Just who is the Ohio Renaissance Festival Inc. ?
If you think you know or work for the Ohio Renaissance Festival Inc, you might be wrong. The corporate record for the Ohio Renaissance Festival and the name Peter J. Carroll turns up some interesting information. Apparently the Ohio Renaissance Festival is a maze of many incorporations found in Ohio, Delaware, and maybe Georgia. Each of which seems to be Peter J. Carroll in one form or another.
Independent Contractor or Employee ?
Do you work for the Ohio Renaissance Festival but you have been told you are an “Independent Contractor” or some such thing? Do you receive a 1099 at the end of the year instead of a W2 then you are probably being treated as an Independent Contractor.
Peter Carroll wants to eat Monster Cock
I think Peter Carroll wants to eat my Monster Cock. Recently, Peter Carroll via his attorney David C. Greer filed a law suit against yours truly (and a bunch of people I don’t know) alleging that we have somehow caused him in excess of a quarter of a million dollars in irreparable damages. That’s more than $250,000.000 for those of us who have never seen that many decimal places proceeded by a dollar sign. Moving on to my Monster Cock.
New $400.00 / merchant FEE !
News from a reliable source – Merchants will be forced to pay a $400.00 fee to Peter Carroll for “community development” with this year’s lease. We call it the new “Peter Pee Tax”.
Make it interesting!
If not YOU then WHO ?
I spent the last hour watching in amazement as a tiny little peep pecked its way out of her shell and then collapsed in exhaustion. Next to her broken shell another peep has just managed a small hole to start her escape. I am worried that she’s been at it for too long without much progress. I’ve never tried to help one out and have read it usually does more damage than good. So I will be spending today on many other activities, but always with that thought in the back of my mind; at what point do you try to help the little thing? What if I choose too late and cause its death? What if I choose too early and cause its death? These aren’t my first new born chickens, I’ve just never had one stall for so long after the first pecks of freedom.
Peter Carroll admits Chemicals were dumped at Ohio Renaissance Festival
Peter Carroll ADMITS someone on the grounds of the Ohio Renaissance Festival “…dumped chemicals in a drainage ditch…” and presented this information to the courts of Warren County via his lawyer David C. Greer. You might recall I am the person who questioned ORF management after Marietta Marcin falsely accused me of dumping those chemicals and then later contacted the EPA after ORF management did not respond to my concerns. Per Dan Roth, ORF Management staff, Marietta Marcin was later fired. I had assumed ORF Inc. had thought that like so many other things said by Marietta Marcin, the story of the chemical dumping was another lie. Per Dan Roth, the woman was fired and the EPA wrote back to me to assure me other reports had not been filed. I’d have to imagine an ethical incorporation who knew of ground and surface water contamination would duly report it, but it seems I am the only one who took that action.
Union Now !
Union NOW ! Unite NOW !
Nearly a year ago I wrote to the General Manager of the Ohio Renaissance Festival stating that I wanted access to employees and other participants for the purpose of forming a union. She did not reply. Since then, it has been one of my ongoing goals. I’ve hoped that enough people would be willing to stand up and be counted that management would have to respect workers rights. Unfortunately, management at the Ohio Renaissance Festival Inc. responded by threatening participants against working with me. Dan Roth is even reported to have refused to issue the 2009 leases until particular merchants just about rebuked me and my efforts to bring a united front to management.
Craft show or Overpriced Fleamarket
Do you pay $20.00 to shop at a flea market?
ORF Inc. slips further into the dark at the hands of Dan Roth (the Craft Director). At least I think he is one of the managers that escaped the recent shake up. No they aren’t slipping into the Dark Ages, but simply into the dark. One wonders how much further the place can slide into obscurity before it is considered yet another flea market. You see the great strength that Renaissance Festivals have against other theme parks are quality merchants. You are sure to see the “made in China” tag at other theme parks and it litters most flea markets, but Renaissance Festivals offer a different type of shopping. Or at least in theory, they offer hand made goods by craftspeople whose art form existed at the time in which the festival is set. Note, I said in theory. This seems to no longer be the case at the Ohio Renaissance Festival and I am not the only one to notice.
ORF employees contact Investigator #40
ORF Inc. employees:
I have been advised that any employee of the Ohio Renaissance Festival Inc. who was not paid minimum wage or better contact Shari Hetesheimer (investigator #40) immediately. The law does provide for compensation but there is a time limit.
Student Days & Property Tax issues
Has the Ohio Renaissance Festival, its owner Peter Carroll and the small village of Harveysburg, Ohio conspired to defraud Warrant County Schools of proper property tax?
Cheryl Bucholtz Spins n Sinks
Here is a question for you. If the General Manager of an event has to lie about the event to the press, how good could it be and just what are they hiding. We think she is trying to spin the place to cover up all the problems they are now having. Between loosing their entertainment manager, tearing down a stage, and merchants just about running away from the place; I guess they have to do something to assure (uh, lie) about what is going on or nobody will attend.