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Immigrants' Day Festival Canceled for 2012
This is just awful, because we know God wants us to throw just as many parties for immigrants as we do for ourselves:
Well friends, if it costs $22,500 for the government to throw an Immigrants' Day party, I'll bet you those of us in the private sector can throw a better party for half that amount!
Just to prove my point, I've decided to raise $11,250 from local business owners and use it to fund the greatest Immigrants' Day festival this county has ever seen!
Now then, since I've never actually been to an Immigrants' Day festival, I'm going to need your advice and opinions. What kinds of fun activities should I plan for the Immigrants' Day festival? Should I hire a mariachi band?
I'd like for this event to be as Christ-centered as possible.
The increasingly popular Immigrants' Day Festival staged annually in Redwood City’s Courthouse Square won’t be held this year, according to county historians who blamed lack of funds for the move.
“The Immigrants Festival is heavily dependent on Redevelopment Agency funding,” said Mitch Postel, president of the San Mateo County Historical Association, which sponsors the event usually held in May.
“As the status of the agency is so uncertain, we felt it necessary to cancel the event,” Postel told Patch on Tuesday. The State Supreme Court ruled last month that the state had the right to use $1.7 billion in Redevelopment Agency funds to help solve California’s budget problems. The court’s decision could threaten the existence of California’s 400 redevelopment agencies.
“It’s that simple,” Postel said. “Just a business decision.”
Postel said the redevelopment agency contributed $7,500, which accounted for about a third of the festival’s budget...
“The Immigrants Festival is heavily dependent on Redevelopment Agency funding,” said Mitch Postel, president of the San Mateo County Historical Association, which sponsors the event usually held in May.
“As the status of the agency is so uncertain, we felt it necessary to cancel the event,” Postel told Patch on Tuesday. The State Supreme Court ruled last month that the state had the right to use $1.7 billion in Redevelopment Agency funds to help solve California’s budget problems. The court’s decision could threaten the existence of California’s 400 redevelopment agencies.
“It’s that simple,” Postel said. “Just a business decision.”
Postel said the redevelopment agency contributed $7,500, which accounted for about a third of the festival’s budget...
Leviticus 19:33-34
33And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
34But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
33And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
34But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
Well friends, if it costs $22,500 for the government to throw an Immigrants' Day party, I'll bet you those of us in the private sector can throw a better party for half that amount!
Just to prove my point, I've decided to raise $11,250 from local business owners and use it to fund the greatest Immigrants' Day festival this county has ever seen!
Now then, since I've never actually been to an Immigrants' Day festival, I'm going to need your advice and opinions. What kinds of fun activities should I plan for the Immigrants' Day festival? Should I hire a mariachi band?
I'd like for this event to be as Christ-centered as possible.
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