How come ?

Actually, swohio75, this "celebration of local roots instead of countries for Middfest" idea was mentioned several weeks ago, I believe, and many people gave it a "thumbs up" approval. The reasoning is that most people here in town can/want to identify/celebrate with the customs of Kentucky/local traditions, rather than countries around the world.

Just reading about the art district they want to bring into the downtown area got me to thinking. Middeltown has Middfest,which personally I could care less for and doesn't make any sense to me, ballon fest which isn't to bad, Sorg theater which is an historic icon of days gone by, all this stuff and more seems geared toward the "upper class" if you will, how come there is nothing for the working class ? Middeltown needs a yearly tractor pull, riding lawn mower pull, seed spitting and tobacco spitting contest,chain saw carving,whittling,bluegrass music. We need events that recognize our roots. Are we not all from Kentucky ? I'm kin to the biggest percentage of people in Middeltown and everyone of them has roots deep in Ky,do away with the goofy Middfest and lets have a Ky fest. Lets get back to what made Middeltown great at one time and that was the fact that everyone came from Ky. Something we can all relate to. We need to get away from the stuffed shirt,I'm somebody important type of events.