The top of the email asks, in red...
DO YOU "LIKE LANE" OR IS THE "PRICE RIGHT?"
And then instructs you to...
"Come and Hear Fort Worth Mayoral Run-Off Candidates Jim Lane & Betsy Price - Just Days Before the June 14 Election"
Then comes the invitation....
"Please join Downtown Fort Worth, Inc. for "Picnic & Politics in the Park," an old-fashioned, town-square style political picnic - and one of the last open forums to hear from the two Fort Worth Mayoral run-off candidates, Jim Lane and Betsy Price."
And then we learn that old-fashioned political picnics are expensive...
"Individual tickets are $50 for DFWI members and $60 for non-members. Sponsorships are available beginning at $750."
It costs $350 a year to be a DFWI member.
So, in the old days, in Fort Worth, when there was a town square, public park political picnic event, the townfolk were charged an entry fee to attend? That just doesn't seem right to me. Shouldn't poor voters like me, who don't have an extra $60, be able to hear the mayoral candidates speechify before an election? This entry free just sort of seems, well, un-democratic to me.
Yes, I know, I've been told plenty of times, I don't need to be told again. It's the Fort Worth Way.
I probably should mention, in case you want to spend $60 for a Picnic & Politics in the Park, that this takes place next Thursday, June 9, at Burnett Park, in beautiful Downtown Fort Worth, from 11:30 am til 1:00 pm.
Why anyone would attend something like this and pay for the fun of sitting around in 90+ degree heat to hear the same old stuff and momentarily gladhand any politician is a mystery to me.
ReplyDeleteMaybe we can organize a "Brown Bags and BS" counter picnic for the rest of us po'folk across the street at the same time. I'll bet we could hear the BS speechifying over the sound system. For free.
i thought you were leaving. you've laid and played around dirty ol' town too long, brah. gather up one of your gal pals like chelsea hotpeppers and make a better life for yourself in warshington.
ReplyDeleteif your going thru hell keep on moving. good luck and good nite.