Ndi chidwi cha dziko lonse pa imelo yomwe inatumizidwa ndi mkulu wa ku Nashville wochereza alendo ku Nashville kuyerekeza mayi woyamba Michelle Obama ndi chimpanzi, makampani okopa alendo ku Tennessee ayamba kugwa.
Dipatimenti ya Tourist Development ku Tennessee idamva kuchokera kwa anthu angapo Lolemba omwe adanena kuti imelo ya Walt Baker idazimitsa, zomwe zidawonongera dziko la Volunteer State alendo ena.
"Izi sizomwe amayembekezera kuchokera ku Tennessee," atero a Susan Whitaker, Commissioner wa dipatimentiyi. “Ndipo sindinganene kuti ndikuimba mlandu aliyense wa iwo. Tikuwona kuti izi zinali zosawiringula komanso zosavomerezeka. ”
Baker, yemwe mpaka Lolemba anali CEO wa Tennessee Hospitality Association, adatumiza imeloyo Lachinayi usiku kwa abwenzi khumi ndi awiri, kuphatikiza olandirira alendo, wothandizira Meya Karl Dean ndi Purezidenti wa Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Ofalitsa nkhani ndi mabulogu m'dziko lonselo adalemba nkhaniyi kumapeto kwa sabata komanso Lolemba, akunyoza mtsogoleri wochereza alendo yemwe akuchita zinthu mopanda chifundo kwa mkazi wa Purezidenti poseka anthu omwe amasiyana nawo mafuko.
Ananenanso kuti aka sikanali koyamba kuti Tennessee asangalatse dziko lonse chifukwa chotumiza maimelo opanda tsankho okhudza m'modzi mwa a Obamas. M'chilimwe chatha, wogwira ntchito zamalamulo a Sherri Goforth adatumiza imelo yomwe ikuwonetsa Purezidenti Obama ngati "spook" ndi maso oyera pamtundu wakuda zomwe zidayambitsa chipwirikiti m'dziko lonselo.
Zotsatira za Baker ndi kampani yake yotsatsa, Mercatus Communications, zidapitilira Lolemba pomwe bungwe lochereza alendo lidamaliza mgwirizano wawo ndi Mercatus ndikuchotsa Baker ngati CEO, wogwira ntchito nthawi yomweyo.
"Tidaziwona ngati zokhumudwitsa," atero a Pete Weien, membala wa bungwe lochereza alendo komanso manejala wamkulu wa Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. "Simunjira iliyonse, mawonekedwe kapena mawonekedwe oyimira gulu lathu."
Wina membala wa board board, Tom Negri, adati imeloyo "ndi yonyansa."
"Zinali zosayenera, sindikusamala kuti ndani amawerenga," adatero Negri, woyang'anira wamkulu wa Loews Vanderbilt Hotel. “Ndikufuna kukakhala kumalo kumene sitiyenera kuona maimelo ngati amenewo.”
Weien anakana kunena zomwe bungweli lidalipira Baker ndi Mercatus pansi pa mgwirizano womwe udasainidwa mu 2005. Anatinso antchito ena anayi abungweli sakhudzidwa, ndipo bungwe liyamba kufunafuna wamkulu watsopano posachedwa.
Baker, yemwe adapepesa Loweruka, adati bungweli lisanakumane kuti adasiya chilichonse chomwe chinachitika.
Iye anati: “Ndimavomereza maganizo a bungweli.
Opanda phindu adadula Mercatus
Metro Arts Commission ndi United Way of Metropolitan Nashville adathetsanso mapangano awo ndi Mercatus Lolemba. Mgwirizano wa Art Commission unali ndi ndalama ya chaka chimodzi ya $45,000.
United Way adalemba ntchito Phil Martin woyambitsa nawo Mercatus kwa zaka 20. Wapampando wa United Way a Gerard Geraghty adati bungwe lopanda phindu likukonzekera kupitiliza kugwira ntchito ndi Martin mosiyana ndi Mercatus.
Bungwe la Convention & Visitors Bureau lidatsitsa Mercatus ndi Baker Loweruka. CVB idalipira ndalama zokwana $11,800 pamwezi kuyambira Juni 2008 chifukwa cha njira zotsatsira ndi media, zokambirana ndi ntchito zoyika, atero a Molly Sudderth.
Akuluakulu oyendetsa ntchito zokopa alendo m'boma adalandira mafoni ndi maimelo kuchokera kwa anthu ochepa omwe "akunena kuti akufuna kubwera kuno ndipo tsopano sizingachitike ngati afika," atero a Phyllis Qualls-Brooks, mneneri wa dipatimenti yowona. Chitukuko cha alendo.
Qualls-Brooks adati sangathe kupereka chiwerengero chonse cha omwe adalumikizana nawo.
Whitaker adati sakukonzekera njira iliyonse yofalitsa nkhani mdziko muno makamaka kuti athane ndi atolankhani oyipa omwe amabwera chifukwa cha imelo ya Baker. Anati mabizinesi ambiri okopa alendo aku Tennessee okwana $14.4 biliyoni amachokera kwa anthu omwe adakhalapo kale kapena adamvapo zokopa za boma kudzera pakamwa.
"Ndikuganiza kuti ndiye njira yabwino kwambiri yodzitetezera ku izi," adatero Whitaker. “Koma sindichepetsa. Nthawi iliyonse ngati izi zichitika, sizikhala zabwino. ”
