Other vendors from both the 2008 and 2009 Reggae Rising concerts will apparently have to wait for their payments.
Chinmaya Mission West provided lodging for concert staff in 2008, according to Brahmachari Eric. He told the Redwood Times that the mission has not been paid for services they provided in 2008. In 2009, they would only agree to provide services if the previous debt was paid. Dimmick Ranch signed a promissory note in which the overdue amount was to be paid in four installments. Brahmachari Eric says that only one payment has been received. He expects that his board of directors will take legal action to recover the $9,760 still owed to the organization.
”It’s just been one excuse after another,” Brachmachari Eric says.
The Piercy Volunteer Fire Department is still awaiting payment on services they provided in 2008 and 2009. According to Fire Commission treasurer Kaye Zlateroff, the department is now owed about $4,500. Promises to pay have not been followed through.
The Southern Humboldt Unified School District, which is still owed over $8,000 for transportation services provided in 2008, is still waiting for their money. The latest deadline to pay the district was the end of September, but no money had been received as of press time. Superintendent Michael McAllister says the district is considering its options to recover the money. Past promises to pay by certain deadlines have not been met.
The Garberville area Highway Patrol is owed close to $30,000. Their Sacramento office is now handling the matter and is expected to take Dimmick Ranch to court to recover what it is owed.
The Dimmick Ranch press release blames the “ongoing banking crisis” for the festival’s financial difficulties. The 2009 event was 30% undercapitalized according to the press release, but “the profitable financial performance of 2009 has made it possible to access the additional financing necessary to carry the festival into 2010 and beyond.”
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