Don Russell Steps Down As Philly Beer Week Director

From Philly.com:

Don Russell has stepped down from his position as executive director of the popular beer festival. The immensely popular citywide festival is gearing up for its seventh year (it runs May 30-June 8, 2014) and Russell (aka Joe Sixpack of the Daily News) has been involved since its inception.

We reached out to Philly Beer Week chairman of the board of directors William Reed (who is also co-owner of Johnny Brenda’s and Standard Tap) and to Don Russell himself to find out what led to the split. It appears Russell and the board couldn’t come to terms on salary.
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Anonymous18 December, 2013 22:27
rumor is that russell wanted way too much money, which would have driven up participation fees for the craft bars.

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