More Questions Raised About How Public ED Money Spent

You know the economy really sucks when all people have to talk about is why their City Convention Center hosted Chamber of Commerce meetings and why the Convention Center helped pay for "Coffee Hour" breakfast meetings held to discuss business and economic development issues in the community. This is the situation in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Chambers of commerce and City halls across the country jointly pay for activities of this sort. Is this the best use of both organization's meetings? That question needs to be answered in the context of the goals of the events undertaken and whether these goals were achieved.

This is another example of where EDO's need to be cery careful how they use public money and resources. Criticism is growing now as government budgets tighten and people are looking for excuses to take money away from one activity for another.

My advice: watch it!

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