Post #22964 by Tangaroa on Thu, Feb 13, 2003 4:26 PM

Sadly, I recieved this e-mail from Cy yesterday:

"Guys, I regret to inform you that following our presentation to the Pinellas County Parks Advisory Board next week, tikigardens.com will no longer be associated with tikicentral.com, tikinews.com, or exotic-tiki-gardens.com in any effort to erect a tiki statue at the site of the former tiki gardens. We had anticipated offering assistance in terms of financing and presenting to the parks board, but we did not foresee having to foot all but $625 of a $7,000 - $8,500 bill.
Please note- we respectfully defer to tikigardener regarding retaining wayne and building the statue; i.e, if you choose to go forward with this project, we will bow out and forward our proposal (including schematics) to tikigardener, KailuaGeoff or a designated agent. Also, please make no mistake- we will sell this project into the county, no matter who completes it, because it is a worthy project.

we're sorry it's come to this; all we would say is an idea isn't worth a damn until you decide to act upon it and then follow thru, and sadly there's been a whole lot of that not happening in this case. best, chris y"

It's too bad - I would have liked to see this happen - even if I never actually went there....