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Residents urge council to investigate Enchanted Cottage events after vendors report locked gates, unpaid goods
Summary
Two residents and a vendor said the organizer of several local vendor events, identified as Enchanted Cottage, left vendors unpaid, locked gates at the Pickle Fest and operated without clear contracts or tax identification; they asked the City Council to investigate potential sponsorship and the city’s relationship with the organizer.
Several residents used the May 20 public-comment period to ask the City Council to investigate the Enchanted Cottage event organizer and to reconsider any city investment or sponsorship of her events.
"There was an application. But other than that, there was no contract," Kenzie Gosh told council after describing being locked in at the Pickle Fest and police and fire officials’ involvement. She told council that Harris County Fire Marshal security would not open the gate without the organizer’s direction and that the Hitchcock Police Department had received multiple calls…
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