Reply to The City of Miami seeks to Cancel the 2nd Weekend of Ultra Music Festival

from dubstep.net (http://www.dubstep.net/blog/city-of-...music-festival)

"Just a few short months before the massive Ultra Music Festival is scheduled to be held in Miami's Bayfront Park, The City of Miami (particularly Vice Chairman Marc Sarnoff) have introduced a resolution to put a permanent hold on the second weekend of the Festival. The resolution asserts that the festival would be excessively disruptive to residents and local businesses for reasons of noise, traffic, and disorderly conduct; if passed, this resolution would once again limit the festival to a single weekend.

In opposition to this resolution, our good friend and industry supporter EDMSnob has organized a petition urging the council to withdraw this resolution.

"As attendees, fans, and supporters of Ultra Music Festival, we are adamantly opposed to the City of Miami's Proposed Resolution that would divest the Bayfront Park Management Trust of the power to authorize Ultra Music Festival to hold their event for two weekends. We oppose this for several reasons." - EDMSnob

Of primary interest in the Snob's petition is the interesting fact Ultra Music Festival injected $79 million into the South Florida economy in 2012 alone, and that was with the festival limited to it's standard one-weekend format. The scheduled expansion of this event will not only enhance these already extraordinary numbers, it would far exceed (if not entirely mitigate) the minor inconvenience caused to local businesses and residents.

For further details, please read the petition points listed below, and consider lending your support to a cause that reflects a unjust and completely unwarranted prejudice against the EDM Community at large:




CITY OF MIAMI COMMISSION: Withdraw the Resolution to Cancel the 2nd Weekend of Ultra Music Festival

To sign the petition and support the community we all love and respect, follow the link below and fill out the simple web-form. Spread the word and help make a difference for the artists, festival-goers, and Miami Residents alike!"

SIGN THE PETITION