Lawrence politics may be turning into a food fight.

David J. Strano, the man accused of throwing a cake at Bill Sepic last month, said Friday more pastry attacks were coming. The targets will be prominent “capitalist scum” (according to a flier pictured below) in and around Lawrence.

“They’ll get their just desserts,” Strano pledged.

Members of the “Culinary Class War Brigade”  Strano is a member  on Thursday night posted the fliers downtown, taking credit for the cake-throwing attack on Sepic, the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce president. The incident happened at a Sept. 12 meeting about the South Lawrence Trafficway.

“I like sweets. I don’t like capitalists,” said a young man who identified himself only as “Agent Cupcake.”

Members of the brigade said they saw their attacks as humorous political theater. But local authorities, officially at least, aren’t amused.

“Acts of violence in any form, including thrown objects and physical contact, is against the law,” Lawrence Police Sgt. Mike Pattrick said.

The incident with Sepic sparked new caution among authorities. At the Douglas County Commission’s Sept. 25 meeting where the trafficway was discussed, officials wouldn’t allow food or drink in the commission room.

“We anticipated emotions might run a little high,” said County Administrator Craig Weinaug. “We didn’t provide the usual hot coffee at that meeting.”

The brigade’s flier said Sepic was targeted  with a cake from the bargain bin of a grocery store  because he opposed a proposal to make companies that receive tax breaks offer a “living wage” and supported a trafficway route through the Baker Wetlands.

Strano, 21, was charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct in the incident.

He, “Agent Cupcake,” and a young woman who identified herself as “Special Agent Sprinkle” said they were involved with the Black Cat Collective, an anarchist group with headquarters at 1305 Tenn.

Sprinkle said powerful people often consolidated and used their power by controlling their image.

“So we do something to that image,” she said. “We throw pies at it. We embarrass them in front of the people they need to impress.”

Sepic declined to comment on the matter, except to say that wetlands and living wage advocates might be more embarrassed by the incident than chamber officials.

“I feel sorry for people on the other side who’ve worked so hard on this issue,” he said. “They’ll end up getting hurt worse by this than we will.”

Brigade members said they intended no harm. Instead, they see cake and pie tossing as nonviolent responses to “inherently violent” capitalism.

“I don’t think there’s any violence in a cake, any violence in a pie,” Strano said. “Especially if they’re vegan, which is cruelty-free.”

Said Cupcake: “We just want to give them a taste of the truth.”