Will a “Floating Wine Festival” save the day in Leland?

LELAND MI – A secretive committee calling themselves only “The Friends of Bruce” has announced an innovative, eleventh hour that just might save the 2024 Leland Wine & Food Festival from being canceled. The letter stapled early this morning to the Merc bulletin board reads:

GREETINGS VILLAGE OF LELAND & WINE LOVERS,

WE, THE FRIENDS OF BRUCE, HAVE DECIDED IT IS UNACCEPTABLE  TO ALLOW THE MICHIGAN NO-FUN COMMISSION* TO SHUT DOWN THE HISTORIC LELAND WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL.

TO THAT END, WE HAVE SECURED A COMMITMENT FROM BILLIONAIRE WALTER G. GEEZ TO USE HIS BOAT, THE 523-FOOT HUGE ONE EL MONDO, TO HOST THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL.

CHEERS!

*Editor’s Note: they appear to be referring to the Michigan Waterways Commission that used a single complaint from a boater to shut down a $50,000 fundraiser.**

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