Err, yes Bob but what about changing the policy to ensure the success of this festival, for that was rather selective reading of the above post and completely ignoring many others?

Supporting folk festivals is of course a good thing, but is supporting this council's policy, a good thing and we simply ignore it, to have this festival in this form?

That said, Weymouth & Portland bc do seem to be rather overzealous in their approach to PEL,-

The future of the council organised festival in ths form must be in some, due to the huge financial crisis 'the professionals' of this council has landed us all in. We face a 69% increase in our already high council tax!

Today the council members, a third of whom face re-eletion in
May have to decide on urgent cost-cutting proposed measures like closing the council owned and run Pavilion theatre, where the festival events take place, closing the swimming pool, having refuse collection every other week and closing many public toilets.

It is suggested in yesterday's local paper that the post of arts development officer could go, saving £25,000, and £27,000 could be saved by not subscibing to The LGA and bodies like South West Arts.