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New trouble at theater: [The NEW] Manager's gone

by Jonathan Cox - February 19th, 2008 - News & Observer

The Roanoke Rapids Theatre [known in infamy as the Randy Parton Theatre] is without a manager sooner than city leaders expected.

UGL Unicco said Monday that it was walking away from the troubled venue, about 90 miles northeast of Raleigh, because it had to pay vendors and other expenses out of pocket. Roanoke Rapids owes Unicco about $100,000, according to a company statement.

Roanoke Rapids' City Council, after a lengthy discussion behind closed doors, last week voted to end an agreement with Unicco. Officials expected a 30-day transition, but Unicco said it was in an "untenable position."

"UGL Unicco is forced to leave this project immediately," the statement said.

Is anyone surprised that this fiasco just keep getting worse. You would think this city could not possibly do anything to look dumber than it already had. But . . . I really don't know what is happening here, no one can really tell from the little that is explained in the article. However based on the track record to date who can be blamed for thinking this town is run by a posse of buffoons? Do you think that anyone else can be found to run this theatre now that they have bungled two contracts in a row? I know I wouldn't touch it without some serious guarantees.


ROTFL