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Isleton Crawdad Festival Cancelled!!!
The city of Isleton has cancelled its annual Crawdad Festival this year.
The event had been scheduled for June 19-21. It typically features crawdads - crayfish - prepared in all manner of ways, Cajun music and plenty of vendors.
City Manager Bruce Pope told News10 a drop in vendor participation prompted the decision. With the festival requiring a sizable financial investment upfront, Pope said the Chamber of Commerce determined the risk was too much for the town.
However, City Councilman Jim Corsaut said last year's experience was a bad one for vendors.
"A lot of them said they wouldn't be back this year," said Corsaut, because of "the way they were treated by the fire chief."Chief Bob Bartley says he was merely enforcing the fire codes required by law. http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=59803
MY 2 CENTS WORTH: Thank you vendors for not giving in and giving away your money. I am not aware of all the facts, but I am pretty certain that the fire chief is not at total fault for this. Fees were kind of high $450, but I don't think that was the main reason for vendors not participating. Can anybody give me some input on this?
