"Michigan cancels its annual fair; Struggling state can’t afford to subsidize event" by Corey Williams, Associated Press | September 2, 2010
DETROIT — Governor Jennifer Granholm canceled the Michigan State Fair, saying debt-ridden Michigan could no longer afford to subsidize it....
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"Michigan, reeling under cataclysmic job losses and massive budget shortfalls, has played hard to trump the field, laying out $125 million in 2008, $223 million in 2009."
All for PROFITABLE Hollywood!
Game Report: Mass. Loses to Michigan
Also see: Michigan Subsidies Fail
Oh, she has PLENTY of TAXPAYER MONEY for CORPORATE HANDOUTS though!!
The Michigan State Fair had been a state tradition for 160 years....
I think it is time to GET RID of TRADITIONS, don't you?
You know, like the TRADITIONS of WARS and LOOTING!!
Like those in other states, the Michigan fair had its roots in agrarian fairs in Europe, where farmers met to discuss farming techniques and equipment. As waves of immigrants came to the United States, they influenced the fairs, which added ethnic foods and other attractions....
But part of the problem also seems to have been the fair’s inability to successfully marry its agrarian roots with money-making entertainment as other state fairs have done....
Yeah just IGNORE the TAX LOOT being STOLEN and BLAME YOURSELVES!
That seems to be the MSM ATTITUDE and I AM TIRED OF IT!!
The 11-day Iowa State Fair drew about 970,000 this year. Along with typical fair fare, including livestock judging, a cow sculpted from butter, and chicken- and husband-calling contests, it had a musical lineup led by country music star Keith Urban and pop singer Sheryl Crow.
In contrast, the Michigan fair’s top entertainers last year were the aging rockers in Starship and Survivor, along with Billy Squier....
I wouldn't want to go to either one. Not to see those performers.
In Michigan, agriculture remains the number two industry behind manufacturing, and the state is among the nation’s leaders in production of sugar beets, cherries, apples, corn, and other produce. Smaller fairs continue to celebrate that heritage, and at least one appears to have benefited from the state fair’s closing.
Why leave it there then, MSM?
Besides, things can't be too bad if OTHERS are BENEFITING.
Makes you wonder WHAT is behind the PoS FILLER article, doesn't it?
