I attended the Culver City Council of May 7 and informed them the car show Organizers had violated their Special Event Permit. The car show Event Operator was in attendance.

One of the conditions from this years permit: "PUBLIC NOTIFICATION: The Event Operator will release at his cost, a Public Announcement notice in the local newspaper, that includes a map, two weeks before the event, to run once each week, providing information, a map, and the notice that there is no car show parking in the residential community".

An ad was never released last week even when brought to their attention. This was a direct violation of the Culver City Special Event Permit that was granted to the Culver City Exchange Club of Culver City by the City of Culver City’s Committee on Permits and Licenses. The Exchange Club knew the conditions of the permit on April 25, 2012.

For the last three years the organizers of the car show have violated their special event permit on many different items. I brought it to the attention of the Committee on Permits and Licenses, after the car show last year, that the Exchange Club had violated their permit. They said the various departments would look into it.

This year the car show is in violation again with the failure to publish! As I said two Monday’s ago at the City Council meeting I brought it to the attention of the Exchange Club, City Council & the City Manager.

Two Wednesday’s ago I brought it to the attention of the City of Culver City’s Committee on Permits and Licenses. Last Thursday the ads that were published failed to “include a map” & "notice that there is no car show parking in the residential community". Funny thing is they managed to post an ad in 2010. It would have been easy to recycle the map and notice.

This is the plain, simple and easy to understand truth. Don’t be fouled by smoke and mirrors or excuses.

Excuses heard at last Monday’s City Council Meeting: The Event Operator needed more then a day or two to achieve conditions. Plain truth: They knew the conditions since April 25. It was just not on the City Council’s radar. Plain truth: The car show has been held the Saturday before Mother’s Day for nine years. They need a checklist. Plain truth: I thought the permit was a checklist with 45 items.

Cary Anderson

Culver City