From the Trentonian. Don't forget Octoberfest, now through Sunday at Williamson Park.
Octoberfest in Mo'ville
By STAFF REPORT
10/03/2008
MORRISVILLE, Pa. - Morrisville's four day Octoberfest and Carnival, which started yesterday, is open to everyone, not just borough residents, a key organizer said yesterday.
Kimberly Kane, the Morrisville YMCA events director and an Octoberfest coordinator, said any talk about non-residents being banned is wrong.
The world is welcome, including Trentonians.
"As we handed out flyers at the local shopping center near the Calhoun Street Bridge several people said things along the line of 'oh, I heard about this, but I live in Trenton. I heard we aren't allowed to go.'
"I'm not sure why people would think that or who might have told them that, but several people said things along the same lines,'' Kane said. "It just baffles me and I am concerned.
"We would never exclude anyone. It is a community event that is open to the entire public. I would like to officially invite your New Jersey customers and all New Jersey residents to please, join us at the carnival over the next 4 days.''
The events are set for Williamson Park, just on the other side of the "Trenton Makes'' bridge.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
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Uh, gee, I have no idea why Trenton residents might think they aren't allowed or aren't welcome to attend a Morrisville event. Where on earth would they get such an idea? I mean, I've heard more than a few Morrisville residents, both publicly and privately, make anti-Trenton and racist remarks, some subtle, and some blatantly overt, but this kind of pervasive thinking and behavior doesn't have any consequences, does it?
I mean, people have been trashing the Morrisville School District for years, decades really, and that hasn't had any effect at all on people's attitudes and perceptions about our public schools, has it?
Last year, our then Borough Council President wrote a newspaper opinion piece telling "outsiders" (i.e. anyone not living within the borders of Morrisville borough) interested in Morrisville's progress to mind their own business. Our current School Board President said he advises his business clients not to invest Dime 1 in Morrisville's revitalization. But those kinds of public statements don't mean anything, or have any impact on people's attitudes and perceptions about our town's business climate, or on people's desire to live or move here, do they?
Cause and Effect:
Borough Council President Jane Burger says to non-Morrisville residents "Mind your own business".
And so they do.
I'm thinking that more than a few townies hoped that no one from New Hope showed up at their Octoberfest also.
I've heard it said that the only interest Trentonians have in Morrisville is in cheap cigarettes and fireworks.
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