So, is Stephen King the Sacrificial Lamb, or a Corporate Pawn in this travesty?
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Noooo you can't do that. you must prolong it a few more years. Things won't be the same when you retire. Damn i swore. some people just don't respect others ,no matter what one does.Three and a half more years, Marsha--just three and a half more years.
MANATEE COUNTY, FL (Aug. 5, 2014) – The famous Stephen King was announced today as the speaker for the Manatee Library Foundation’s most ambitious fundraiser ever.It was advertised in the paper as being open to the public. If all 300 seats were available to the public then the public would have at least had a chance at tickets. It is a private function and should have been advertised as such. Sure everybody who wanted tickets may not have been able to get one but at least they would have had the opportunity to try for a ticket. Instead the opportunity was waved in their faces and snatched away. The county is matching funds (tax payer dollars) raised through this event but the local people who pay those tax dollars weren't even allowed to try to buy a ticket. That is the reason for the outrage.
Has Steve been talking to you?! That's what he tells me, too. There are days when it can't go by fast enough and other days when I know I'll be sorry when it comes--whenever that may be.Noooo you can't do that. you must prolong it a few more years. Things won't be the same when you retire. Damn i swore. some people just don't respect others ,no matter what one does.
Oh I wish but you know if i mention that on here,people will give you an attitude.Has Steve been talking to you?! That's what he tells me, too. There are days when it can't go by fast enough and other days when I know I'll be sorry when it comes--whenever that may be.
The foundation is to make money. I get it. But don't pretend they'll let the little people come when that was never the intention. Stephen King fans that are poorer and have to actually save money to go aren't worth having there anyway. I am not the only one that feels this way either there are a lot of local people that fund the library through their tax dollars that are pissed they don't have a chance to go.
It was advertised in the paper as being open to the public. If all 300 seats were available to the public then the public would have at least had a chance at tickets. It is a private function and should have been advertised as such. Sure everybody who wanted tickets may not have been able to get one but at least they would have had the opportunity to try for a ticket. Instead the opportunity was waved in their faces and snatched away. The county is matching funds (tax payer dollars) raised through this event but the local people who pay those tax dollars weren't even allowed to try to buy a ticket. That is the reason for the outrage.
well saidIt saddens me to see your outrage over this event.
it is true that that original newspaper article stated:
General tickets will go on sale Nov. 1 and can be purchased later this year through the Manatee Performing Arts Center box office and the Manatee Library Foundation website.
However, it was always meant as a fundraiser, and when the event sold out things changed:
All tickets were quickly purchased by sponsors, but the original intent of allowing the community to buy tickets later had to be nixed.
"It was our expectation that tickets would be available to the public, but the response from the community to grab sponsorship-level sup
port blew away the limited number of tickets we had," Plitt said.
Not everything that is planned in life can be expected to happen as it was planned. Why not just be thankful the fundraiser is such a success.
I too live in Fl and pay taxes that fund the libraries. I also live within traveling distance to have attended this event. Yes, I would have needed to save for ticket price and travel expense, plus caregiver to my critters, as I live on a very fixed income. In no way do I feel that I was made to feel unworthy of attending this event. I am , instead, happy that it was sold out and the desired funds will be available-- for all to enjoy and use.
There will be other events. Let this "good deed" be recognized in a positive way.
I see that, dammit.Three and a half more years, Marsha--just three and a half more years.
♥ (((((((((((((((((M))))))))))))))))))) ♥Three and a half more years, Marsha--just three and a half more years.
As the article Sunny linked to quoted, they hadn't expected to receive enough interest from the corporate sponsors alone to sell out.
Three and a half more years, Marsha--just three and a half more years.
Then they shouldn't have announced 3 weeks ago that it was a public event and that tickets would be available to the public. I had it marked on my calendar and planned on trying to be the first in line. It was an incredible disappointment to not even have a chance to try and buy a ticket. Now it just comes off and another way the rich reap the benefits while loyal fans who buy all his books are left in the cold.
What is a "library" and who is this "Stephen King" fella everyone keeps mentioning? My personal confusion over this is making me quite angry and I am looking for a scapegoat. Interested? I heard you have some free time on your hands (not your feet).Three and a half more years, Marsha--just three and a half more years.
Thanks for the heads up--will alert the author....will be sure to pass along your photo so he'll know who to look for.I plan to make the 45 minute drive, wait out back and stalk SK. Is that Ok, Mod? He won't mind will he? I figured he could use some new friends... that won't retire on him in a couple years.
Oh, the irony. Boyd is a huge supporter of Rick Scott and all things Tea Party. I can't find the link, but he was also very critical of Steve's statements about the rich paying more taxes. He is pretty critical of most things SK stands for politically. But hey, the library is getting money and that is all that matters. I just found it interesting Boyd will love SK at least for the night....State Rep. Jim Boyd, the event’s honorary chair, said the event will be “second to none.”