A special Silver Lake Neighborhood Council meeting scheduled for tomorrow night will focus on the controversial Sunset Junction Festival. A board member from the non profit festival's producer, the Sunset Junction Neighborhood Alliance, will make a presentation addressing changes for this year's fete, set for the weekend of August 22nd. Among other nitty gritty detail that community members have concerns about, they will discuss parking problems and the wristband/handstamp policy that in the past has sometimes left employees at local businesses paying to get into the festival to access their jobs. The meeting is at 7 p.m. at Micheltorena School Auditorium and the council hopes the public will join them. The meeting's full agenda is embedded below:




Ummmmm, whatever happened to the majority sentiment that admission should be free for everyone at this festival?? Also, is anyone going to ask the orginizer to show financial transparency as he claims the profits are donated to charity? This is bullshit.
I really hope that something positive will come out of this. I may even drop by if I can get out work in time. But after last year's debacle, I'm not very optimistic. The organizers of the festival have pretty clearly demonstrated through their actions that they are in this for their own self-interest, not for a celebration of community.
Anybody know how this went?
I thought the meeting was painful. SJNA brought supporters who clapped constantly for the Festival and made pro Michael McKinnley comments. The format of the meeting was you could ask a question but if it wasn't answered there was no follow up. So SJNA put out their regular b.s. and no one called them on it.