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Most First Monday vendors and patrons are from out of town. This means they spend money in Scottsboro when they visit our city.
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Labor Day, if each vendor and patron spent $20.00 per day in our local businesses, not an unreasonable amount considering gas and food would be purchased and many stayed in our local motels; we had 4000 visitors Saturday, 7500 Sunday and 5000 Monday along with 200 vendors for each day equals $342,000 in local revenue. Lodging tax and total sales tax equates to more than $34,000.
Labor Day, if each vendor and patron spent $20.00 per day in our local businesses, not an unreasonable amount considering gas and food would be purchased and many stayed in our local motels; we had 4000 visitors Saturday, 7500 Sunday and 5000 Monday along with 200 vendors for each day equals $342,000 in local revenue. Lodging tax and total sales tax equates to more than $34,000.
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There is a great potential for First Monday, if only our local government leaders and our local news media would get behind this monthly event.
There is a great potential for First Monday, if only our local government leaders and our local news media would get behind this monthly event.
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First Monday was started officially by our local newspapers, The Scottsboro Citizen, then The Progressive Age, both early 20th Century newspapers strongly supported and were responsible for organizing the early First Monday events.
First Monday was started officially by our local newspapers, The Scottsboro Citizen, then The Progressive Age, both early 20th Century newspapers strongly supported and were responsible for organizing the early First Monday events.
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City of Scottsboro officials told the First Monday vendors Committee they would take the increase in revenue of First Monday vendor spots and advertise the event, the city has done nothing to date.
City of Scottsboro officials told the First Monday vendors Committee they would take the increase in revenue of First Monday vendor spots and advertise the event, the city has done nothing to date.
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The county commission and the city council have had a recent squabble over the event concerning cleaning the rest rooms. The city nor the county steps forward to clean the rest room facilities. I, as spokesperson of the First Monday Committee, will step forward to clean the rest rooms since the local politicians only consider themselves and not the health and welfare of the public.
The county commission and the city council have had a recent squabble over the event concerning cleaning the rest rooms. The city nor the county steps forward to clean the rest room facilities. I, as spokesperson of the First Monday Committee, will step forward to clean the rest rooms since the local politicians only consider themselves and not the health and welfare of the public.
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A rest room facility with hand washing is necessary to prevent the spread of disease, I have also requested of the city council that sanitizing stations be added to the portable restroom facilities.
The City of Scottsboro controls the event and has established 12 ordinances controlling the event in the past 40 years. City of Scottsboro's "out of date" First Monday Link: http://www.cityofscottsboro.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=134&Itemid=227
A rest room facility with hand washing is necessary to prevent the spread of disease, I have also requested of the city council that sanitizing stations be added to the portable restroom facilities.
The City of Scottsboro controls the event and has established 12 ordinances controlling the event in the past 40 years. City of Scottsboro's "out of date" First Monday Link: http://www.cityofscottsboro.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=134&Itemid=227
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Such is government today, what other messes will local citizens be required to cleanup after government officials failures?
Such is government today, what other messes will local citizens be required to cleanup after government officials failures?
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