Letter to the Editor: Boycotting the Downey Theatre

Dear Editor:

I was both disappointed and disgusted to read in the Downey Patriot that VenueTech was given another 3-year contract to manage the Downey Theater. It is an epic mistake that just keeps getting worse.

I applaud Mr. Lawrence Christon for his detailed and articulate article in the Patriot. Downey’s naive needs-more-marketing approach completely misses the point. City council thinks that VenueTech will help solve the problem when VenueTech is the problem.

What a wonderful Christmas present it would have been for all of us had Downey announced that they were going to bring in an ethical, reputable, responsible theater management company. Then we might see revitalization occur, as well as the potential return of our beloved Downey Civic Light Opera. Instead, we get three more years of oblivion.

All of this leaves one question to be asked. Who is collecting the payoffs and kickback that keeps this awful company in place?

My boycott continues.

Mike Sanburn
Bellflower