[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

Already explained.



It's not up to council, also as I've already explained. And IMO, she explained what it was for, the media outlets twisted her words to say that "it was just for fun" or something like that. It appears many people bought in to the media's portrayal. IMO, of course.

My opinion again, of course: It would be a big waste of time for public officials to try and get on the defensive every time the media outlets spun something like this. They'd spend all their time doing that and not doing anything productive. It doesn't really sway people anyway. Smart people try to research the background information, and form a informed decision (as we have all tried to do here), then there's the majority that just believe everything the media tells them anyway.

Really? You think it would have been a big waste of time for her to come out and say "We aren't just closing this street for fun, we are planning a festival".

That's a waste of time?
I think it's a much bigger waste of time to try to organize a festival and not once mention it. ESPECIALLY when one of the supposed necesities of this festival is being criticised as a completely pointless road closure.

Do you honestly think that the papers in town are so anti Druh that they wouldn't publish anything to do with this festival just to spite her?