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Walnut Creek nationally lampooned!

March 9, 2007 at 7:35 am · Filed under Colbert Report, Comedy Central, Easter, Easter Bunny, EasterBunnyDude, politically correct, Spring Equinox Celebration of Vernal Rebirth, Walnut Creek

The chorus grows louder! And from unexpected sources! Stephen Colbert, host of the Colbert Report on Comedy Central took a few jabs at city hall poobahs, calling on them to Re-Easterfy the Bunny. Colbert even came up with a nice moniker for EasterBunnyDude, calling him Pro-Easter Walnut Creeker. Has a nice flow to it,  and much kinder and gentler than Easter Bunny Activist.

Is it my imagination, or did Colbert subtly pronounce the city’s name “WalNUT Creek” when he set up the story? You be the judge.

Do the math

In the form letter being sent to those protesting to city hall, city hall rabbit-rousters proudly note that their Easter Spring Equinox Celebration of Vernal Rebirth event has been a “wildly popular tradition for over 20 years,” and have acknowledged that the name change occurred four years ago  based on one complaint from one person. So I guess that means the event enjoyed wild success for 16 years, despite being burdened by the evil “E” word in its name.  Amazing.

Please keep writing!

Judging by the blog stats, a number of you are writing to City Hall. If you haven’t written, see below for contact information. It would be particularly great to get letters from Walnut Creek residents. While one complaint from one person a few years ago led to this silly name change, it appears it will take more than that to convince stubborn city officials to welcome back the Easter Bunny.

Contacting EasterBunnyDude

Responding to increasing demand — now totalling 3 requests — you can e-mail EasterBunnyDude directly at easterbunnydude@hotmail.com.

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The New WC Event: Spring Equinox Celebration of Vernal Rebirth

March 8, 2007 at 4:12 am · Filed under Easter, Easter Bunny, EasterBunnyDude, Hannity and Colmes, politically correct, Spring Equinox Celebration of Vernal Rebirth, Uncategorized, Walnut Creek

Walnut Creek began responding to letters from Friends of the Easter Bunny today and told one loyal follower that they don’t plan on welcoming the Easter Bunny back to the parks. In the process, they’ve come up with a new description for the Easter  Spring Egg Hunt.

It’s now: “The spring equinox celebration of vernal rebirth.”

You can’t make this stuff up! That’s actually how Brad Rovanpera described it in an e-mail that he sent, signed by city manager Gary Pokorny. 

Can’t you hear the excitement in homes across Walnut Creek?

“Hey, Honey. Let’s take the kids to hunt for eggs at the Spring Equinox Celebration of Vernal Rebirth.”

“Yay, Daddy! Will the Spring Equinox Celebration of Vernal Rebirth Bunny be there, too?”

“We can only hope!”

At first, EasterBunnyDude thought that city officials might consider letting the Easter Bunny back in town. It’s unbelievable at the lengths — literally — people will go to avoid the dreaded “E” word. When people dig deep into a thesaurus to find language like this, it shows they’re burrowed deeper into their postion than the Easter Bunny burrows into his hutch in the off-season.

No word yet on whether they’ll organize a Spring Equinox Celebration of Vernal Rebirth parade. I can just hear Bing Crosby crooning the lyrics: “In your Spring Equinox Celebration of Vernal Rebirth bonnet. With all the frills upon it. You’ll be the grandest lady in the Spring Equinox Celebration of Vernal Rebirth parade…”

So please keep writing. And tell your friends. Those of you in the Bay Area, please be heard. It’s time to take back the Easter Bunny.

Once again, here are the people to contact:

Mayor – Sue Rainey: mayor@ci.walnut-creek.ca.us

City Manager — Gary Pokorny: pokorny@ci.walnut-creek.ca.us, 925-943-5812

Arts Recreation and Community Services Director — Barry Gordon: bgordon@ci.walnut-creek.ca.us 925-943-5858 

Also, thanks to a Friend of the Easter Bunny who took the time and effort to obtain a more Easter Bunny-friendly domain name, making it easier to find this blog. You can also reach Friends of the Easterbunny at www.defendtheeasterbunny.com Two rabbit ears up for him!

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Write On!

March 7, 2007 at 7:14 am · Filed under Easter, Easter Bunny, EasterBunnyDude, Hannity and Colmes, politically correct, Walnut Creek

Wow! The reaction to the Hannity and Colmes appearance is amazing! Thanks to the Easter Bunny supporters who took time to write to a blog that has a name that was too long to print on the TV screen. EasterBunnyDude learned from that one.

With attention peaking, now’s the time to turn up the heat and make sure that Walnut Creek city hall understands how its harebrained idea is making the city a national symbol of political correctness gone crazy.

Several of you requested contact information for the city, so here goes. All this information comes from the city hall Web site, so we’re not providing anything that isn’t publicly available.

Mayor — Sue Rainey: mayor@ci.walnut-creek.ca.us

City Manager — Gary Pokorny: pokorny@ci.walnut-creek.ca.us, 925-943-5812

Arts Recreation and Community Services Director — Barry Gordon: bgordon@ci.walnut-creek.ca.us 925-943-5858

Give them a call, or send them an e-mail. If they listened to just one person five years ago, let’s hope they’ll listen to scores of us today. And let us know what they say. EasterBunnyDude will post the replies you send here.  

Bring back the Easter Bunny!

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