Jehovah's Witnesses Take Tacoma to the Cleaners by Brian Winehall, 2000

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CityofTacoma

City-

747MarkEt

St.

suit 1200

Tacoma WA 98402

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W h e s e s

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I

51yearsnow. Far

ears

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men.) They havebee

assignedby

Jerry des

M

fficeat the

Watchtower

Societies

H

n

rooklyn

NY o be

what they

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iaison

people-

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as

well. Thereason s

not

due

to any

moral or egaX indidms,

aswe

havedmys

tried to

iveby Ch r i m

strundards

I t w a s a M i s i s a f - ~ r e ~ ~ ~ a n d ~ ~ i n W , l ~ ~ e

Watuhtower Bible andTractSociety

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o f t b e

cameto ight fan

afthisyeawhen

myself

and

30 odEcrs

hcldbgMark

JaMsby

and

Dave eclaman

asc W nd

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m m orn- met at apreco- smim all v o i u n ~ ,o ane gets paid

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s n d e l ~ w o r d o f ~ o ~ .esaidin actthatouroaartraotspeciticsthatwe

cgMdc~forIrssr4ring.

A n d l a s t y e a r w e g o t i n t o ~ 1 e ~ ~ o f ~ J W ' s n o t

k n ~ a t x y b c t t e r ~ e d ~ ~ m d w a x l t e d t o ~ h o w ~ h t b e R V p a r k i a a g c o s t

( R V P ~ g ~ a e ~ h ' 9 9 ) . ~ M a i k c ~ m c ~ w i t b m C i ~ w e h a d ~ b c r a n m , o n e

g o t t h e D o x n e p h ~ z l , e ~ b e r s o h i s ~ d l l a t ~ ~ewcrebc tedtog i ive

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~ p a c t a u r v e r v g o o d ~ w j e o ~ f U k r J l e ~ ~ ~omexltiontWwe

~ o u M ~ ~ t r y o r r r ~ e n d c ~ ~ ~ ~ 8 ~ o f d o i o g ~ e v e n l i f w l e t h i n t

can get

by onatecbmidty. As

Christians

we shouldgo he cxhamile and

ollow the

spirit ar

intentofthe amtrwt By

he

way

this

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secrtt,

've never

been

shownit.

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ofus

assumed

we wen n

some sortofviolationofthe

contract

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a p p r o ~ l y

miniondo

n

a

4-5

year period

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to

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t

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is

adonation

since

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towedaw& I

j o s t ~ ~ a f e w ~ ~ o i n m y ~ ~ m W w

buy ourp rking tickets

right

now since

the

order was

going

the next

day.

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boug l

t

k ~ d ~ r e f d b a s a ~ m ~ w i t n c s s d d ~ i t a @ o u sUS

. ~ ~ o n n ~ t t o b u y a n d ~ f i l f ~ h d a y o f h i s o l r h e r ~

w h c r s e n d s a u t

~ t i . ~ ~ t o ~ h ~ ~ ( a n ~ ~ ) 1 ~ a S S i g n m e n t ~ r b i m ~ & s e e m s

maoo11fliEf)~dmea~~baplr,~~~ksentIticket]per 4.GSBidif

flKCong.sendsh 400, leywlouldrerxi~100tic~even~~~ism~.J,

don't

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this s

a

truedonatioilmangemat,if

t

wes theywouldn t need th

tickets

at

all. I bettheDome numagemat,

ity

ofTacoma ox

ather

groupswho rent

the Dome

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~ ~ & b d ~ m b - ~ = ~ ~ ~ l d d ~ m o a ~ y .

~ ~ ~ e l s e ~ l r e n t t s t h e ~ a m e

w ~ d d ~ b e t o l b ~ l w 7 ~ i s ~ ~ b e i n g ~ a n t h e Q T .

sptcially

by

an

who

lambastes others f ir th sligkst imppie&.

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W s k ; M ~ r ? r ~ ~ a n t h e i r o w x l I ~ ~ c h I ~ ~ l o s e o r d b y ~

mail.

M e a c h d m a d M n e t ~ c h e c ; % : l p e s b & t o J e n r y C n ' s l e s ~ a t

WatchtowerH inNY The checks hiwe

pem&ly

seen range from

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~ r d o f ~ t i ~ ~ ~ m o n i e s ~ y e a r s , m i , y b e t h i s w a u l d m a k e i t

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ora endantshide~eyoacm&yy~nparkingti~ketiaside.

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w i . t n e s s i n a ~ s u i r t , o r s p o r t c o a t a p l d d r e s s ~ d t i e . )

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mightthough 4 y auy having

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a n t h e i r ~ e n t i o n c ~ c h y e a r .

