Amador County – The Sutter Creek City Council last week discussed the promotion of events on Main Street banners, with sides differing on what events should be promoted. Councilwoman Sandy Anderson, chairwoman of the Sutter Creek Promotions Committee, talked about a petition circulating around town that would urge limiting the promotion of out-of-town events on the downtown banners in Sutter Creek. Resident Bart Weatherly asked what the petition was about. Anderson took one of the petitions to Weatherly in the audience, and said it was a protest about a banner that promoted the Jackson Rotary Club Mother’s Day Brunch at the Amador Senior Center in Jackson. Councilman Pat Crosby, a Promotions Committee member, said he knew all about the banners. Crosby said to get them up on the wire, between the two buildings at the corner of Main and Spanish Street, “you have to go through my wife’s living room,” their house above the Lizzie Ann’s Bubblegum Bookstore. Crosby said Ed Swift owns the hooks and wire, and Dennis Griffin and Russell Evitt own the buildings on either side of Main Street. Crosby said the banners stay hung until Police Chief Rob Duke tells the committee to take it down. Mayor Gary Wooten said he did not “want to offend anyone,” but “being offended by Jackson is wrong.” He said the city of Jackson has had an event shuttle bus to take people to shop in Sutter Creek. He said “we should be working together.” He said the Jackson Rotary has done a lot for Sutter Creek. That includes building a visitor’s event kiosk just completed on Main Street, on the south end of town. Michelle Grondin, manager of the Sutter Creek Farmer’s Market, said the banner has been a good thing. And someone pointed out that Belotti’s restaurant has run out of certain food items advertised on the banner. Ed Swift said on the cable on which the banner hangs: “That was my cable. I always considered it the city’s.” Councilwoman Linda Rianda said the then current Main Street banner was promoting the Kennedy Mine Barbecue, in Jackson, to benefit the Amador County Recreation Agency. The issue of Main Street banners was discussed at the May 19th meeting of the Promotions Committee. Discussion centered on the “committee taking care of banners and they be used solely for promotion of the city and county, not for private business.” Committee members Anderson and Crosby will write up a draft of guidelines. The Committee next meets June 15th at The Annex. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.