Madison Rising Patriots Denied Permit to Play in Zuccotti Park

Via Moonbattery

A patriotic rock bank describing themselves as pro-Capitalism and anti-Occupy say they were denied permission to perform this week at Zuccotti Park, the site where the anti-Wall Street protesters are holed up.

“We wanted to get a legally properly permitted concert together to say thank you to the hard working men and women on Wall Street and also to say thank for all that the New York Police Department and the Fire Department of New York had to put up with for the last couple months with these Occupy guys” said Dave Bray, the lead singer of the band, Madison Rising.

“We want to say thank you but we can’t even do it legally with the proper permit. But anybody who wants to bash America, it seems like they can stop on down to Zucotti and poop all over cop cars,” said Bray, speaking yesterday in a radio interview.

Jennifer Cohen, the Madison Rising’s director of marketing, told KleinOnline the owners of Zucotti Park refused to let the band go through with plans for the concert they had hoped to perform today.

“We started at the NYPD 1st Precinct, where we were sent to the Mayor’s office,” she said. “After an hour meeting at the Mayor’s office on Thursday, we were told we needed to contact the owner’s of Zuccotti Park.”

Cohen forwarded to KleinOnline an e-mail to Debra Simon of Brookfield Properties, the owners of the park, asking for an application and requirements to procure a permit for a
live performance.

Cohen said Simon caller her this past Friday to deny the band permission to play. Cohen said Simon refused to put the denial in writing.

Matthew Cherry, director of Bloomfield’s public relations, confirmed the company denied a permit to the band.

“Brookfield respectfully declined the request for a permit and is currently not permitting any staged concerts in the park,” he told KleinOnline.

That same day alternative rock band Third Eye Blind visited the park where they reportedly belted out songs in support of Occupy Wall Street.

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