Shakespeare Theatre Under Assault - Join Today's March and Tell The Mayor and Council NO!!

I am sure many of you have been following the events surrounding the Theatre and the White House the past few weeks. Well the political high jinx in play the past few days demonstrate just how far the Mayor, the Town Council (except Matt) and certain political operatives  are willing to go to get their way to kill the theatre and bull doze the White House.

We have planned a march called "Save Our Heritage March on Town Hall" starting tonight at 6:00 pm, in the Stationhouse Square parking lot. We will walk single file up Main St and into the Town Council meeting room at 6:30 pm where many of us will speak in favor of the petition  to reopon the theatre and release the funds to repair the White House. This petition was launched on May 24th coincident with the White House Rally and has garnered over 1,200 signatures and over 150 comments from people all over the country. 

NOTE: If you have not signed the petition, please sign here.

WHAT:   "Save Our Heritage March on Town Hall"

WHEN:    Tonight June 11th, 6:00 pm

WHERE:  Stationhouse Square parking lot

WHY:      Deliver Petition to Mayor/Town Council. Tell them to reopen the theatre and release the budgeted funds to Repair the White House.

Over this weekend, we have learned that the Council has placed on the agenda the issue of the Summer Festival and whether the town has sufficient funds to go ahead with this annual tradition as previously planned. If the Arts Commission cannot come up with the budget shortfall of $15,000 by tonight's council meeting, then the Council will move to kill the Festival. These are the sorts of back room maneuverings that the theatre and White House opponents are using to get their way to put up a sports complex or retirement home in our neighborhood. Watch the video in this Patch news clip and see if you don't get as mad as I did at the Mayor and Councilman Jim Connor. 

There is so much happening, I cannot keep up. Please read my prior post  to understand the chronology of events sionce April 9th leading up to tonight's March.

If you care about our neighborhood's integrity and what happens to the White House and the hallowed grounds of the theatre along the Housatonic, then I urge you to attend to tonight's March and Public Forum. Over 50 citizens have already signed up to speak as of Saturday night. This promises to be an historic evening.