Seems like a big MESS to me. I don’t think the City of Madison does any good constantly talking about this event and what went wrong. I went years ago and it was fun seeing all the costumes and listening to the bands. I’m pretty sure there aren’t bands anymore and it’s not sponsored by anyone in particular. I can’t imagine the fun in walking down State Street with 80-100,000+ people I’ve never met before, but obviously it’s a good time or wouldn’t continue to happen. By the paper today and the online articles I’ve read, things did not go well again. I doubt Mayor Dave and/or the city can do anything to prevent this, lord knows they tried.