‘Ridiculous Parking Infractions’ Tainted Rally
‘Ridiculous Parking Infractions’ Tainted Rally
Editor,
I have to shake my head in embarrassment at the police presence over the Fourth weekend. Even though the city didn’t allow the rally, I walked downtown with my friends to look at what was happening. Police outnumbered bikers on Saturday at about 8 to 1.
Not only that, but they were ticketing bikers for ridiculous parking infractions and stopping club members and photographing because they were wearing their colors. I was fortunate enough to hear about Sonny Barger being at Corbin’s for a booksigning event and went there. This was the best time I had all weekend. All the bikers were cordial, polite and just there to get together with friends. There was food, music and even volleyball. Now I must say Corbin knew how to treat people.
Get it together Hollister and don’t let us down on the 60th anniversary next year. If you want to have a successful rally, why not monitor the vendors to make sure they’re not pocketing all of our cash so that the city can win and let people get together with friends from all over the country and leave saying good things about our city instead of bad. Do you think these club members want to bring a bad name to their club? Keep police to a normal amount and have some on call if needed. Wouldn’t that make more sense?!
And P.S. Mr. Councilman, don’t try to make a dollar off people that you don’t even want in your town by selling tri-tip.
Robin Miles
Hollister
Rally for a Business Plan
Editor,
Let me start by first stating that I am a retired Police Lieutenant from another state. I am also a retired firefighter from that same state. I am no stranger to how local governments mismanage and have been totally amazed at how some real bozos can get elected.
I have attended the Hollister Motorcycle Rally previously with friends and we all had a great time, spending a lot of money I may add. We did not see any fights, or other type of civil problems while at the rally. It is impossible to believe that the city cannot generate enough revenue to cover expenses from having over 100,000 money spending people visit for 3 or 4 days!
I suggest the good people of Hollister get together and vote out every city government official they can find that did not support the rally. It is obvious that those individuals do not have enough business sense to turn a profit when money is falling from the sky. The good people of Hollister need to have city officials who know how to run a business well and are willing to treat the city as a business.
Then, and only then, will the city of Hollister be able to reap the financial benefits they should have been receiving for years. Just a suggestion, but harassing the local businesses that help provide the tax base for the city is NOT the way to build for the future. For heaven’s sake, GET A VIABLE BUSINESS PLAN TOGETHER!
Mike Palmer,
via e-mail
