I agree, this is all absurd! The whole purpose of a community event is to entice visitors to see what the community has to offer and more important, to provide a healthy and happy environment for neighbors and business people to get toghether and enjoy life for a few minutes together.

West Hollywood has allowed the same to happen with the CSW organizers - an enclosed event that we no longer participate in -

One of the reasons that Beverly Hills is an exceptional community is because all of the city sponsored events are FREE including concerts, holiday shows, art shows, etc, etc and we have tons of one and two hour FREE parking facilities spread all over town to ENCOURAGE visitors to come and SHOP AND SPEND MONEY and have fun!

I don't know why other communities don't follow our lead