According to a post on their website, even St. Pete Peace is giving up on BayWalk: “Due to the dramatic drop in business at BayWalk, we no longer find it to be the best use of our time and energy to continue our monthly protests there. We believe we can reach more people in venues other than BayWalk, but if business at BayWalk increases or there are future attempts to restrict demonstrations on the public sidewalks near BayWalk, we will then re-evaluate our decision.”
As Cristina Silva writes: “The irony is that many business owners at BayWalk blame protesters for helping to drive consumers away from the half-empty shopping complex.”
