Congratulations Madison

Only 375 people were arrested downtown this Halloween weekend. That's down a bit from last year while the crowd was bigger this year. Apparently the loud speaker system worked okay and there wasn't as much damage to State Street businesses as in past years. I haven't heard of any fires this year either. Also, it sounds as if out-of-town revelers were a significant portion of the problem. My guess is that locals were responsible for most of the citations and visitors were responsible for a disproportionate number of the arrests.

FYI: I grew a mustache and am being sleazy for halloween. Sometimes one must be a little over-the-top.

UPDATE: The funniest thing about the response to this post is that I was seriously commending the city for doing a better job, not a great job, but a vast improvement over last year. Commenters who don't like this post should check out the archive for some much better Madison bashing.

UPDATE II: The city of Madison has the official number of arrest at 447 which is different than the Capital Times' unofficial number of 375. 447 arrests out of 100,000 party-goers is certainly an improvement over last year's 450 arrests out of 80,000 participants.