Pay up, or Glenelg's New Year bash is off

The Pay up, or Glenelg's New Year bash is off :

"Mayor Ken Rollond said the council would set aside $80,000 but wanted other sources to come up with a total of $140,000."

Glenelg became a serious alternative venue to Victoria Square as we marched intot he new millennium. It encapsulated what Glenelg had become and I daresay other places around the state will also become serious rallying points on New Year's Eve. It's good and we do need to look at how the costs will be covered because a lot of people enjoy these NYE activities and celebrations and it helping our state mature.Glenelg is a popular place with tourists and probably those over Christmas would enjoy our NYE by the sea. Whether the government should foot the rest of the bill is a moot point. People would be very disappointed if the Glenelg celebrations didn't go ahead so maybe we need to look at NYE fund raising programmes. Something easy which would raise revenue. We have some very popular photogrpahs of our areas taken by professional photographers. Some of us have bought these phots to send overseas. A diary? A calendar? A set of Christmas cards? Would that raise enough funds? I can remember some lovely little chocolates bought in Switzerland with beautiful photos of their mountains which made a very stylish gift for friends and relatives. We need to tie it in with our Christmas activities. Hand made candles...we are all into burning the candles with subtle perfumes...the ones which look soooo artistic. I think we could all help fund these events in some way , shape or form and maybe local businesses could come to the New Year's Eve fund raising party with something which would also suit our Chritmas buying?