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Post by Kyle Mitchell on May 2, 2015 17:12:41 GMT -6
Hey greek, this almost seems like it was meant as a call out to me. Kyle Mitchell, Wrong again, Kyle. Why would anyone want to "call you out"? In my OPINION, you have nothing to offer. Why would I want to listen to your, 1. The same complaints you always make about the elected officials in Streator. 2. The police department in Streator. 3 Your, what has become in my opinion, vindictive attitude toward the entire City of Streator. You offer nothing new. Interestingly though, a person who has so many solutions on how to improve our fine City, a person who moved to Streator and invested in Streator to help save the Majestic Theatre and be the projectionist of the Majestic and posted online about donor's contribution of the digital projector, now has no idea where the digital projector is. Probably you were just too concerned about making popcorn on "Cruise Night", and watching the smiling children of Streator gather in wonderment of how the popcorn machine worked. Perhaps, it was because you were concerned about making a "Turkey Donation for a free soft drink" for admission to the Majestic after that digital projector was installed and YOU could make a greater donation than was possible before it was installed. Perhaps. you were so concerned about how to make the citizens "do it your way", or just come up with a new slogan, "Anything's Possible", that you didn't have time to check out that digital projector . Kyle, who actually ran the projector before Mr. Embree's (s) donation? These are only my thoughts as I read this thread. I can certainly understand the distractions you faced as you tried, in your own way, to improve our fine City of Streator. Of course, I'm making no accusations of wrongdoing on anyone's part. You don't even have to respond, since I didn't, "call you out" anyway. g Gee greek, who is Mr. Embree? Is that how you honor someone who has donated over $100,000.00 to our community? By not even being able to remember his name or taking the time to look it up? The theatre had two screens, wasn't there two digital projectors? Does it really make a difference where they are, since the theatre would probably still be closed like the building owner wanted when the projectors were there and his payments were being made for him? With the big section of roof over the projection room missing (picked up by forklift from the Ace parking lot), they would probably be getting destroyed by the weather now anyways. Isn't it a shame that the City of Streator made the Majestic a centerpiece of its Downtown and Comprehensive Plans and now the building owner and his local family and friends are making sure that it doesn't exist here? I know that some of his family members really support the nearby bar owner, do you think they could be doing it on purpose so that movie-goers don't interfere with the bar customers being able to beat each other up and pull their pants down in the streets to urinate?
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Post by greekgod on May 2, 2015 18:01:03 GMT -6
Kyle Mitchell, Wrong again, Kyle. Why would anyone want to "call you out"? In my OPINION, you have nothing to offer. Why would I want to listen to your, 1. The same complaints you always make about the elected officials in Streator. 2. The police department in Streator. 3 Your, what has become in my opinion, vindictive attitude toward the entire City of Streator. You offer nothing new. Interestingly though, a person who has so many solutions on how to improve our fine City, a person who moved to Streator and invested in Streator to help save the Majestic Theatre and be the projectionist of the Majestic and posted online about donor's contribution of the digital projector, now has no idea where the digital projector is. Probably you were just too concerned about making popcorn on "Cruise Night", and watching the smiling children of Streator gather in wonderment of how the popcorn machine worked. Perhaps, it was because you were concerned about making a "Turkey Donation for a free soft drink" for admission to the Majestic after that digital projector was installed and YOU could make a greater donation than was possible before it was installed. Perhaps. you were so concerned about how to make the citizens "do it your way", or just come up with a new slogan, "Anything's Possible", that you didn't have time to check out that digital projector . Kyle, who actually ran the projector before Mr. Embree's (s) donation? These are only my thoughts as I read this thread. I can certainly understand the distractions you faced as you tried, in your own way, to improve our fine City of Streator. Of course, I'm making no accusations of wrongdoing on anyone's part. You don't even have to respond, since I didn't, "call you out" anyway. g The theatre had two screens, wasn't there two digital projectors? Does it really make a difference where they are, since the theatre would probably still be closed like the building owner wanted when the projectors were there and his payments were being made for him? Kyle, Gee, I just asked a few simple questions. You were the projectionist, correct? If so, when did you first notice the TWO DIGITAL PROJECTORS missing? Again, no accusations of wrongdoing on anyone, just thought since you were the what, manager/projectionist you could supply the community with a few simple answers. In my opinion, you just seemed to deflect answering a few simple questions and revert back to your well known reasons for the failure of the Majestic. Can you share with us when you first noticed the TWO DIGITAL PROJECTORS missing? Did they EVER ARRIVE AT THE MAJESTIC? After all , you also have the forum name of "majesticmitchell". You seem, in my opinion to have solutions for everything else that is wrong in the City of Streator, yet you can't seem to provide answers to those of us who wanted to see the Majestic Theatre be successful. g
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Post by cmon on May 2, 2015 18:30:51 GMT -6
I don't believe Kyle had a thing to do with the Majestic when they got the 2 digital projectors. He was long gone from there. To infer he took them or knows of their whereabouts is pretty lame. I'll be the first to criticize him on many issues but on this one I believe he has nothing to do with it.
