A Vaughan councillor, who says she’s received “many nasty and inaccurate accusations” by angry ticket-holders of a popular Caribana event that was cancelled, says she wasn’t part of the decision to revoke the show’s permit.Organizers said they were told their permit had been revoked just two hours before the doors were to open Saturday night.Carnival Kingdom was to take place at the Improve Canada outdoor entertainment complex on Keele St., near Highway 407. It was the first time SOS Fest attempted to host the event, which had been running for seven years, in Vaughan. Tickets ranged from $35 to $95, and about 5,000 had been sold. Machel Montano was one of the acts scheduled to perform.Read more: Concert cancelled with little notice, leaving ticket-holders furiousCaribanaToronto.com, which promoted the Carnival Kingdom event, is not connected to the group that runs the downtown Toronto Caribbean Carnival parade.Ward 4 Councillor Sandra Yeung Racco, who represents north Concord/ Thornhill, said in an email to the Star that she received many messages from upset residents Saturday.They were complaining about a Friday night concert with “very loud music blaring across the neighbourhood from . . . midnight to well past 3 a.m.”“As an elected official, my job is to represent my residents and businesses when they bring concerns to me,” she said in the email.She said she then forwarded those concerns to City of Vaughan staff, asking them to investigate.“Neither I, nor any of my council colleagues, were consulted during the review by staff. The decision to revoke the special event permit was done solely by our staff,” Yeung Racco said.“Sadly, I have been on the receiving end of many nasty and inaccurate accusations, particularly from ticket-holders upset that the permit was revoked, cancelling other events scheduled for this weekend. This is very unfair. I did my job in responding on behalf of my const ...
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