Hard to imagine a non profit screwing over its supporters much worse than KCPT Channel 19 did last year…
In its seventh year the local public television station’s vaunted TV Dinner – the outdoor black tie blowout at Liberty Memorial – took a bullet via a last minute rainout. To make matters worse not only did the station not have a backup plan in place, sources say they decided to try and keep the cash.
What kind of cash?
Serious, as in $150 per person or $300 per couple. Factor in tuxedo purchase or rental, designer dresses and it can hit some decent digits.
Here’s what KCPT told last year’s ticket holders on its Web site post implosion:
FERgetAboutIT
If you want dinner, take the money and buy dinner. If you want to doante to KCPT, then donate. It is a good cause, fergetaboutit.
Looper
For the love of Merriam-Webster, the word is “inclement”, not “inclimate”.
radiomankc
If you can’t get to the point in the first graph, well ya lost me. I’m not going to press “READ ON…” I’m gone! Seriously, soft leads suck. Get to the point, don’t start out with “Once upon a time….”
jojo
stop whining silver spoon boy. Not everything
in life goes according to plans.
I was at jazzoo for years when the rains came
down in buckets. 99% of the people left and went
home knowing that it was rain or shine.
KCPT is an incredible operation and we support
it. Again…you try to shovel crap on this
organiZation a year after this occurred.
Have you nothing else to write about but trying
to destroy and cast doubt on a non profit
organization. This is nothing but an attempt to
destroy the stations purpose….to provide a
community with quality programming that can not
be found on any other station.
Stop trying to disparage these people. They work
hard and long to provide this event. And why
try to bring this up a year after it occurred.
Your attempt to make these people and their
station look bad is about as low as it gets.
Not all of us have been able to live off
daddys money. Most ofus have had to long hours
and hard to get our money. I am one of those.
I will gladly pay the money to the station
to show my support for their organization.
When we buy those tickets we know full well the
risks involved.
Now stop trying to make these people look bad.
I love kcpt…I support it and we don’t need
whining trust fund babys trying to tear it down.
You site has become increasingly negative.
INstead of tearing down non profits…maybe you
should see the true hard work they do.
thanks.
People’sElbow
KCPT is a typical govt subsidized operation in that it could give a rip about customer satisfaction because the sugar daddy US Treasury (via Joe Taxpayer) will be there to write the check in case you suckers don’t.
Bob Ross had mad skills though; that guy was alright.
dimebag
Power to the JOJO!
Bob Berdella
THE HORSE, IT IS DEAD.
smartman
And was going to be served rare with some fava beans and a nice chianti at the dinner.
Hearne got fired for a reason
Wow, Hearne I didn’t think it was possible to suck more at writing a blog then you did as a columnist. I was at this years KCPT TV Dinner at in was phenominal. This is the best Black-tie event in Kansas City. I didn’t see you there, so you must not of been invited. Sour grapes?
hearne
Hey Brainiac, I turned down a free invite. And you’re right, cover bands like this year’s Disco Dick are far superior to past TV Dinner headliners like the Neville Brothers, Los Lobos, Three Dog Night and the Fabulous Thunderbirds.
Cluesless in KC
I guess this just goes to prove that the cause means nothing to you. I doubt you said anything positive even when they had those national acts. Come to think of it, that’s probably why people stopped reading your column.