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Post by greekgod on May 2, 2015 19:12:53 GMT -6
I don't believe Kyle had a thing to do with the Majestic when they got the 2 digital projectors. He was long gone from there. To infer he took them or knows of their whereabouts is pretty lame. I'll be the first to criticize him on many issues but on this one I believe he has nothing to do with it. I accused him of no wrongdoing nor did I infer he committed any wrongdoing. I just had the opinion, since he was so involved with the theatre he would be happy to share his knowledge. To your knowledge, did Kyle leave the Majestic before the digital projectors arrived? Just wondering. g
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Post by cmon on May 2, 2015 19:16:24 GMT -6
To my knowledge, which is based on what I've read on this always factual forum, he was long gone from any activities with the theater.
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Post by greekgod on May 2, 2015 19:42:13 GMT -6
To my knowledge, which is based on what I've read on this always factual forum, he was long gone from any activities with the theater. cmon, Then Kyle should have no problem answering a few simple questions before he left, correct? He certainly had no problem stating all he knew about the City of Streator's government and how to make our community better, did he? Oh, and he must still be involved in a Streator business, since his new slogan is "Anything's Possible". No attacks, nor insinuations of wrongdoing on Kyle's part from me concerning the Majestic. I simply thought he might want to share what he knew, and when he knew it. g
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Post by colplumb on May 2, 2015 19:44:04 GMT -6
It's not an opinion if Kyle had anything to do with the theater when the projectors were there. It's an easily verifiable fact that he wasn't. He was long gone from there for years. Guess that means you weren't a patron there greek boy.
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Post by Kyle Mitchell on May 2, 2015 19:49:54 GMT -6
The theatre had two screens, wasn't there two digital projectors? Does it really make a difference where they are, since the theatre would probably still be closed like the building owner wanted when the projectors were there and his payments were being made for him? Kyle, Gee, I just asked a few simple questions. You were the projectionist, correct? If so, when did you first notice the TWO DIGITAL PROJECTORS missing? Again, no accusations of wrongdoing on anyone, just thought since you were the what, manager/projectionist you could supply the community with a few simple answers. In my opinion, you just seemed to deflect answering a few simple questions and revert back to your well known reasons for the failure of the Majestic. Can you share with us when you first noticed the TWO DIGITAL PROJECTORS missing? Did they EVER ARRIVE AT THE MAJESTIC? After all , you also have the forum name of "majesticmitchell". You seem, in my opinion to have solutions for everything else that is wrong in the City of Streator, yet you can't seem to provide answers to those of us who wanted to see the Majestic Theatre be successful. g Of course I wasn't a projectionist at the Majestic and would have no way of knowing where those digital projectors could be, you already knew that though, didn't you? It seems that Tim and his Vissering family member who helps him kick invested people out of the theatre didn't want the Majestic to be successful. Could that be because family people coming to the theatre threatened the ability of the bar owner that the Visserings support so much to keep over-serving people to the point that they are pulling their pants down and beating each other in the streets? Too bad that the bar owner can't be a more responsible community member and at least try to create an environment around his bar that would allow other businesses like a movie theatre to exist. Instead, even as lately as this week, they prop that side door open and yell all kinds of crap to harass people on the streets. Too bad they can't keep their drunken slurs and BS inside the bar instead of letting it spill out to pollute our streets. Of course people wouldn't want to come downtown to support a movie theatre and have to listen to his over-served customers who can't control their mouths, spewing their crap for everyone on the streets to have to hear. If our City can get these bar owners under control, maybe we could have things like a movie theatre and other businesses here.
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Post by OutlawwithaSnipeSniper on May 2, 2015 19:59:44 GMT -6
Greek is just being Greek, that is to say nonsensical.
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Post by capncrunch on Jun 25, 2015 17:39:25 GMT -6
Copied and Pasted off of facebook: Route 34 Drive-In Theatre UPDATE ON OUR DRIVE TO GO DIGITAL...
Just a little heads up on the suggestions that the Route 34 Drive-In should try to purchase the digital projectors from the former MAJESTIC THEATER in Streator, IL....
