RTP-area local music and culture

[James Hepler <jameshepler AT yahoo.com>]

--- Gregor <gregorio_sb AT earthlink.net> wrote:
> jameshepler AT yahoo.com (James Hepler)   wrote:
> 
> >
> >--- Gregor <gregorio_sb AT earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Sounds absolutely DREADFUL.  If there were
> anybody
> >> not already
> >> horribly overworked at the local newspaper who
> would
> >> take a few
> >> moments to research it, the issues are right out
> >> there in the open for
> >> anyone to see.
> >
> >I don't know why everyone is in a huff about this. 
> I
> >mean, if they don't build this thing, how in the
> hell
> >are we going to get Puddle of Mudd to play Durham?
> 
> I sure hope this is tongue in cheek!  Why would we
> *want* Puddle of
> Mudd to play Durham at a venue with the prices we
> can expect Clear
> Channel to impose?  
> 
> I'm in a huff about *anything* funded with
> Certificates of
> Participation.  That funding route suggests our
> elected officials
> either do not care to take the time to run the plan
> by the voters *or*
> want to take an end-run around a probable defeat at
> the polls for a
> bond issue.  Any debt taken on by our elected
> officials should be for
> a better cause than  guaranteeing profits for Clear
> Channel.  BTW did
> you notice their take is guaranteed before the city
> gets a penny.  No
> thanks!

PUDDLE OF MUDD.  OK?

Hep


        
                
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