Last week, Tracy Smith complained about his e-mails to myself being published in the Blog. In the main, because I didn't publish my half.
He noted receipt of three responses from Councillors which, even though they did not agree with him, were civil, as he has a right to expect from an elected representative,as a twenty-seven year resident of the town.
I am in the habit of responding promptly and civilly to e-mails from residents. It's great to be able to do it so easily. .
This will be my last response to Mr.Smith however. As noted below, we clearly have a different concept of civility.
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25/10/2012
Good Morning Mr. Smith,
I have received your e-mail and note your comments.
Obviously you are confident of your understanding of the issue,to be able to
offer critical comments. I will not attempt to dissuade you.
I am not
concerned about the town becoming the laughing stock of the music festival
world. We understood we had achieved that status last year, when for the
first time , we failed to funnel in tax revenues as well as the other
amenities that allowed the festival to be developed. "using the town as a
venue" is a term obviously used advisedly.
When Aurora's first citizen
was excluded from ceremonies this year and quotes about " only friends of
the festival" were bandied about, few illusions were left about the level
of "vindictiveness and score settling" employed.
FYI, the idea for a
music festival in the town park was advanced in the fall of 2008. Not by the
current "entrepreneur"
I am sure you will continue to enjoy a Jazz Festival.
It was apparently a lucrative endeavour.
Since distinction in the world
of music festivals has also been achieved , it will probably appear close
by: like Snowball Corners perhaps.
Enjoy your day Mr. Smith. It will not
come again.
Evelyn Buck
Quite lovely. And that after he announced by way of introduction that " I don't like your Blog. " Manners maketh the man - or not-in this case.
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