Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Another Example Of City Incompetence

Cruise Ship Day Downtown
Why Plaza Not Full?

I was downtown last Friday to see the impact of the cruise ship visiting our shores and while the farmer's market in Pioneer Plaza seemed to be enjoying a steady but not overwhelming crowd, Diana Krall Plaza was noticeably empty.

Why? It was because of the mind numbing, window shaking, ear-bleeding amplified music being pumped out into all of downtown. Clearly this band thinks that volume makes anyone sound good. Frankly because of the sound levels, I couldn't tell you if they were good or bad.

I was not the only one, members of the DNBIA who were manning an information booth to help visitors to downtown were most unhappy, as was the restaurant on Commercial Street who were also complaining.

So, who was responsible for this visitor-repelling awful noise? It turns out that our Parks and Rec Dept. under the leadership of Richard Harding had planned a concert as part of the summer entertainment program to help bring life to our gathering areas over the summer. It also seems that the staff member responsible for this fiasco was in the Plaza during this display of insanity and did not think it necessary to have the volume amped down. You might think the people running away from the noise might have been a clue.

So, we had one chance to make a first impression on the second cruise ship of the season, and this is how city staff handled it? Parks and Rec really needs to just stick with what they know, and running music concerts, is not one of those things. As is making choices about food vending in Maffeo Sutton Park, I see this year again we just have the one hot dog vendor.

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