Posted on 11/06/2009 7:16:11 AM PST by DB9
Tickets sales have been extraordinary for Governor Palin's February trip to Kansas to deliver the keynote address to the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce. In fact, according to the Salina Journal, ticket sales have been suspended, at least temporarily, so they can sort through the systemic overload caused by the unprecedented demand:
Because of an overwhelming number of requests, the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce has suspended the sale of tickets to its annual dinner, which will feature former Alaska governor Sarah Palin.
"At this point, I am not saying that we're sold out," Chamber president and CEO Dennis Lauver said early Thursday afternoon. "If you've already called us or contacted us, either electronically or by phone, or stopped by our office, what we're asking is that you be patient and not initiate a new request at this time. We are processing those requests at this time."
Chamber officials have also -- at least temporarily -- quit taking phone, e-mail and walk-in requests for tickets to the Feb. 5 annual meeting, Lauver said.
Lauver said all 1,408 dinner seats have been spoken for. The chamber determined, including gallery seats, that they will have 4,000 seats available for the annual meeting. Once workers have processed the requests that have been made, he will know whether further ticket requests can be filled.
Lauver didn't know when the number of tickets to be made available would be established. He said chamber officials were meeting at the Bicentennial Center on Thursday afternoon to try to establish a seating scheme.
Lauver said a record number of ticket requests already had been received, and his office had been overwhelmed.
The previous record for ticket sales for a chamber annual meeting, he said, was about 1,500.
"We are at more than double that right now," he said.
Would the Salina organization experience equally high demand if, for example, Mitt Romney or Mike Huckabee were to address the group? Just asking...
Palin just announced as GOP speaker for winter press Gridiron dinner. Dem speaker is Barney Frank.
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For all you Plano, Texas residents. I just read on C4P that Sarah will be appearing at the bookstore there as well.
How many tickets would Lindsay Graham sell?
Make him cry, Sarah!
Don’t they know she quit or that she didn’t do well in front of Professor Gibson??
Pray for America and Lady Palin
The Rats and MSM will soon be the irreleveant. If they are not already!
Very well put. Sarah is so refreshing in that she doesn't mince words, she's a regular gal and has the moxie to take it to anyone who needs to hear it.
And, just what is it with women these days? The latest is the policewoman who shot the perp at Ft. Hood. There have been other acts by women that have made the news where they've stepped up and fought back in surprising ways.
I'm beginning to think there might be a message in all of this. And if there is, I sure wouldn't want to be living in a society where women are treated like second-class citizens. 'Cause a big ole heavy hand might just be getting ready to swat somebody's ass into a different century. Me, I never mess with Mother Nature.
Sold out in Salina! Bwahahaaaa!
Bump!
Thanks for the links. I need to catch up on my reading.
I would love to be at the Chamber dinner, but I know I could not afford it.
I might go up to Salina that day anyway and hang out with a sign.
I believe it is that men have either forsaken their proper role or have been forced out of it. “Nature” abhors a vacuum. God has put women in positions of leadership before when men were not up to it (Deborah).
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