Today's Sunset Junction Drama, Played Out on Twitter
by Zach Behrens
on August 24, 2011 5:15 PM
Just days before its 31st annual event, the Sunset Junction Music Festival was canceled after a dispute with the city of Los Angeles over permit fees.
Using Storify, a social media storytelling tool, we look at what was said after the Board of Public Work's voted to deny the event its permit:
The photo used on this post is by Flickr user natebeaty. it was used under a Creative Commons License.
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Planchette says :
Yes Michael M. is sketchy as hell, and a long-time known councilman ingratiator. But the resident's love-hate relationship with Street Scene-Sunset Jnx, whose origins where meant to bridge the gay/latino cultural divide on the east-side, can't be summed up in 140 characters. Sadly, the best comment on the whole affair didn't make it to twitter. http://www.nationocean.com/