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Old Castro Halloween could return, Mandelman says

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During a virtual meeting of the Castro Merchants Association November 4, gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman said he's "open" to considering a return to the traditional Castro Halloween celebration that was quashed by city leaders after a 2006 mass shooting.

Dave Karraker, a gay man who is a merchants board member and co-owner of MX3 Fitness on Market Street, broached the subject while Mandelman addressed the group. "Halloween went off without a hitch," Karraker said, referring to last weekend's celebration. "Nobody was stabbed or shot.

Isn't it time to think about bringing back that tradition again?" The tradition Karraker was referring to was a block party format that attracted tens of thousands of people to the Castro until 2006.

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