First Night, What?
Are you a bit weary about having spent all that money on your new home? Are there signs in your neighborhood that home prices are dropping? Is your neighbor, the guy who once worked for Coldwell-Banker planting For Sale signs in front lawns now home all day? Is the real estate agent across the street walking the neighborhood with flyers for starter homes? These could all be signs that the bubble has burst and you over paid for that house in Contra Costa County.
If you want the real skinny on whether the market is still fat, tune in tonight to Channel 2, at 10:00, and listen to County Assessor and Real Estate agent Mark Ross talk about the market and if the ball has dropped, if the bubble has burst, or if the bottom has fallen out.
Speaking of the ball dropping- a traditional New Year's Eve event, someone dropped the ball on New Year's Eve First Night in Martinez. Every finger is pointing to City Manager, June Catalano for her postponement of First Night on New Year's Eve because of rain and the rescheduling of it this past Saturday evening, making it Twenty-ninth night.
The back room whispers here at the county building are brutal and Catalano may have put another mark on her not so progressive career. Behind the scenes she is taking a lot of the heat for not getting redevelopment moving a bit faster and for not having a sit down with the Mayor about what the current council is doing.
But the First Night on the last weekend of January was a flop. This should be a message to every community in the country that has a First Night celebration- DON'T POSTPONE IT. THAT'S WHY IT IS CALLED FIRST NIGHT.According to research, Martinez is the First Community to hold a First Night on the 29th night.
How foolish was that?
Martinez would have been smarter to have held a Chinese New Year Celebration. Well, maybe not.
First Night Martinez barely works on first night, never mind some 28 nights later. What was the point of scheduling a New Year's Eve celebration in Martinez at the end of January. The town is no fun during normal, celbratory events. What would entice people to come to town now. A meth party? A bocce court camp-out? A tour of the RV vehicles downtown? All have possibilities, but none have the draw or the power to attract a crowd.
The city spent an unheard of amount of money for generators, fireworks and other costly items to hold the event. And, there were more people signed up for the vioxx class action suit on the first day the suit was announced than there was at Furst Night, Postponed.
There is absolutely no rhyme or reason to the foolishness that continues in Martinez. A blunder like the First Night fiasco, with all of 14 people walking around downtown should be highly suspect as to why it was held in the first place. Who is picking up the cost of this foolishness? And, on top of all this the restaurants were not even open.
I bet the organizers had a few drinks after seeing the bottom line and what the non event-event cost.
Another coup for Martinez.
Tune in tomorrow as we analyze those two high-powered political activists, Paul Craig and Rich Virale, and take a closer look at who is behind their recent letter writing campaign.
If you want the real skinny on whether the market is still fat, tune in tonight to Channel 2, at 10:00, and listen to County Assessor and Real Estate agent Mark Ross talk about the market and if the ball has dropped, if the bubble has burst, or if the bottom has fallen out.
Speaking of the ball dropping- a traditional New Year's Eve event, someone dropped the ball on New Year's Eve First Night in Martinez. Every finger is pointing to City Manager, June Catalano for her postponement of First Night on New Year's Eve because of rain and the rescheduling of it this past Saturday evening, making it Twenty-ninth night.
The back room whispers here at the county building are brutal and Catalano may have put another mark on her not so progressive career. Behind the scenes she is taking a lot of the heat for not getting redevelopment moving a bit faster and for not having a sit down with the Mayor about what the current council is doing.
But the First Night on the last weekend of January was a flop. This should be a message to every community in the country that has a First Night celebration- DON'T POSTPONE IT. THAT'S WHY IT IS CALLED FIRST NIGHT.According to research, Martinez is the First Community to hold a First Night on the 29th night.
How foolish was that?
Martinez would have been smarter to have held a Chinese New Year Celebration. Well, maybe not.
First Night Martinez barely works on first night, never mind some 28 nights later. What was the point of scheduling a New Year's Eve celebration in Martinez at the end of January. The town is no fun during normal, celbratory events. What would entice people to come to town now. A meth party? A bocce court camp-out? A tour of the RV vehicles downtown? All have possibilities, but none have the draw or the power to attract a crowd.
The city spent an unheard of amount of money for generators, fireworks and other costly items to hold the event. And, there were more people signed up for the vioxx class action suit on the first day the suit was announced than there was at Furst Night, Postponed.
There is absolutely no rhyme or reason to the foolishness that continues in Martinez. A blunder like the First Night fiasco, with all of 14 people walking around downtown should be highly suspect as to why it was held in the first place. Who is picking up the cost of this foolishness? And, on top of all this the restaurants were not even open.
I bet the organizers had a few drinks after seeing the bottom line and what the non event-event cost.
Another coup for Martinez.
Tune in tomorrow as we analyze those two high-powered political activists, Paul Craig and Rich Virale, and take a closer look at who is behind their recent letter writing campaign.
posted by Harrison Melbourne at 11:14 AM
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