June 8, 2005
From left: Steve Balbone, The Hanz Bronze, Kyle Batten, Brendan Hangauer, Curtis McCoy and Justin Roelofs - who call themselves "starving artists" - dressed up for a mock demonstration at the McDonald's at 1309 W. Sixth St. The group was out Tuesday morning protesting the restaurant's closing for remodeling.
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Demonstrators not lovin' it that McDonald's closed for remodeling
Standing on the roadside dressed as a hamburger, Steve Balbone insisted he and his friends weren't on drugs. "Everybody's clean," he said. Still, there they were at lunchtime Tuesday in front of the McDonald's at 1309 W. Sixth St., staging a mock protest aimed at getting the restaurant to reopen as it undergoes renovation. For this group of young artists and musicians - one shirtless, one wearing a furry helmet with antlers - it was as much an act of absurd street theater as it was a serious demonstration.
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