President Barack Obama confirmed Friday there will be no last-minute deal to avoid the spending cuts.
SEATTLE — "We are moving forward as scheduled until directed to do otherwise and do not have any status updates at this time," Blue Angels public affairs chief Russell Tafuri said in an email to AL.com. "If and when we receive directives to amend our current operations, we will forward that news as soon as it becomes available for release."
Seafair sent a letter to congressional leaders. An excerpt of the letter is below.
Seafair, which recently won Best Fair / Festival in the world from international publication Special Events Magazine, has been the Puget Sound summer festival for nearly 65 years. With 5,000 volunteers and dozens of Seafair events around the region annually, it touches over one million lives every summer and creates an economic impact of over $50 million annually. To say that the Blue Angels are iconic with this tradition speaks volumes to the value we place on our relationship with the Navy.