Weiskoff | |
| 38 | Jamie Burdick | This is unfair and way too harsh on local bands. This petition could kill Boston music as we know it. |
| 39 | matt lawson | |
| 40 | steve vautour | how can this help anyone? |
| 41 | ashley | |
| 42 | Tera Andrews | |
| 43 | Laurie Crispin | |
| 44 | Morgan Smith | |
| 45 | Mike Weakley | Taking away the 18+ shows will only make that demographic resort to "less legal" activities to pass the time. You can't have a college town where 1/2 the folks can't even go to the shows anymore. It'll destroy any kind of scene we ty so hard to create! |
| 46 | Jasmine Graham | |
| 47 | Matthew Perard | |
| 48 | phillip gelinas | Boston is historically, one of the most profilic cities for bands. Legislation like this is a slap in the face to bands like Aerosmith and the Bosstones who would have been prevented from getting their starts here under it. Don't take away an important part of this city's culture. |
| 49 | Bill Buckley | |
| 50 | Rick Smith | |