I know I shouldn't even comment here as I will likely just get flamed, however the rumour mongers and "think they know it all's" go too far.
I got involved with the former organizer for Ribfest the first year it ran and every year since. Worked behind the scenes running all of the many volunteers
doing everything from garbage collection, gate keeping, parking, setup, cleanup, and just about anything else necessary to run an event like this. It was
my pleasure as I believe in this community and wanted to help and contribute. Most of the volunteers were high school students earning credits and I would
like to thank the 100's who participated over the last 6 years. You guys and gals were great and I wish you all the best in everything to do in the future.
FYI, the new owner is Northern Heat (see link below)
http://www.northernheatribseries.ca/This is the owner or co-owner, not sure of which. He is out of University of Western Ontario I believe.
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/justin-brown-93486931Our Ribfest was a charity based event but because of pressures from the ribbers, IE they wanted less at each event, guarantees, no paid parking, gate fees, etc
Scott was taking on huge financial risk with little chance of raising money for Halton charities or even covering his costs. It was just too much so Northern Heat
took over.
Link below is pretty accurate except this was Scott himself organizing the previous Milton Ribfests not the Rotary Club. The Milton Optimists ran the beer sales in
previous years which generated a lot of money for local charities but not this year. This was a big loss Milton...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/tor ... e25795353/Prior to this year we were constantly tuning and re-tuning due to feedback we received... eg someone said the craft beer was best but just as many wanted Molson's etc but we were too small
to do both in the same year.
Jeff Cookson.....