This summer, with help from the city of Snoqualmie, Double Tee Promotions Inc. managed to get exactly what it had hoped for: three events at the Snoqualmie Amphitheater with absolutely zero input from the Snoqualmie residents adversely and directly affected.

When locals failed to show up for the May 31 open forum dealing with the subject, I’m sure the staff of Double Tee, and perhaps some of the City Council, all gave each other high fives and celebrated at a local restaurant. How unfortunate that mailing lists and bulk-mail permits used to inform area residents of the upcoming events were unattainable in time. Bad luck? An intern’s mistake? Give me a break!

I’ll admit that I, as many others, failed to notice advertisements of the open forum in the Valley Record (time permitting I would look these up and note the size and placement of these ads), but where there is a will there is a way. I hope that they try harder next time to prepare in advance and get the necessary mailing information. After all, the actual number of residents affected near the amphitheater is small in comparison to the overall population. Perhaps this was well noted by Double Tee in its planning.

It isn’t Double Tee staff or city of Snoqualmie council members that get to inform ready-to-party passengers of packed, jet-engine music level cars that they can’t park in your neighborhood or deal with strategically parked cars after the event with their occupants waiting to sober up so they can drive home (all true stories of past amphitheater events at my home). The noise, which, yes, my whole neighborhood can hear well after 10 p.m., is just one nuisance of many.

It’s bad enough to have to deal with developments that are approved behind closed doors before the actual public approval process begins, now we have an amphitheater slowly becoming the George, Wash., concert area of King County right here in so-called rural and peaceful Snoqualmie; 5,000-6,000 tickets to be sold for each event! That’s twice the size of the City of Snoqualmie’s population reported in the recent city census.

Poison and Quiet Riot? Enuff Z’ Nuff … time to apply a little common sense. The city should keep its citizens in mind when going after a few bucks.

Boyd Quinn

Snoqualmie