Comments of the Week: 'Maybe If We Made All the Festival-goers Bicycle Slowly up Colorado Blvd.'

We take pride in our work here at Patch and always strive to bring our readers interesting news. However, we must admit, sometimes the most interesting part of a great Patch story is the comments from readers that it sparks. 

Here are some of the best, funniest, strangest and most informative comments from Eagle Rock Patch stories  this past week: 

Our most talked about story this week was about the  Eagle Rock Music Festival being scaled down this year. It's no surprise it was such a talker since its the biggest annual event in Eagle Rock and one of the biggest annual gathering in all of Los Angeles. Our Comment of the Week comes from Savateuse, who gets credit for attempting to humorously tie the news in with another big Eagle Rock issue, which is the installation of bike lanes on Colorado Boulevard. 

Savateuse September 06, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Bringing 100,000 people into our community to enjoy Eagle Rock and patronize local businesses is not what we want?! I don't get it, people. This is the same nannying that forces our restaurants to close at 9 pm and harasses Cardio Barre for I don't even know what. Maybe if we made all the festival-goers bicycle slowly up Colorado Blvd so they would notice our shops and restaurants...

There were also plenty of comments in favor of the dialing-down of the festival, like this one:

Jennikate September 05, 2013 at 05:44 PM
This is great news, the festival was no longer an enjoyable event for many community members. I hope these efforts will restore some of the fun!

Our story for the search for funding for a soundwall along the 134 Freeway also go folks talking. Here's just a few:

Mark Charles September 09, 2013 at 11:43 AM
A quieter park and less particulate in the air would be a nice change.

Winn Krafton I'd prefer to get my road paved 1st, but that won't happen. (Facebook post)