Congratulations
to Jordan Fox, the Lisbon High School senior who designed the logo
for the 2011
Town of Lisbon's Moxie Festival t-shirt.
IT'S
ALL ABOUT MOXIE - OR IS IT ? ? ?
At
the May 17 Town Council meeting, Gina Mason, who is on the 2011 Moxie
Festival committee, had one of the new t-shirts, held it up proudly
and
announced that they, the Moxie Committee, has ordered five hundred
(500) of the t-shirts to sell.
That
is FIVE
HUNDRED
in case you missed it in the line above.
It
would seen that the Town of Lisbon and the Moxie committee forget who
is responsible for the Moxie Festival, who put the Town of Lisbon
on
the map, with the Moxie Festival!
If
it were not for Frank Anicetti and his Moxie Store, aka, Kennebec's,
we would not have a Moxie Festival.
The
Town of Lisbon would be totally unknown, except for the famous
Worumbo Mill, now closed and looking for new life.
A
little Lisbon history:
I
was a member of the former Lisbon Area Chamber of Commerce. What? You
didn't know that Lisbon had a Chamber of Commerce?
It
was formed around 1980 or 1981. Pete Hunter, George Janosco, Albie
Martin, Mike Sayer, former local attorney, Joe Graziano, and
several
other local business owners got together and formed the Lisbon Area
Chamber of Commerce. To promote the Town of Lisbon
and
it's businesses.
In
1981, Frank Anicetti had a book signing, Frank Potter was at
Kennebec's to autograph his book, the Moxie Mystique. That was the
first actual, unofficial Moxie Festival.
Frank
Potter also was at Kennebec's in 1982, 1983, and 1984 to autograph
The Moxie Mystique.
A
lot of people were in town, with nothing to do after meeting with
Frank Potter and chatting with Mr. Moxie, Frank Anicetti.
In
1984 the Lisbon Area Chamber of Commerce picked up on it with a
Chicken BBQ and firemen's muster.
In
1985 a parade, venders and street dance were added, AND,
the Moxie
Festival was born ! ! ! ! ! ! !
AND
WHAT A HIT IT WAS - - - - - AND STILL IS ! ! ! ! ! !
Lisbon
had been in the news with bad publicity. Due to poor management we
had unpaid bills, the town was about to go into foreclosure.
The
State of Maine was about ready to take over and run the Town of
Lisbon, it was that bad!
We
were badly in need of good publicity.
What
better way to self-promote, bring people to Lisbon and promote local
businesses than a MOXIE
FESTIVAL ! ! ! ! ? ? ? ?
Did
I say, promote local businesses ? I most certainly did ! ! ! !
The
Moxie Festival Committee seems to have lost sight of why the Moxie
Festival was created. To Promote local businesses and non-profits.
Now,
I know it costs a lot to put on the Moxie Festival. The town does
kick in $2,500 towards expenses,
but,
for the town to go into direct competition with a local business, the
business that is responsible for the Moxie Festival, is, to me wrong
! !
Frank
Anicetti of the Moxie Store, designs and sells Moxie memorabilia.
The
most popular is his famous, original each year, Moxie t-shirts.
While
Moxie is not his only business, it is his major attraction.
He
has one opportunity each year to make a profit.
And
what does the town of Lisbon do?
Go
into direct competition with the Moxie Store.
So
much for Town of Lisbon supporting and promoting local businesses ! !
! ! ! !
Makes
me wonder why we're paying for a Development Department, when the
town goes in direct competition
with
a local business. The one that put the Town of Lisbon on the map ! !
! ! ! ! ! !
Dot
Fitzgerald
A
Town of Lisbon Concerned Citizen
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