Longview TX to pay Ted Nugent $16,000 to stay away from their 4th of July celebration

[kpete]

Ted Nugent's appearance at upcoming Longview festival canceled by city
Posted: Mar 21, 2014 9:25 AM PDT
Updated: Mar 21, 2014 9:47 AM PDT
By Whitley Walden - email



LONGVIEW, TX (KLTV) - A controversial classic rocker was scheduled to perform at an upcoming Longview festival, but the city decided to cancel the singer's appearance.

The City of Longview is preparing to hold its second annual Fourth of July festival. Planning for the festival includes musical acts performing at the Maude Cobb Convention Center. Event organizers reached out to several artists in hopes of booking them to perform. One of those artists was rocker Ted Nugent.

Maude Cobb staff had reached a verbal agreement with Nugent to perform at the festival. Amid the controversy surrounding Nugent's appearance with Texas gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott, organizers decided to cancel the singer's appearance.

Nugent's guaranteed performance fee is $32,000. In order to cancel with him, the City of Longview paid the singer $16,000 out of the Maude Cobb's annual budget not to appear.


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http://www.kltv.com/story/25038839/ted-nugents-appearance-at-upcoming-longview-festival-canceled-by-city

[PoliticAverse]

1. Alfred E. Neuman was paid not to endorse products... n/t

[NuclearDem]

2. Bwahahahahaha

[jsr]

3. He's going to be paid by taxpayers for not working

[Cha]

4. Oh wow. way to make money, loser.. get paid Not to

stink up the place.

Bless Longview's big ol heart!

[flying rabbit]

5. A true republican patriot would not take money for not doing anything

Sounds like Teddies on the dole.

[we can do it]

6. I'll stay away for half that

just sayin

[lovemydog]

29. I was thinking exactly the same

[surrealAmerican]

7. Why am I reminded of this:

[PoliticAverse]

8. "What do you get for not playing?" "Twelve dollars an hour."

http://www.marx-brothers.org/whyaduck/info/movies/scenes/ravelli.htm

[mimi85]

26. Wow! Cool site - thanks! nt

[Gothmog]

9. This frees Nugent to be out on the campaign trail with Abbott

Abbott needs to jump on this

[bvar22]

10. WTF?

I stayed away and didn't get anything.
I'll have to find out who his agent is.

[Niceguy1]

13. standard proceedure

When cancelling talent or services. It if fair compensation as often they can't book another venue n in such short notice.

[dem in texas]

11. And to think this happened in East Texas!

East Texas is the reddest of red. This gives me hope things can change.

[butterfly77]

12. Not..

[alato]

20. only because

east Texas is more populated than west texas.

[Kelselsius]

14. But as of April 2013...

Ted will have been either dead or in jail.

Unless he's a coward and/or a liar.

[FailureToCommunicate]

22. Good memory...

and belated welcome!

[joeybee12]

15. Hey, I'll not appear for $8k...nt

[Aerows]

16. They paid a penny not less that it was worth

to keep that banal, evil individual away!

[yuiyoshida]

17. That $16,000 could have gone to

bribing cops to keep him away... just sayin!

[spanone]

18. when texas rejects you, you're screwn

hey ted.......

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[mimi85]

25. Can I borrow that?

Betty White - one of my idols. May she live long and prosper; guess she already has.

[spanone]

28. have at it

[japple]

19. Wouldn't it be wonderful if some great high profile Texas artist like Willie Nelson or

Lyle Lovett would step up and perform for this event! Wishing and hoping...

[mimi85]

21. Excellent idea!

You never know. We should start a twitter campaign - not that I would know how to do that. Or maybe these gals could show up:

[Shoulders of Giants]

23. Ted Nugent is a freeloading welfare queen.

Taking $16,000 in hard earned tax payer money to do absolutely nothing. Ronald Reagan was right. Our country has a problem with welfare queens. Not to mention, he's an anti American draft dodger, and a child molestor.

[tea and oranges]

24. Hmm-m-m, Ted Nugent disinvited from annual celebration

of military might. In Texas. What does it portend, presage, auger, foretell, prophesy, even? Cuz, damn, it must mean something.

Maybe the mongrel shittalk was too out of range of the dog whistles. Made folks uncomfortable. . .

[kag]

27. I've never been so proud of my HOME TOWN!!!!

I grew up in Longview, went to Longview High School, was a Viewette (not kidding).

And I have never before been so proud of being from Longview. Frankly, I halfway expected the headline to be in error. Just a typo or something. Longview is certainly NOT a liberal town. The only thing I can think of is that all of the Baptists didn't want their children's virgin ears exposed to the kind of abhorrent language that routinely spouts from the vacuous mouth of that imbecilic, repulsive cretin, even if it is language that, in its sanitized translation they actually agree with.



BTW, Matthew Mcconaughey is also from Longview.