Perhaps residents who don't like noise leave town for the well-publicized Sun, Jun 27 Pride weekend. It was shut down, even though the music was cranked in the early evening, and not late at night. Phibbs says the cell phone number for the one noise control officer on duty during the festivities is distributed to residents in the Church and Wellesley area. The officer checks out any complaints using a decibel-level metre, she says. The city also distributes flyers encouraging residents to report noise complaints.
Some local businesses object to the flyers.
Some come from ex-employees, competitors, or jokers, he claims. Every year the Pride committee issues hundreds of pamphlets to local apartment buildings and retailers notifying them about Pride and asking them to come to the annual community meeting to discuss their noisy neighbours. This year's meeting was held in March and no one voiced any complaints. Still, Pride's being prudent this year. In hopes of keeping the rumba to a rumble, it's moved the Pride Stage to Wood St, in front of Maple Leaf Gardens.