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DUNKIRK Members of the Lowriginal Car Club are upset that their show proposed for Point Gratiot in the city of Dunkirk was voted down by the Common Council last week without explanation.
“They’re comparing us to other car clubs, because those clubs keep changing names,” member Joe Colon told the OBSERVER. “We’ve had the same name for the past seven years. We have had a show every year since 2016 in Westfield. We want to bring it down here because it’s a bigger park and we’re running out of space over there.”
According to Colon, in 2019 the show brought in 562 cars and it practically doubles in size every year, so the space is desperately needed. “We want to show everybody what we’re about. Yes we’re a car show and a car club, but we want to become more, we want to make it a community thing,” Colon added. “It was kind of a slap in the face, because they didn’t give us an explanation. They didn’t even let us explain ourselves t
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Caleb Colon receives a Power Wheels car as a gift from the Lowriginal Car Club as his father Pablo and brother Noah look on. Caleb was diagnosed with cancer in 2019 and is now in remission.
Members of the Lowriginal Car Club are upset that their show proposed for Point Gratiot in the city of Dunkirk was voted down by the Common Council last week without explanation.
“They’re comparing us to other car clubs, because those clubs keep changing names,” member Joe Colon told the OBSERVER. “We’ve had the same name for the past seven years. We have had a show every year since 2016 in Westfield. We want to bring it down here because it’s a bigger park and we’re running out of space over there.”
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