Despite organizer dispute, Heritage Days 2017 still being planned
NANAIMO — The City says Nanaimo Heritage Days will carry on after the event appeared in doubt following a heated post online from a former organizer.
In an electric Facebook post, previous organizer Morgan Carey of Real Estate Webmasters said he wouldn’t put on the event this year due to a lack of community support. He also referenced an unwillingness to have his staff involved in the “toxic environment…due to our ridiculous city council and city management.”
“I was asked to help with it and I ended up getting it dropped in my lap. I don’t have the time and I certainly don’t have the $50,000 extra just laying around to pay for it by myself,” he told NanaimoNewsNOW.
Carey said while he loved seeing happy families enjoy the activities downtown the last two years, overall he felt his efforts were unappreciated.