:: Number of outdoor cafes in the Downtown & Central Corridor in 2006: 115
:: Number of outdoor cafes in the same area before the mysterious seven year mayfly “problem” ended, in 1990: 2
:: Of the thirty-five tests conducted by the City Elections Commission on new electronic voting machines delivered this week, the number failed: 30
:: Percenatage of city precincts which will be using the new machines next week: 78
:: While the city comes in twenty-third among American cities for the number of murders per capita, it comes in eighth among murders committed by people who are left-handed.
:: Number of alligators living in city’s sewer system: 14 (unofficial; by eyewitness accounts)
:: Attendance at this year’s Haunted Halloween at Mabel Tripp Gardens: 3,871
:: Record attendance at Haunted Halloween: 42,796 (1988)
:: Number of years that Haunted Halloween has been hosted at Tripp Gardens: 34
:: Winner of this year’s “Best Costume” prize: Young Obi-Wan Kenobi
:: Winner of the first “Best Costume” prize: Dirty Old Man from Laugh-In
:: Number of Canadian Pitchfork Geese in this year’s petting zoo: 50
:: Decibel level of fifty captive Canadian Pitchfork geese: 130
– R. White, B. Brockie, J. Morris