Freaknik may be dead for good.
Amid efforts to revive the once notorious street party – Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s chief of staff, Candace Byrd, has rejected an attempt for an event with a similar name to take place this weekend.
Called iFreaknik, the application was denied based on a “finding of misrepresentation and incorrect information,” Byrd stated in a response to the party request.
The event’s organizer, DaVinci Barcelo, submitted an application for the event – to be held Saturday at South Bend Park – for 249 people. That estimate would have not required hiring police to monitor the crowd, among other things.
But in promoting the event, including television interviews, Barcelo said that thousands of people were expected to descend upon Atlanta for the party.
“Which caused me to conclude that the attendance estimate you gave to the city in your application for a Large Gathering Permit for an April 16, 2011 event at South Bend Park was grossly inaccurate,” Byrd wrote. She contends she gave Barcelo several chances to clarify the information on his application, which he tried to do. “The information contained in your April 4, correspondence is insufficient evidence to rebut my finding of misrepresentation and incorrect information.”
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