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Monday, July 23, 2012
Thunder in the Valley - RIP
A fellow resident less than enchanted with Mayor and Council's decision to arbitrarily cancel this year's Thunder in the Valley wrote the following comment on a previous post of mine that I think is worth repeating here:
I created a Blog to highlight my disappointment with our town council here in the Crowsnest Pass. Click on the link for more pics of this uneventful day. The Fire Department has run the fire works here in the valley for 18 years. Turning it into a internationally recognized event. You can not buy that kind of publicity. Well with the brow beating of a couple high ranking individuals in the RCMP and a totally inept council this event was cancelled....or should I say the fireworks portion was cancelled. This is what we got this year.
http://nothunder.blogspot.ca/
Tell us if you agree with Mike, or not? Let the world know what you think? And then send Mayor and Council a message that they can't help but hear by emailing them at cao@crowsnestpass.com
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10 comments:
John not just sending a message but ask the question when are the numbers going to be revealed on what this weekend cost us the taxpayers.
I would hazard a guess that between the rum runner weekend and the two Peace Officer trucks the entire $265,000 in additional General Taxation was eaten up.
Dean Ward
You're right Dean. We should be asking for some accountability. Right now it looks like council was very inept in the handling of this whole matter. Too much pride and 'pompousness' got in the way of responsible management, me thinks. Leadership having little to no business experience can screw up the Lord's Prayer if you let them. And we let them by voting these guys in. Whose really to blame? Those who voted for a name, not knowing the man, are the ones to blame.
JP
Heard through the grapevine the people at Midway, the ones who put on the rides, said they lost so much money that they won't be back next year. Apparently they weren't told there would be no TITV.
They are paid $100,000 by the town to come. Think they probably did ok. Good old grapevine.....
Paid $100,000? I don't think so. Otherwise we would have really been taken for a ride.
According to the expense list provided a few months back by Emile there is no charge at all, never mind 100,000 to bring the fair to town.
The Anon 7:16 rumour makes a whole lot more sense. When you have 25000 less people your revenue is going to go way down.
Hey John!
Mike is my man. :)
We went to Blairmore Saturday evening to check out downtown and to pick up some groceries. When we saw how bleak and empty the town was, both of us were so disheartened. Mike got riled up enough to take pictures.
Anyways, I HAD to comment on your blog -- did you see the article in the Pass Herald regarding the talk of branding in the municipality?
OMG, I literally cannot believe the sheer stupidity of this council! From the article: "Councillor Larry Mitchell said he was in favour of the idea to brand the Crowsnest Pass...Mitchell explained that Drumheller is famous for dinosaurs - even having the nickname "Dinosaur Valley" and Vulcan is famous..." for its affiliation with Star Trek.
Drumheller has Dinosaur Valley, we HAD Thunder in the Valley. I mean, does anyone else not see the obvious parallel? How on earth do these councillors even function as normal human beings? Do they actually THINK before they speak?
Crowsnest Pass HAD a powerful, successful brand and this council threw it away. Unbelievable that now there is discussion about "letting tourists know what we are all about." What is that exactly?
A ghost-town with a council that killed a wildly successful event? An event that still had oodles of police officers handing out tickets to the dismal local/tourist turnout? A town where the local firefighters feel so alienated and angered that they actually boycott our local parade?
I am literally gobsmacked -- I cannot believe that Counciilor Mitchell has the gall to talk about branding and successful branding strategies in other communities...What does he want? A brand that is good, but not TOO good?
This council is weak and has no leadership -- this whole blame game between council members and the public would be laughable if it weren't so disgusting. There is zero dialogue between the mayor and council and the public.
I am ashamed that I voted them in. I am embarrassed that these clucks (to use a favourite expression of my Dad's) represent me and the Crownest Pass. The mayor acts like a 3 year old throwing a temper tantrum -- I mean seriously, that letter that went out with the intent to inform the public of the council's decision to kill TITV was a joke.
His profligate use of quotes about people in coffee shops gossiping -- I mean really? I thought I was watching a Brittany Spears interview when she kept using air quotes.
All this council has focused on is telling us all the reasons why Thunder in the Valley can't work here. Larry talks about how Vulcan holds a "community-wide Star Trek convention." Wow -- we had a community-wide event too, Larry. We HAD it. You KILLED it. We do not need to re-invent the wheel.
Way to go, Julie! You and Mike rock! You too John.
Boo to the council for killing Thunder.
Crowsnest Promoter - 1 year ago
One of the recommendations made in the final report of the Mayor's Task Force on the Economy of the Crowsnest Pass was to "review and redevelop Rum Runner Days/Thunder in the Valley with a focus on increasing potential for economic benefit to the community and local businesses".
FAIL!!!
Yes, way to go Julie! Like Mike's comment I have included yours on its own in a follow up post. Excellent comments that I couldn't agree with more. Thanks for sharing, Julie, and good to hear from you again.
Anon @3:32
Fail! is right. Big time! Instead of making things better as recommended they screwed everything up, both for businesess and the community as a whole. Shame!
JP
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