Isn’t there someone in Hanover Co. who can override this idiot Sager’s decision?  Look at what the county looses because of this.  I’ve been to this event, along with thousands of others who come to Hanover Co. that weekend and spend money!!!  In these tough economic times, I would think any locality would roll out the red carpet for an opportunity such as this. ($$$$$$) And, I’m sure someone else will - but what a shame it is for “Dixie-Days” to have to move from it’s home!!!

This is a typical government responce. Instead of working with Grayson and the other organizers with a “can do” attitude, they simply don’t give a damn. Events like Dixie Days are special and they don’t just happen. It takes vision and a lot of hard work by many people. I hope the surrounding counties don’t have Hanovers attitude.

They will have enough “parking” for the tomato festival, for the annual NAMBLA event, and the Allah Akbar Community Organizers group meeting. This is how Sager wants it. He is obviously a backstabbing liar who vares little for history and the local residents.

SHAME on SAGER and his klan

Ok, so according to the county officials, there is not enough parking at Pole Green Park for Dixie Days, an event that draws 5000-10000 folks. So what about the Tomato Festival which draws 4 times as many?  http://www.virginia.org/fall/fallsubpage.asp?attrID=34913.
Gee!? It is still listed as being a “go” for the fall. I guess by that time Hanover County will have magically found sufficient parking?
And what about the “Tomato Festival” anyway? Didn’t it used to be called the “Tomato and Heritage” festival? So what happened to “heritage?” As I recall, “heritage” got dropped from the title some years ago by the county. I guess the message was “tomatoes” = good, “heritage” = bad? Long live the veggies, but stick your heritage under a rock?
And how about the row over the word “Dixie” in “Dixie Days” back in 2005?  Let’s roll the historical video tape….
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2005/aug/18/20050818-121130-9145r/
Jamelle Wilson declares the word “Dixie” in “Dixie Days” to be “problematic” and criticizes it because “it tends to represent the past” Psst! Jamelle! “Dixie Days” is an historical event and history = “the Past!” Duhhh!? This woman is paid how much by the county?
Forgive me - perhaps I’ve grown a bit jaded and suspicious, especially with regard to the officials in Hanover County. But if this is simply a matter of not having sufficient parking to accommodate visitors then I’m the Dali Lama.

This is another example of the ethnic cleansing of Dixie.  As Charleston Heston said, “Political correctness is tyranny with a happy face.”  PC is willful ignorance combined with a steadfast refusal to face the truth.  James Taranto (Wall Street Journal) said it best:  “Political correctness is not really about sensitivity and courtesy, which require mutual respect. Rather, political correctness entails intolerance for some prejudices but impunity for others.”

Virginia’s motto is “Sic Semper Tyrannis.”  Will her people stand for the tyranny of PC?

I now live in King William but lived in Hanover county over 22 years, so it’s like home to me. Over the years I have seen it take on a new shape and the current leaders seem to be more concerned about political correctness than any truth. How can a county so steeped in civil war history turn it’s back on a living history lesson for it’s children, a chance to see, hear and experience what the civil war was about and why it was fought in the first place. If we denigh our history and heritage it will repeat itself because the lessons learned will be forgotten. Hanover county should be sponsoring this event but never the less, there are other locations not only willing but excited to be a part of this event. Dixie Days will happen but to Hanover County’s loss they will not be apart of it. Ps: they are still selling spaces for the Tomato Festival so parking doesnt really seen to be THE issue.

Teaching our youth, Etc. about tomatos is fine, but lets hope someone can find some parking for the opportunity to teach a little local American history!

If the MECHANICSVILLE LOCAL sees the “TOMATO FESTIVAL” at Pole Green Park this year, I would hope they would rightfully revisit this story in their newspaper for the citizens of Hanover,and the citizens of Virginia, Etc.

Citizens, what do you think will happen for the Tomato Festival organizers?

And so it goes. The newer, better (read: perverted) United States of America, an idea whose time has come.
It will go the way of other nations in history who rose to the top and eventually fell. Imperial China, Imperial Japan, Rome, Greece, Soviet Union, Great Britain. Israel ceased to exist for more than 2,000 years.
But Rome offers a better example of what happens to an immoral nation, caught up in its own debauchery.
The spirit of secession aught to be alive and well nowadays with this obamination of a president. That it is not is, to quote the greatest army commander this nation has ever produce, General Robert E. Lee, “Too Bad! Too Bad! OH, Too Bad!!!”
More and more, we need to recognise that more and more people either born in the South or moved to the South are to be referred to as “those people” as the great Lee used to refer to them as.

