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Letter to the mayor of Guntersville
Jul. 5th, 2010 11:08 amDear Mayor Hembree,
My family and I drove up to Guntersville from Gadsden last night in anticipation of seeing your fireworks display. We assumed from the map available on your website that the fireworks would be in the same area as the rest of the "All American 4th" activities. We sat ourselves in chairs on the spit near the Ferris wheel and waited. Imagine our dismay when we heard the concussions from the fireworks on the complete opposite side of town and glimpsed bits of the display over the tops of the trees. Tears of disappointment were shed.
When we arrived back home, I double checked the website and the map. I could find nothing which gave a location for the fireworks, other than "new City Harbor docks". While driving through town, we saw no signs whatsoever to point us in any direction other than Paddlewheel Drive. I find it nearly incomprehensible that the planners of such an event would not make the actual site of the fireworks display known, especially when taking into consideration that people unfamiliar with your city, such as ourselves, were bound to be attracted to this sort of activity.
Although it's obviously too late this year, I sincerely hope next year the site of ALL activities will be made known. Street addresses would be especially helpful for people who come from out of town and need to map out a route.
Sincerely....
My family and I drove up to Guntersville from Gadsden last night in anticipation of seeing your fireworks display. We assumed from the map available on your website that the fireworks would be in the same area as the rest of the "All American 4th" activities. We sat ourselves in chairs on the spit near the Ferris wheel and waited. Imagine our dismay when we heard the concussions from the fireworks on the complete opposite side of town and glimpsed bits of the display over the tops of the trees. Tears of disappointment were shed.
When we arrived back home, I double checked the website and the map. I could find nothing which gave a location for the fireworks, other than "new City Harbor docks". While driving through town, we saw no signs whatsoever to point us in any direction other than Paddlewheel Drive. I find it nearly incomprehensible that the planners of such an event would not make the actual site of the fireworks display known, especially when taking into consideration that people unfamiliar with your city, such as ourselves, were bound to be attracted to this sort of activity.
Although it's obviously too late this year, I sincerely hope next year the site of ALL activities will be made known. Street addresses would be especially helpful for people who come from out of town and need to map out a route.
Sincerely....
