Buckhead Coalition president open to Bieber after protest prank

Feb. 24, 2014 Atlanta: The Bieber "protest" Monday morning turned out to be a joke event staged by the Regular Guys morning show. Allegedly, radio interns dressed in suits and tie paraded around with signs and gave sober quotes like "We just don't think it's good for our neighborhood." The protesters that gathered on Roswell Road and Blackland Road in Buckhead Monday, Feb, 24, 2014 to protest against pop star, Justin Bieber moving into a Buckhead mansion was part of a local radio show prank. The handful of "protesters" at Monday’s predawn event were allegedly radio interns. The Bieber "protest" turned out to be a joke event staged by the Regular Guys morning show. Alledgedly radio interns dressed in suits and tie paraded around with signs and gave sober quotes to the media like "We just don't think it's good for our neighborhood." This too shall pass."Buckhead Coalition president Sam Massell has been fielding phone calls about a move to protest pop star Justin Bieber moving into the neighborhood. "This so-called Buckhead Neighborhood Coalition is something we're not aware of," he said of the group whose Facebook page recently appeared "We've never heard of them." Massell got a good chuckle over the "controversy." "We've had calls from CNN, from the UK, from the daily newspaper in Canada," he said. "It's made international news. There are so many other things more important to concentrate on. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM