Wednesday, January 19, 2005
 
Close Call For The Athletic

I saw this headline, Sports Authority cuts budget after complaints, I worried because I confused it with the Sporting Authority, our preferred retail outlet for non-bicycling athletic gear.

Fortunately, though, the retail establishment will remain open, and the St. Louis Regional Convention & Sports Complex Authority will continue spending private/public tax largesse with only the normal amount of annual abashment:
    Board members of the St. Louis Regional Convention & Sports Complex Authority made the move after learning last month that the authority's employees had gone over budget last year in nearly every expense category and had not notified the board.

    The authority overspent last year even after Mayor Francis Slay and others publicly accused it of wasteful spending.
One of the cuts:
    One new cost savings for this year: The board declined to renew the contract of the authority's public relations firm.

    Executive Director Kent Underwood had asked for $72,000 to be budgeted this year to pay the Vandiver Group, the PR firm.

    Last year, the authority paid $98,000 to Vandiver - more than four times the $24,000 that had been approved by the board.
Good idea, since the PR firm certainly hasn't convinced we the people of the purpose or necessity of this entity.


- posted by Brian J. @ 7:27 AM
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