Settlement Reached in Aqua Teen Movie Stunt Turned Boston Bomb Scare

Boston Mayor, announced over the weekend that the estimated costs to the city were estimated at $500,000 and that the cost to the local transit system was approximately $500,000. The Attorney General stated that placement of these devices caused major disruptions of public transportation, serious traffic problems, negatively affected local businesses and most significantly, cost Boston and surrounding areas thousands of dollars. The other million dollars is stated to be going towards Homeland Security and other programs. Considering what the mayor stated as estimated costs, the amount of the settlement sounds fair at first glance but consider all the disruption that was caused.

There are claims that similar devices were in place for over two weeks throughout other cities including New York City, Chicago, Seattle and Philadelphia and that nobody in any of the other cities overreacted because of the devices. Whether or not anyone in these other cities noticed these devices or how they reacted to them if they did is unknown.

Discussion on Internet message forums include statements that the reactions to these devices were ridiculous and now the city of Boston and its residents are being laughed at. It is not obvious at this time just how much Boston will suffer from this bad publicity, so how can they be sure that the settlement is fair?

Sources: CNN and Various Internet Message Forums and Blogs