From the top to the bottom these people are all the same. The current occupant of the White House was born to Socialists, he was raised and mentored by Socialists, he sought Socialists, Communists and Radicals in higher education, he has surrounded himself with Socialists, Communists and Radicals. He is a Socialist at best. We must call him what he is. I dare say Mr. Sager carries with him the same doctrinal positions. Mr. Charles Stillwell, headmaster at St.Christophers, is a fellow traveler.
Whether it be “parking” or not “offending the little readers” at St. Christophers the message is the same. “NO WHITE SOUTHERN MALES WITH CONFEDERATE BELIEFS” WANTED HERE.

The sad part of this is alot of it has to do with HONOR which Hanover is showing a huge “lack of” in this situation. The county & the Edmund Ruffin Fire Eaters Camp 3000 (organizers)  had a Gentleman’s agreement with the county - therefore, they went out lined up sponsors, vendors, re-enactors and speakers for the event to be held in April - then BAM! the county denies the organizers the permits necessary to hold the event with little time to re-organize and bogus reasoning-The county is the County wheather it’s Parks & Rec or Public Utilities - It’s still Hanover County. Come on do you REALLY think the Tomato Festival wont be held in 2010? And by the way the ball field was there in 2008. Where is YOUR HONOR Hanover officials, I hope your voters have more intelligence than you give them credit for come the next election. Other locations have responded and are very excited to have a chance to participate in the Heritage & display of LIVING HISTORY that Dixie Days brings to the table. Not to mention profitability for them. Maybe the Hanover County Officials would do well to go to Dixie Days and learn a little history themselves - If their families were living in Hanover Va @ the time of the Civil War they probably fought and some probably died in the fight for FREEDOM that is the Heritage of this once great County.

Whatever happened to equal access to public parks? It seems that the sole reason for the myopic decision of the county parks dept is fear. Come on that is such a cop-out. The folks from Dixie days are your neighbors show a little back bone. Wasn’t this whole this decided a few years ago and then someone grudgingly gave in. That decision stinks so bad that I can smell it out on the Left Coast.

It appears to me that there is some other hidden reason why Dixie Days will not transpire at the Pole Green Park.  For years, both the Tomato Festival and Dixie Days have been a success and parking has always been well managed, thanks to all of those who participated in putting together these events. 

So, is the name “Dixie” becoming a little too revolting for Hanover’s taste these days?  With all of the talk of Tea Parties, Oath Keepers, Constitutionalists, and anyone sympathetic to the founders’ vision, is it possible that Hanover is attempting to make a statement?  Is “Dixie” synonomous with the word “rebel” or “fanatic” or “fringe”?  Is Hanover becoming elitist and hoping that Dixie Days will go away quietly in the night?

If the term “Dixie” doesn’t offend me, a black woman, then surely it should not offend Hanover officials.  I was once conditioned to believe that this term is supposed to offend me but fortunately, I met folks like Grayson Jennings and Ashleigh Moody who taught me a plethora of Civil War History that I had never learned in our government public schools.  After all, Dixie Days offers the local and outside community a taste of history, a history that is very important to the state of Virginia and ultimately the country.  This event can bring people together and increase their knowledge of Civil War history.  I had planned to attend this event, as the last time I participated, I had a joyous time throwing apples at Abraham Lincoln to dunk him in the water. 

I hope the Hanover officials will reconsider their decision.  Parking has never appeared to be an issue when I attended the Tomato Festival and Dixie Days.

and so it goes…
the same thing will happen to Richmond with the Civil War 150th anniversary.  People just want to come to Hanover, Richmond, Henrico, etc. to see the battlefields and cemetaries.  However, due to exec directors of the Museum of the Confederacy ad infinitum, making it all about slavery and “the South was wrong”, it will turn most, if not all, visitors away from their vacations to Richmond.  People do not want to be preached to about this war-they just want to see the sites and study it for what it was, not what the exec directors’ agendas and PC commentaries are.

Anyone who’s been to Pole Green Park recently (say since 3/1/2010), knows full well that Greg Sager’s stated reason for denying access is bogus.  There is more than sufficient parking for 5-10,000 people (especially so since attendees wouldn’t all be driving individually nor would they all be staying the duration of the event.

Someone needs to investigate Greg Sager and his motives.

Freedom Died in 1865 When They Took Our SOUTH Now They Want Our History An The Right To Honor It I Say Sorry. It will Always Live In The Hearts Of All True SOUTHERNS

the ignorance of leaders we have let get voted in our societies will i believe be short lived!no-the ignorant leaders we have let get voted ins’terms will be shortlived…vote,please vote!the cities are gone,lets not loose all our counties also.

The problem with remembering Southern history is that the South is now full of transplants from other parts of America.  I don’t necessarily think that is a bad thing but the transplants have no reason and dont want to remember Southern history.  The latest anyone in my family came to America’s shores is in 1830.  The earliest is 1632.  Virginia is my home and its history is my history.  Outsiders to any State do not see it like that however.