We spent enough tax/bond money upgrading the Coliseum, so I'm glad it's paying dividends:
Memorial Coliseum was ranked in the top 50 arena venues in the world based on first-quarter ticket sales of 2005.That's gotta be 34th per capita or something, because I can't see our 12,000 seat area in a metro area of 300,000 as being ahead of those other places on raw numbers.
POLLSTAR Magazine ranked the Coliseum 34th for sales between Jan. 1 and March 31. The Coliseum’s ranking puts it above Gund Arena in Cleveland, MCI Center in Washington and Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
Randy Brown, Coliseum general manager, said in a statement that the recognition will help attract even larger events.
Anyway, that's not even the real story in this article. Let's just get right to the story:
A Lima, Ohio, woman has filed a grievance with the Indiana Civil Rights Commission against the city of Decatur/Adams County Parks Department, alleging she is the victim of religious discrimination.The club asked her to leave, not the city, so I'm not sure that's actionable, but I concede that she may have a case. Or at least I did, until I read this:
Tresa Salyer, 35, is a licensed minister in Ohio, and a practicing witch, with a congregation of about 35.
According to Salyer, she had been paying since January to rent a table at a monthly flea market set up by the Adams County Coin Club in a city-county-owned building.
She had planned to sell incense, jewelry, candle burners, oil and other items. But when she arrived on the first Sunday in April, she claims she was asked to leave and barred from setting up the table. The club organizers told her they did not want her to operate there because she is a witch, she said.
“I am asking for $4 million in compensation,”Salyer said, “and if they come to the table with anything less, we’re going to federal court.”
The $4 million represents one dollar for every pagan on the planet, Salyer said.
Still working on a WTW entry. Meanwhile, take a lap around the trailer park:
I think that qualifies as White Trash Wycca...