I agree, Will, and in my opinion very unfortunate that they were the first people featured in the article.
However during the interview the journalist said to me I am looking for honesty not a PR job,
I was being honest but also being positive, trying to say how the whole community[locals and blow ins] come together to run festivals, this was unreported, I believe she had an agenda, and its possible quoted some of the others may have been quoted out of context.