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The reasoning given is that added security was not in original budget? Hmmm. The original budget allocates hundreds of thousands of dollars for salaries for part time season committee members who together cannot put a budget together. It appears that they got theirs though. This and the children's parade are the obvious highlights for us with a toddler. Even without an entrance fee it will cost you $100 after food, drinks and ride tickets. Another slap in the face of honest hard working Virgin Islanders by corrupt leaders who couldn't organize a one car funeral.
Why should there be an entrance fee? I don't know about this carnival, but the local ones here don't provide any entertainment value that a fee to just walk into the carnival so you can spend more money while there is ridiculous. The local carnivals here don't charge a fee, but you pay for rides, food, drinks and such so in the end you are paying a fee but for a service/product. It's like paying a cover charge, unless there is a band, I'm not paying and have walked out of many bars thinking they were going to charge me just so I can buy a drink from them. Not going to happen. Anyways, if there are free shows and such at this carnival, then yes I can see paying a fee, otherwise I agree with Sparty.
The Carnival Village does provide bands playing nightly for entertainment.
I'm sure they like to get paid. Plus there's added police security and clean up daily to consider so to maintain that, there's a cost, unfortunately.
How they propose to collect the fees will be interesting since the Village is in a wide open, easily accessible, from all directions, location
My point is, they have never charged before, they "forgot" to budget for extra security. Maybe the needed monies should be taken from their bloated salaries. Part of their "security is a fence around the village. Ask people at the Who concert how good that works. With WAPA increases, fuel cost increases, Medicaid expansion being phased out, a new Sin Tax and now this added fee, a revolution is coming.
My point is, they have never charged before, they "forgot" to budget for extra security. Maybe the needed monies should be taken from their bloated salaries. Part of their "security is a fence around the village. Ask people at the Who concert how good that works. With WAPA increases, fuel cost increases, Medicaid expansion being phased out, a new Sin Tax and now this added fee, a revolution is coming.
No argument there!
Just wait until the government paychecks stop.
An entrance fee for carnival/festival villages in the V.I. is long overdue. A large portion of the budget, which is subsidized by the govt, goes to paying for nightly entertainment. I've heard of entertainers charging upwards of 15-20K
Only in our villages or during election will patrons get FREE entertainment like that. Anytime or anywhere else it would be a $30-50 entrance fee.
A broke govt cannot continue pouring money into carnival. The carnival committee needs to start covering the costs.
Who pays for jump-up? Extra police, road closures, trash cleanup, that @!!!#$%! helicopter flying overhead. Do the Mocko-Jumbies get paid? I imagine the Flaming Gypsies don't volunteer. Is it in the budget too? Lot's of sales to street vendors, stores, local restaurants that night. Assuming the proper gross receipt taxes get turned in the govt should get a little something out of it to cover costs? Or do the street vendors pay a fee for each stand?
We will go on a free night. I'm not rewarding people who do not know how to budget.
You can't make this up
This isn't about me. I can afford to go. You see, I believe in community in standing with others who can't. The carnival committee are screwing people who aren't as fortunate as me.
$5 is minimal.
I'm sure everyone that really wants to go can afford $5.
If you go every night, that's only $35 for 7 nights of musical entertainment.
I'm surprised that they aren't charging more.
Then there's still the fireworks to pay for which in itself is a large expense.
Would you prefer to not have live music or a Carnival, the Carnival Village, security and clean up, for that matter?
We will go on a free night. I'm not rewarding people who do not know how to budget.
You can't make this up
This isn't about me. I can afford to go. You see, I believe in community in standing with others who can't. The carnival committee are screwing people who aren't as fortunate as me.
Not what I found ironic
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