While that is a great idea, we CANNOT use those projectors: they are for an INDOOR theater, not a drive-in. The lamps are TOO SMALL and do not provide enough light to project a movie onto a drive-in screen frown emoticon That's a bummer!
So yes - we are still raising the funds necessary to purchase the drive-in digital projector!
The required projection booth/and climate control improvements have been made, so that part is done; but we are still only HALFWAY to projector purchase (projector cost is $70,000, we have a little over $30,000 saved from earnings and donations).
Because of this our fundraising efforts have been ramped up to help, as you have all seen by our posts.
Do not hesitate to ask how we are doing. We are more than happy to give updates!
And as always - a very BIG thank you to all our wonderful customers for your continued patronage and support during this time smile emoticon
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Post by Kyle Mitchell on Jun 26, 2015 6:31:24 GMT -6
The owner of the shuttered Majestic Theater in Streator, which is the subject of foreclosure proceedings, could be found in default.
First Farmers Bank & Trust filed for foreclosure against the theater in February, saying owner Tim Burke owes about $136,000. Burke, who was last known to be living in California, has not responded to the bank's foreclosure action. As a result, the bank filed a motion last week in La Salle County Circuit Court to have Burke found in default. A hearing on the default motion is set for Thursday, July 9.
Gee, someone might have the chance to pick it up cheap at an auction. That would be a good chance for all you people who think that it should be no problem for a movie theatre to attract enough good families around the over-serving, people pulling their pants down, beating each other in our streets, calling police threatening to kill everyone, etc., to go ahead and show me how it's done. Go ahead show me how wrong I am, I challenge each of you!
I sure hope that our City leaders do come up with a solution to the "increasing" problems, so that it would be possible for more businesses to exist in our downtown.
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Post by father of two on Jun 26, 2015 6:50:09 GMT -6
Explain this to me Kyle. When the majestic was closed and the 6 screen theater in Northpoint was running, what caused that theater to close since it was nowhere near downtown? There were no fights, drunks or urinators around. What would you say caused its demise?
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Post by OutlawwithaSnipeSniper on Jun 26, 2015 7:01:43 GMT -6
FOT, I think that had more to do with not being able to cover expenses............ While a lovely new facility, it's operational expenses were far,far higher than the Majestic ever could be.
It is academic though, the Majestic clearly did not go broke, they had sufficient operating capital and an owner who was willing to work for nothing to try and get it going well.
The Majestic's closing also had nothing to do with bar fights or public urination.........
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Post by Kyle Mitchell on Jun 26, 2015 10:58:22 GMT -6
Explain this to me Kyle. When the majestic was closed and the 6 screen theater in Northpoint was running, what caused that theater to close since it was nowhere near downtown? There were no fights, drunks or urinators around. What would you say caused its demise? Gee FOT, unlike the Majestic, I don't have first hand knowledge of the problems that caused that theatre to close, so like you with the Majestic, all I can provide are some opinions. I've been told by many people from surrounding communities that Streator's rough reputation ("increasingly" substantiated and perpetuated by the illegal activities our City leaders have no solution for) keeps them from coming here, regardless of their being fights in front of that theatre or not. I was told by Michael Rogers, who I had been buying theatre bulbs from for years and was a brother/partner of Danny Rogers, that they were closing it because their property tax abatement period was over and the increased taxes did not make the place viable any longer. I expected that they would have already been closed before I even opened the Majestic. From what I was told by many people in the community, it was not supervised very well and had become a poor experience to go there. If it weren't built so low in a wet area, maybe it wouldn't have been so moldy inside. Someone told me that Streator has a 70 year history of not being able to support a theatre, but we seem to be able to support 58 liquor licenses and a list of people who want more (probably since it seems to be an anything goes market) so long that they had to start charging fees to maintain it. There are a few reasons why I think it didn't make it.
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Post by Kyle Mitchell on Jun 26, 2015 10:58:40 GMT -6
FOT, I think that had more to do with not being able to cover expenses............ While a lovely new facility, it's operational expenses were far,far higher than the Majestic ever could be. It is academic though, the Majestic clearly did not go broke, they had sufficient operating capital and an owner who was willing to work for nothing to try and get it going well. The Majestic's closing also had nothing to do with bar fights or public urination......... Do you really think that people pulling their pants down in the middle of the streets, calling police threatening to kill everyone and the brutal street fights don't keep any customers away? FOT says 5%, I think that is low, but don't you think that another $50,000.00 in revenue might have made Tim less apt to call it a failed business? Why should any other business have to try to survive with any less customers, when we have laws in place (for these reasons) that could just start being enforced?
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