The Inflatable Strategy

In May of 2010, there was a union protest that ran for about two weeks in front of the Verizon building in Lexington on Waltham Street.  I don't know what the beef was, but the protesters had a large inflatable rat in the bed of a pickup truck.  I don't have a picture of that exact rat, but it looked just like this one - they are in common use around the country for union protests.

Those protesting the arbitrary and capricious Willard's Woods leash restrictions could rent a rat, but they might be the target of union protests for stealing sacred symbols.  Probably it would be better to get a real dog inflatable.  They cost around $1500.

Like most protests and events involving over-sized inflatables, this could backfire.  In 2008 in Berne, Switzerland, artist Paul McCarthy's giant inflatable dog turd broke loose from its mooring and knocked down some power lines.  World headlines carried various versions of "Giant dog turd wreaks havoc at Swiss museum"