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d d m t'scheto 34

millionhilam in the last4 years jW

in

parking

monies.

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fiinaxxce

~ c s , d ~ p t m , I ~ ~ t h c ~ a m c m g o t h c t ~ .he

Wzltchtower

Society is very unh ppyand

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a b u t the

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s i n c e i t ' s i x l f o t h e y c a n Y ~ ~ ~ c h a n y ~ ~ c a n t a g ~ i n ~ p r i v a c y o f k

hame.

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he

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and

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as

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SCHEDULE

OF USER FEES

~ a c komeArena & Exhibition

Hall

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ARENA

EVENT

DAY

: :3

:; .

NOMEVENT DAY

FreeAdmission I

Public

E t . 15,€@0, kc-7,500

MeetingsIC-nr ..+:,';,i;:.:, ;M 500

'&xoC98p

6,250

Tradeshows

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W

.

.

,

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;

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y-

4,500

Paid Admission

I

onsumer

Show

;

: ?3 *

7,500vs.

12%

3,750

Non-Tacoma Schools

(Paid

Admisyo,~)',::.'

6,000

vs.

10% 3.000

Tacoma

Schaok (Pald

~drnlssbijr

5,500

m.

10%- S2,tSC)

GraduaHons

( ~ s n - ~ a m ~ q ~ & o l s )

4,000 2,006

traduatlons ( T a c o ~ m ~ ~ k ) S 3,566

5.75(31

TC?

EXHIBITIONHA

FreeAdrnissiqHf

Public

Event 3,SW 1,750

Meetings /,conventions Tradeshows 3.250 1,625

Paid

Admission

I Consumer

Show

E 3,004~.

2% 31,500

Graduations (Non-Tacoma Schools) 2,750

1,375

Graduations (Tacom a Schools)

2,500, 1,250

Banquet S 500

PARKING

LOT (per

lot

for

outside

€iveIIt~)

ti 2,000 S1,000

EQUIPMENT RENTAL

FEES

-

--

EES

Chair

(mch) 0.75 r ( p e r our) 15.00

Pipe &

Drape

(per hot) 2.00 Clean-up Crew (per hour)

20.00

Table

' or 6'

(each) 10.00

Sound I

ights (per hour)

30.00

Staging

9 Pieces Free

(each) 20.00

EventLabor (per

hour) 30.00

Utilii- - Ex

Hall

Mrrx 250

(event days)

50.00 EleatricianlHVAC(perhow) 35.00

Telephone

(local aceess)

75.00

@use Rigger

(per

how) S35.00

Baby Grand

Piano

(perwent)

100.00

tltiliieei-Arena

Max 500 (event

days)

100.00 PARKING

RAES

Spotlights

(eachlper

day)

150.00 Major

Event 5.00

Forkliftd o u tOperator (eachlpr day)

150.00

Other

Events 4.00

Stage

Backdrop

(per

event) S 250.00 RV Parkd

Hook-up

[per day) 22.00

Portable

Ugtrt System

(per went) S

250.00

RV ParWno

hook-up

[per

day) 18.00

Portable Sound

System

per

event)

250.00 Bus

Lg. Vehidw (per stall)

Stage

Banicede

perevent) 500.00

Rigging

Grid

(per

event)

1,000.00 SERVICE

EQUIPMENT

TAX

8.4%

Rental Rates:

*

Per

day

rates are for activities between

8:00

a.m.

and

4 159

p.m.

a All

rentersmust utilize

the

Tacoma Dome

contracted

ticketing, food service

and guest

service

providers,

The FreeAdmissibnlPublic Event

tate

includestelephone solicttatmn, benefit

shows

and donation admission

events.

=

Per

car

parkingfees will not be imposed for banquets,except when a concurrentArena or ExhibitionHali

event Is taking

place.

Rental Raws Include:

Use of installedpubtic addresssystem and extsting general lighting.

Recognition on a Tacoma Dome marquee on the days of rental and on prlor days as available.

Event Attendants

to

senrlce

restrooms and

hall during

event and overnight dean up

following

event.

Inclusion in theTacoma DomeMonthly

Evem

Calendar

Loading facilities,

available

storage

spaces end show office.

Event Service Representative and ten

I) parking

passes

per show

day.

Rental

I3ate.s

ba N o t Include:

Guest Servlce

Staffing,

Food & Beverage Services.

Ticket

Senrices,

Drayage, Stagehands.

Technical Services

Staffing,

Equipment, Insurance

Coverage, Parking

Charges, Licenses,

Permits,

Taxes

and Fees.

2727 Ea D Street Tocomo, W 98421

tel253.272.3663 fox

253 593 7620

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Jehovah's Witnesses Take Tacoma to the Cleaners by Brian Winehall, 2000