The situation downtown continues to deteriorate. Another cowardly mob, embolden by a town's everybody's welcome and "anything goes" politics, and cavalier criticism of the police, has it's way. Even an innocent guy, just trying to appeal to peaceful reason, is met with the violence of the mob. 
We can debate the long-term causes of violence and programs need to address it, but when the patient is hemorrhaging, the first thing to do is to stop the bleeding.  City Council, Mayor, and Manager nothing is more important than the physical safety of your citizens. To heck with City Hall, promoting Track events, the EWEB site, etc. - get your priorities right and do your job.  You need to hire and get more police downtown and throughout the community - immediately. And the community needs to demonstrate support of and appreciation for the work the police do, and that the vast majority do properly.
Like a cancer in the body, violence will spread, even to the "nice" parts of town