Did you see an advertisement for the 9th annual Cruisin’ Back to the ‘50s Car Show last week in any newspaper?
There was not any ad. This is a direct violation of the Culver City Special Event Permit that was granted to the Culver City Exchange Club by the city’s Committee on Permits and Licenses.
From this year’s permit: “Public Notification: The Event Operator will release, at his cost, a Public Announcement notice in the local newspaper that includes a map, two weeks before the event, to run once each week, providing information, a map, and the notice that there is no car show parking in the residential community”.
The Car Show’s organizers’ failure to release a public announcement notice, on Thursday, May 3, was a direct violation of the permit. Last year, the ads that were published failed to “notice that there is no Car Show parking in the residential community.” That was a direct violation of their permit.
For the last three years, organizers of the Car Show ¬ which runs Downtown tomorrow from 9 to 3 – have violated their special event permit on many different items. Last year after the Car Show, I brought it to the attention of the Committee on Permits and Licenses that the Exchange Club had violated their permit.
They said the various departments would look into it. No response from the city in the past year. This year the Car Show is in violation again with the failure to publish. Last Monday at the City Council meeting, I brought it to the attention of the Exchange Club, City Council and the City Manager. No response yet from anyone.
Last Wednesday, I brought it to the attention of the Committee on Permits and Licenses. No response yet from anyone. Yesterday the ads that were published failed to “include a map” and “notice that there is no Car Show parking in the residential community.”
This is the plain, simple and easy to understand truth. Don’t be fooled by smoke and mirrors.
The Cruisin’ Back to the ‘50s Car Show is a great event.
I have entered a vehicle in it for three years, so I know.
But the organizers have been sanctioned by the city’s sponsorship of the event, to act like a nine year-old (this being the 9th annual).
They act like a nine-year old who has behaved badly to the adjoining residential neighborhood and has no chance of being held responsible for their actions. The Car Show is like a nine-year old child who gets his way with rules his parents set. But the parents look the other way when their children misbehave by willfully breaking the rules.
Without accountability, the child has a complete disregard for rules and becomes spoiled – a child who will be asking for money again next year.
A group that boldly violates rules and gets away is a bad example. to set. When a government chooses to ignore rules, they lose credibility. Why should citizens trust a government less then credible?
Mr. Anderson may be contacted at cary@culvercity.TV
