Dear anyone planning to attend Anime Expo 2008, I must implore for your safety that you plan not to attend. As you know, Anime Expo 2008 is scheduled to be held in the LA convention center in 2008. I have had numerous friends and other con goers warn me about the danger of this location. During a Star Wars convention there were 40 muggings reported by con-goers over the weekend of the convention. A personal friend informed me that even going to the parking garage was a risk after dark. I know we all love Anime Expo, and I would never speak badly of the convention itself or it's staff, but I think this change of location was not thought out completely. There's a petition to change the location located at the following web address.
http://www.petitiononline.com/AX2008/petition.html
I urge all of my friends and fellow convention-goers to please copy this post and post it in their own cosspace blog. People need to know the situation.. and we maybe able to make a difference, so please.. copy this and post it in your own blog.
-Mataku
