In general at the time a cabal between the ANC and groups like Historic Mt Pleasant, Mt Pleasant Neighborhood Association and I’m not sure if Mt Pleasant Main Street was formed then or not, they basically pushed forth their ideas as astroturfing, pretending that they got “community approval” when they refused to allow members into their organization who disagreed with them over live music in Mt Pleasant restaurants.

So from my memory, anything anyone tells you about the “Mt Pleasant community” from around 1993-1999 is wrong. There was no real community input on anything until people got fed up with the MPNA and fought back in groups like Hear Mt Pleasant.

Thankfully MPNA is pretty much marginalized. There are too many wealthy, educated landowners in Mt Pleasant who want nothing to do with their 50-60 year old’s ideas of liberalism, like “no Mt Pleasant nightlife.”

I remember a lot of things happening after the riots that just appeared and when you’d question them they’d say, “Oh, Frank Smith held a public meeting on 14th st, why didn’t you come? There was a flyer posted outside La Cas, didn’t you see it?”

NO! I never heard nothing!