Benson launched a petition three weeks asking Herrel to keep the Avalon’s nightly screenings. She now lives “over town,” Catalina-speak for the mainland. “The experience for us is like a birthright.” “I’m not convinced this closure is necessary,” Benson added.
“A company that big can’t use the excuse of lack of money for closing it down.” “It’s indefensible,” said Hernandez, who manages a spa on the island. That cold economics doesn’t compute with a lot of residents. “We have no support from the town for the current movies showing…Everyone’s throwing rocks, but no one is coming up with good, viable, sustainable solutions.”
“There were so many satellite dishes screwed onto balconies,” he said. The last straw for Herrel was a drive through Avalon earlier this year on one of Catalina’s signature golf carts.
