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Article: Civic Center requests may be granted anayway: ; Planning ahead
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- November 18, 1999
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STAFF WRITER
Charleston Civic Center officials said Tuesday night that they
planned for $1 million more in renovations than the city could
afford because they expected the city's hotel/motel tax to be
increased.
When the tax increase never happened, they said, the extra items
were never taken out because of a lack of communication between the
Civic Center board, City Council and the Kemp Melton administration.
Current city officials aren't sure they buy that explanation.
Still, they appear willing to give Civic Center directors just about
everything they want.
"I still have some questions about the discrepancy, but I'm not
sure this is the proper time to bring them up," City Council
Majority ...