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To Be Consistent With Grayslake, Illinois, Should Milwaukee Pull The Permit On The HD 105th Anniversary?
Posted on Sep 01, 2009
Posted 5/20/2008
By now, most of you know that Grayslake, Illinois at the last minute pulled the permit on the Ironhorse Roundup scheduled for May 4, 2008. The reason given was claims by police of possible violence.
Among the 30,000 expected to show up in Grayslake were some motorcycle clubs that police feared would cause trouble. Because of the way that Grayslake handled this situation, or should we say mishandled, Buzz Walneck has cancelled his June 22nd and November 16 swap meets scheduled for Grayslake. He states on his poster, due to the problems at the fairground in Grayslake, we have cancelled both of our events there and will not go there again. Walneck’s swap meets have never had problems and are very well attended.
With the upcoming Harley-Davidson 105th Anniversary in August, we have heard that hundreds of club members who belong to some of the notoriously suspicious clubs, according to police, are coming to Milwaukee. In addition, thousands of members of H.O.G. and ABATE will be in attendance along with hundreds of thousands of bikers of unknown affiliation.
Will Milwaukee decide to cancel this event in the interest of protecting the city from the influx of all of these dangerous bikers and possible violence?
Or will cooler heads decide Grayslake over-reacted? A strong case could be made that with ten times as many bikers coming to Milwaukee, a lot more could happen.
