Local town council elections today.
As you know, we have a new music venue that opened end of April here. Two of the old geezers on the town council are opposed to it, 100%. Opposed to anything tourism related, anything worthwhile for economic development.
The venue has been built using many different grants and funding (non tax payer money) tobacco indemnity funds, etc. That is a miracle it and of itself!
There was an "Open House" invitation only event with food and music and the town welcoming everyone (business wise and backers) to the new venue. It was amazing, nothing like anything else - here. The Mayor was there, the council members, all but TWO. (You know the two). This is a town venue, should they have been there? You betchya.
Today at the polls I was prepared to speak to them about this. They want to keep this town depressed and in the dark. At my poll (there were two polling places) the mayor and new up and coming business owner council member runner were there and the other two incumbents also running to keep their seats were not there.
Dang.
I spoke to an old gal who wore a tshirt with the one name on it. I asked if he had been to the open house for the venue as I didn't see him. She said "I don't know I was out of town" and then she said to me "Who are YOU?" She then said my brother in law stays with you. She has a ladies wear shop downtown, and said her daughter always sends discount cards to our B&B for our guests (she did this one time). (Like she is doing me a huge favor) and that they spent a lot of money. (the reverse of thank you for sending YOUR B&B guests to spend alot of money, I am suppose to be thanking her). I said yes she did once. She said "oh no no more than once" listen lady I am the one who does everything, if I get them I GET THEM, no one else at the B&B I have owned for over 11 years.
I then said "Oh you must be..." since she never gave me her name and shook her hand.
I told her I was hoping TOWN COUNCIL MAN would be here as I wanted to ask him why he is against the venue, and she went on about money and debt and how careful and wonderful he is. I said "Well as a business owner you know you have to spend money to make money and I am one of the backers of the new music venue"
She also said and I forgot to add "You can go and talk to him at the other polling place" (Oh really? I am supposed to drive over there to talk to him? What the!)
And so...I voted, not for him. I then mentally stewed about it all day
How the old guard do not appreciate anything we do, and that WE ARE BRINGING the business into the town, not the reverse. We had a full house this weekend and NOT ONE ROOM was here to visit anyone locally or for anything local, at all. It was all due to this B&B's marketing!
The brother in law came to go to a show two weekends, yes at the music venue, he is from here, I know as we walked down together AND sat together. He was not here to visit them. Sorry old gal.
done blowing off steam. made me so mad.
As you know, we have a new music venue that opened end of April here. Two of the old geezers on the town council are opposed to it, 100%. Opposed to anything tourism related, anything worthwhile for economic development.
The venue has been built using many different grants and funding (non tax payer money) tobacco indemnity funds, etc. That is a miracle it and of itself!
There was an "Open House" invitation only event with food and music and the town welcoming everyone (business wise and backers) to the new venue. It was amazing, nothing like anything else - here. The Mayor was there, the council members, all but TWO. (You know the two). This is a town venue, should they have been there? You betchya.
Today at the polls I was prepared to speak to them about this. They want to keep this town depressed and in the dark. At my poll (there were two polling places) the mayor and new up and coming business owner council member runner were there and the other two incumbents also running to keep their seats were not there.
Dang.
I spoke to an old gal who wore a tshirt with the one name on it. I asked if he had been to the open house for the venue as I didn't see him. She said "I don't know I was out of town" and then she said to me "Who are YOU?" She then said my brother in law stays with you. She has a ladies wear shop downtown, and said her daughter always sends discount cards to our B&B for our guests (she did this one time). (Like she is doing me a huge favor) and that they spent a lot of money. (the reverse of thank you for sending YOUR B&B guests to spend alot of money, I am suppose to be thanking her). I said yes she did once. She said "oh no no more than once" listen lady I am the one who does everything, if I get them I GET THEM, no one else at the B&B I have owned for over 11 years.
I then said "Oh you must be..." since she never gave me her name and shook her hand.
I told her I was hoping TOWN COUNCIL MAN would be here as I wanted to ask him why he is against the venue, and she went on about money and debt and how careful and wonderful he is. I said "Well as a business owner you know you have to spend money to make money and I am one of the backers of the new music venue"
She also said and I forgot to add "You can go and talk to him at the other polling place" (Oh really? I am supposed to drive over there to talk to him? What the!)
And so...I voted, not for him. I then mentally stewed about it all day
How the old guard do not appreciate anything we do, and that WE ARE BRINGING the business into the town, not the reverse. We had a full house this weekend and NOT ONE ROOM was here to visit anyone locally or for anything local, at all. It was all due to this B&B's marketing!
The brother in law came to go to a show two weekends, yes at the music venue, he is from here, I know as we walked down together AND sat together. He was not here to visit them. Sorry old gal.
done blowing off steam. made me so mad.