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Ironwood - February 2, 2010
One has to wonder, just how much
contempt does the Sisufest Organizers have for Ironwood’s Downtown
Business Owners.
Just last week there merchants held a meeting due to
the financial losses sustained at the Sisufest. While the downtown
merchants support the event, they do not want another repeat of this
year’s losses which were incurred when the organizers barricaded of the
downtown area for two days.
Now, after hearing the business owner’s
complaints, the same indifferent people have rubbed salt into the
wounds. Last Thursday the indifferent race organizers held a party for
150+ volunteers outside downtown Ironwood. In fact it’s outside the city
entirely. The inconsiderate race organizers held the event at the Elk &
Hound, which is located outside the City of Ironwood.
It’s amazing
to us how thoughtless these people can be. The group took in over
$50,000 in sponsorship money and race fees. They certainly could
have sent some of it back downtown where the damage was done. The event
could have been held in the Memorial Building and catered by a downtown
business.
One also has to wonder, how can a school district
(Ironwood) donate $600 to an event when it can not afford to pay for school
events?
The same thing can be said of the City of Ironwood, broke as
it is, how can the city afford to pay overtime and equipment costs for
this event, and not put that money into the city’s needs instead?
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