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Article: City tells Comar to pay up for women's expo
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- October 30, 2009
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Staff writer
The city of Charleston is threatening to take legal action
against a Cross Lanes marketing firm that owes $9,625 for a women's
exposition held at the Charleston Civic Center in May.
Comar Inc., whose top executive was criminally charged with
misusing federal grant money earlier this week, ran up the expenses
after renting space and equipment during its inaugural "Wild
Wonderful Women's Weekend."
The two-day event featured a chocolate fountain with
strawberries, free manicures and pedicures, belly dancing, a wine
tasting, and the crowning of a "Miss Metro."
The city of Charleston has sent three written notices to Comar,
trying to collect the money, but has not heard back from ...