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Article: County, city threaten to cut visitors bureau funds
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- February 26, 1999
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STAFF WRITER
Officials for Kanawha County and the city of Charleston are
threatening to cut funding for the Charleston Convention and
Visitors
Bureau unless the bureau opens its records.
Officials for the bureau say they have nothing to hide.
Charleston City Councilman Dave Hardy, chairman of council's
finance committee, said the visitors bureau has an annual budget of
about $659,000 - $610,000 of it from taxpayers. The city provides
nearly $500,000 a year in tax money to the visitors bureau.
But Hardy said city and county officials can't get detailed
information about how the bureau spends the money.
On Thursday, Rick Atkinson, Kanawha County's representative on the
visitors bureau board, ...