beat me to it

can't imagine? have you seen the trash piled up on the city streets lately? as much as i want the fest to happen, as a detroit native i can safely say it's about the least important thing the city needs to do right now. revenue, yes, good. but even a wildly successful & lucrative festival would only be a tiny drop in the bucket.

i'm almost tempted to say don't write the city. it's a waste of time and if there were any attention devoted to it by councilpeople it would be time taken away from more important activities. ..not that that are really doing anything valuable with their time apparently.

- that's not said with a defeatist attitude. really. :) i think the city needs the fest in a lot of important ways and if i could pay for the whole thing myself i would. but don't be surprised when it doesn't happen. there'll need to be a major sponsor or there will be no fest.