Keep Utica in the Utica Boilermaker!!

Keep Utica in the Utica Boilermaker!! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/keeputicaboilermaker/ <div class="story"><div class="byline accent">SIGN THIS PETITION TO KEEP THE NAME UTICA IN THE UTICA BOILERMAKER. </div><div class="byline accent">Please read the article below for more information on UTICA being taken out of the UTICA BOILERMAKER. </div><div class="byline accent">As you will see by the quotes that Mayor Roefaro has no intention of fighting for the city.  It is up to us to keep our beloved NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ROADRACE the UTICA BOILERMAKER.  Utica needs, deserves, and wants to be the focus of the Boilermaker and therefore needs to be mentioned in all the advertising, news, websites, logos, etc.</div><div class="byline accent"><em><font color="#ff0000">“We draw from Utica. We draw from Rome. We draw from the entire community,” Boilermaker Executive Director Tim Reed said Monday, one day after the annual 15K road race. “I want it to be an event that is open to everybody.”</font></em></div><div class="byline accent"><em></em></div><div class="byline accent">Really?!  Tim Reed thinks that people are not smart enough to realize they are welcome to run even if they are not from Utica?  Is is not the NYC MARATHON, BOSTON MARATHON, etc??  I am sure not all who run those marathons are from NYC and Boston!  If this is where the Boilermaker is headed, we are in trouble.</div><div class="byline accent">By ELIZABETH COOPER</div><div><strong>Observer-Dispatch</strong></div><div class="timestamp">Posted Jul 14, 2008 @ 11:26 PM</div><div class="timestamp m5t">Last update Jul 15, 2008 @ 06:25 AM</div><hr class="m5v" /><div class="float_l clearfix m5r">UTICA — </div><div><p><font color="#ff0000">The 2009 Boilermaker Road Race logo doesn’t include the name of the city that has hosted the race for more than 30 years.</font><br /><br />The word “Utica” also seems to be lacking on the race’s Web site as organizers push for a broader regional identity.<br /><br /><font color="#ff0000">“We draw from Utica. We draw from Rome. We draw from the entire community,” Boilermaker Executive Director Tim Reed said Monday, one day after the annual 15K road race. “I want it to be an event that is open to everybody.”<br /></font><br />The race traditionally has been called the Utica Boilermaker Road Race. Race materials, including the 2008 entry form, list the mailing address as Utica Boilermaker Road Race. <br /><br />And hundreds of Observer-Dispatch stories dating back more than a decade refer to the race by that name. <br /><br />But Reed said that the legal name of the race that begins and ends in the city is the Boilermaker Road Race.<br /><br />Former Utica Mayor Tim Julian said it would be a “true shame” if the city’s name was removed from the promoting of the race. <br /><br />“The Boilermaker is a great marketing tool for our area,” he said. “People have to know where our area is.” <br /><br />Reed said race officials have been talking about creating an image that would “brand” the event. The logos would still change every year, but the stylized runner with the swooping arms would become a permanent feature.<br /><br />And the city’s place?<br /><br />“We haven’t made any definite decisions,” he said. <br /><br /><font color="#ff0000">Utica Mayor David Roefaro said he’s fine with whatever race officials decide.<br /><br />“I’m just glad we have the Boilermaker,” Mayoral Assistant Angelo Roefaro quoted the mayor as saying. “I don’t worry about labels.”</font></p><p><font color="#000080"><strong><em><u>ONCE AGAIN, SIGN THIS PETITION TO KEEP UTICA IN THE UTICA BOILERMAKER.  THIS INCLUDES ADVERTISING, MARKETING, LOGO, WEBSITE, NEWS, ETC.  PLEASE PASS ON AND FORWARD TO MORE PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW MUCH THIS WOULD HURT THE CITY IF WE DON'T FIX IT NOW.</u></em></strong></font></p></div></div> Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:1:23 CDT en-us 3 Michelle Piatek http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/keeputicaboilermaker/#sig5096674 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. lori pollard http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/keeputicaboilermaker/#sig4894341 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Utica Boilermaker is run exclusively in Utica, and always has. I think uticans should be proud to have the boilermaker in our city. and just like chicken riggies should be called utica riggies, the boilermaker, should be called the Utica Boilermaker! Michael J. Bosak http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/keeputicaboilermaker/#sig4045827 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. Heather Marcella http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/keeputicaboilermaker/#sig4040594 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. Janet Marcella http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/keeputicaboilermaker/#sig4040587 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. Michelle Hamilton Scott http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/keeputicaboilermaker/#sig4039031 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. daniel trevisani http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/keeputicaboilermaker/#sig4037910 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. Jillian Z http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/keeputicaboilermaker/#sig4036725 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. michele kjelley stagliano http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/keeputicaboilermaker/#sig4032671 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. Utica shouls not be taken away from the name Lara Dalmata http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/keeputicaboilermaker/#sig4032077 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. Richard Gozinya http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/keeputicaboilermaker/#sig4031827 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. Rome blows, bigtime! This is Utica's signature event. Next some choad will want to kill sponsorship from Matts Brewery and sign up with Milwaukee's Best or some other urinary infection... Howie Pheltersnatch http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/keeputicaboilermaker/#sig4031823 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. David Mancuso http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/keeputicaboilermaker/#sig4031716 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. Julie Bartlett http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/keeputicaboilermaker/#sig4031653 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. Butch Sherman http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/keeputicaboilermaker/#sig4031544 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. Chrissy Harper http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/keeputicaboilermaker/#sig4029784 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. Susan Rubino http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/keeputicaboilermaker/#sig4029496 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. Melissa Land http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/keeputicaboilermaker/#sig4028076 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. Linda Leaf http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/keeputicaboilermaker/#sig4027299 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. Heather Moksness http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/keeputicaboilermaker/#sig4025175 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. Why take something away from our city that already has little left! If it is true, the mayor should be ashamed! Utica should be in the name...look at all the work the tax payers pay for just to prepare for it! (and clean up!)