Bob McCarty Writes

Only two days after I called for the cancellation of Cinco de Mayo events nationwide, officials in the New York City borough of Queens decided to postpone — but not cancel — a Cinco de Mayo festival this weekend.  According to a WCBS-TV report, organizers will reschedule the event that was expected to attract 850,000 people to Flushing Meadows Park.

Rescheduling, however, doesn’t solve the problem.

In my April 29 post, Flu Fears Demand We Cancel Cinco de Mayo, I cited several reasons to cancel Cinco de Mayo festivities and replace them with CINCO DE MUSTARD:

• The number of Swine Flu cases is growing;

• Fears of a flu pandemic are  dominating the news; and

• Americans are calling for the nation’s southern border to be sealed to stem the flow of individuals — legal and illegal immigrants — from Mexico and beyond who might be infected with the new flu “cocktail.”

If you applaud the decision to postpone the event but think festival officials in Queens should cancel it altogether, make your position clear by purchasing and wearing an Official CINCO DE MUSTARD t-shirt (like the one shown above) or other merchandise item from The Bob McCarty Shop.