Mark Brown. Takes a licking. Keeps on ticking

MEDIA RELEASE

SAULT MEMORIAL GARDENS REDEDICATION COMMITTEE

************************* Keep the Steelback Centre sign on the building, but have all advertisers and ticket printers use the name Steelback Sault Memorial Gardens now!

If our City Council can change the beer they sell inside the Steelback during this period when we don't have a sponsor, then they can also change the name on every radio ad, print ad, web ad and ticket until we get a new sponsor.

We don't want thanks for how nice and professional we were in getting the request of the majority of taxpayers into the hands of our City Council.

We want results!

Our City Council made a good decision last Monday night to put the future naming decision of our building into the hands of the people who will be paying the bill so that we can generate the highest payment for the naming rights.

We appreciate them looking out for the taxpayers' money with their decision.

But we taxpayers have already paid over $86,000 since Steelback bounced their cheque on August 1, 2007, and will continue to pay $370 every single day until we get a new sponsor. That's over $1,100 every three days!

And while we're paying the bill we, the majority of taxpayers, want the name to read:

Steelback Sault Memorial Gardens

We've now got new beer in our building for the OHL playoffs without one person officially asking for it, so we also want our Greyhounds to bring the Memorial Cup home to the Steelback Sault Memorial Gardens.

Especially since 9,871 people have officially asked for it!

Keep the existing signs up so that we don't have to spend any money on bringing them down, but tell all advertisers to use the name Steelback Sault Memorial Gardens immediately.

Saultites, take five minutes right now and call, e-mail or write councillor Caicco or Butland and let them know you want the name Steelback Sault Memorial Gardens used on all future tickets, radio, print and web advertising until we've inked a deal with a new sponsor.

Councillor Caicco's contact information is:

(705) 945-6232 (home) (705) 941-8978 (cell) [email protected]

Councillor Butland's contact information is:

(705) 949-1909 (home) (705) 253-5031 (fax) [email protected]

They are the two councillors who are responsible for securing a naming rights sponsor and delivering the majority of taxpayer's request to have the name Sault Memorial Gardens included as a permanent part of the building that defines us as a city.

And while you're at it, call your City councillor too.

The Sault Memorial Gardens Rededication Committee on behalf of the majority of Sault Ste. Marie taxpayers.

Media Contact: Mark Brown [email protected]

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