Somewhere between the election of Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and the appointment of Noble Wray as police chief, the annual Mifflin Street Block Party began to lose its spark. Revelry was replaced by restriction as the arrest tally ballooned from seven in 2003 to more than 400 last May.
In the wake of this frivolous increase in official presence, the Majestic Theatre has proposed sponsoring the event in order to address the cityâ??s concerns about security as well as student concerns about arrests.