Del Fest is an annual music festival held in our county annually. This was the year for a new contract to be signed. The process was as much a melodrama as the bickering of the 2016 Presidential Primary Candidates performed.
There was a lot of misinformation swirling around our county during the negotiation process. A lot of information was reported in our local newspaper. The fact that these behind-the-scenes details hit print media further illustrates the collapse of common sense that prevailed. A new give year contract will be signed on Nov. 3, 2017. That is the best news!
There is some bad news which I will summarize in bullet points below:
- Until less than 30 days ago the County attorney was not involved in the negotiations.
- Until less than 30 days ago there had not been even one sit-down meeting with representatives of both organizations present.
- The contract was being negotiated via email between 2 people, neither of them being a lawyer.
I feel a 5th grade student could have coordinated the process more intelligently than the County Commissioners!