Chron-photo of Betsy Johnson, Tony Hyde and Rita Bernhardt
cutting the ribbon to "officially" open the Amphitheater.
A few thoughts on this one my friends.
First, I don't want to seem like an ol' truck-drivin' sour-puss or anything--I am happy about the Amphitheater's unvieling, the concerts scheduled and all it has to offer St Helens. And there was a great turn out from the community last Thursday evening...
Nevertheless, I can not for the life of me figure out why there aren't any St Helens City Officials pictured above, (why they weren't even involved at all) and more to the point, why two County Commissioners had the lead roles in this opening ceremony.
Is the Amphitheater now a County Park? Did the County contribute any money to the Amphitheater's creation and erection? Yeah, I can understand Sen. Johnson being there, since the Johnson Foundation contributed $5000 or more to the Amphitheater's development Fund. But where are the others?
Where was the high-school jazz-ensemble that was one of the main inspirations for the original idea? Where was Tom Brumbaugh? And where was Larry Buzbee? Or a few of the people who donated their hard-earned money for salmon bollards? Jesus, where are the salmon bollards period?
Dave Freitag wrote an excellent letter to sthelensupdate back in February mentioning that, "the coming together of a community on a volunteer basis to build a structure like this is a rare event for any town."
Dave is absolutely right and this SHOULD HAVE BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED last Thursday! ...Right?!!?
This whole thing just stinks. Keep your eye on things in this nice town y'all have here.
-Tom
5 comments:
Where are the band patrons? Where is the St. Helens High School Band. If it were not for Tom Brumbaugh and the Band Patrons, there would be no amphitheater
You are exactly right Tom. This seems like vultures swarming in on another animal's kill here. At least we know.
I just found your blog Tom and will be keeping an eye on what happens in St. Helens. Why you may ask.....I have no bloomin' idea.
Drive safely.
Just wanted you to know that Jim Huff opened the first Concert and Mayor Randy Peterson was at the Second one, which was "Mayors Day" Mayors of all the cities in the county were invited. Betsy and Rita were also there, and Rita read another speach that someone had written out for her.
Mayor sighting!!! Breaking news, eh?
:^)
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