Well, ya gotta love it.
On 5/22/11 (see below) I commented on the Global Retail Real Estate Convention. It was indicated that four people were going to represent the city: the executive director of the SEDC, the city's development director, the city manager and one city council person.
It was mentioned that in my opinion we only needed to send the first two individuals and the other two could have stayed home.
So let's see what the impact was for sending City Manager Gonzales and Council Member Kuhn.
Gonzales expense report: $1,816.34
Kuhn expense report: $1,637.64
Total $3,453.98
And since they both went, why couldn't they "double up" in their hotel room? Most private businesses are requiring that now.
And last, but not least. Apparently Dawn Kuhn uses the travel to Vegas (just like last year) to extend her stay (this year an extra 4 days) past the convention's end. Apparently vacation time is needed. Granted, this is at no additional cost to the city, but because it is tied into the convention she doesn't have the associated transportation costs. I'm curious. She did this last year also...............now I wonder..............has she done this before then also? Maybe we need to look and see how many times she was the "chosen" one to go to Vegas.
