Ngokunakwa kukazwelonke kugxilwe kwi-imeyili ethunyelwe ngumphathi wezokungenisa izihambi waseNashville eqhathanisa inkosikazi yokuqala uMichelle Obama nenkawu, imboni yezokuvakasha eTennessee isiqale ukuzwa ukuwa.
UMnyango Wezokuthuthukiswa Kwezokuvakasha eTennessee uzwe ngabantu abaningana ngoMsombuluko abathi i-imeyili kaWalt Baker ibavalile, okulahlekisela iVolontiya State ezinye zezivakashi.
"Lokhu akuyona into ababeyilindele eTennessee," kusho uSusan Whitaker, ukhomishani womnyango. “Futhi angisho ukuthi ngisole noma yimuphi wabo. Sibona sengathi lokhu bekungathetheleleki futhi kungamukeleki. ”
U-Baker, kuze kube ngoMsombuluko wayeyi-CEO ye-Tennessee Hospitality Association, wathumela i-imeyili ngoLwesine ebusuku kubangani abangaba yishumi nambili, okubandakanya labo ababebambelela, umsizi weMeya uKarl Dean kanye nomongameli weNashville Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Imithombo yezindaba kazwelonke namabhulogi ezweni lonke ayithathe le ndaba ngempelasonto nangoMsombuluko, egcona umholi wezokungenisa izihambi owenza ngokungahambi kahle kunkosikazi kamongameli ngokuhlekisa ngombono wobuzwe.
Baphinde baveza ukuthi bekungekhona okokuqala ukuthi iTennessee ithole ukunakwa kukazwelonke nge-imeyili engacabangeli ngokwebala mayelana nenye yama-Obamas. Ngehlobo eledlule, isisebenzi somthetho uSherri Goforth wathumela i-imeyili ekhombisa uMengameli u-Obama "njenge-spook" ngamehlo amhlophe ngemuva okumnyama okwabhebhethekisa ukuhlukumezeka ezweni lonke.
Imiphumela kaBaker nenkampani yakhe yezokumaketha, iMercatus Communications, iqhubeke ngoMsombuluko njengoba inhlangano yezivakashi iqeda inkontileka yayo noMercatus yachitha uB Baker njenge-CEO, eqala ukusebenza ngokushesha.
"Sikuthole kuyicasula," kusho uPete Weien, oyilungu lebhodi yenhlangano yezihambi kanye nomphathi jikelele weGaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Centre. "Akumelwe ngandlela thile, kubunjwe noma kumelwe inhlangano yethu."
Elinye ilungu lebhodi lenhlangano, uTom Negri, lithe le e-mail "iyenyanyeka"
“Bekungafanele, angikhathali ukuthi ubani owayeyifunda,” kusho uNegri, umphathi weLoews Vanderbilt Hotel. “Ngingathanda ukuhlala endaweni lapho kungafanele sibheke khona ama-imeyili ngaleyo ndlela.”
UWeien wenqabile ukusho ukuthi le nhlangano yayikhokhele ini uB Baker noMercatus ngaphansi kwenkontileka eyasayinwa ngo-2005. Uthe abanye abasebenzi abane bezinhlangano ngeke bathinteke, futhi inhlangano izoqala ukufuna isikhulu esisha maduzane.
UB Baker, oxolise ngoMgqibelo, uthe ngaphambi kokuthi lo soseshini uhlangane wathi ushiye phansi konke okwenzekile.
"Ngiyasamukela ngokuphelele isinqumo sebhodi," esho.
Okungenzi inzuzo kunqunywe uMercatus
IMetro Arts Commission ne-United Way of Metropolitan Nashville nazo zinqamule izinkontileka zabo neMercatus ngoMsombuluko. Inkontileka yekhomishini yezobuciko yayinesamba sonyaka owodwa sama- $ 45,000.
I-United Way iqashe omunye wabasunguli beMercatus uPhil Martin iminyaka engu-20. Usihlalo we-United Way uGerard Geraghty uthe inhlangano engenzi nzuzo ihlela ukuqhubeka nokusebenza noMartin ngokwehlukana noMercatus.
IConstitution & Visitors Bureau ilahle uMercatus noBaker ngoMgqibelo. ICVB ibisikhokhele le nkampani imali engango- $ 11,800 ngenyanga kusukela ngoJuni 2008 ngezinhlelo zokumaketha nezokusakaza, izinsizakalo zokuxoxisana kanye nokubekwa kwezindawo, kusho okhulumela le nhlangano uMolly Sudderth.
Iziphathimandla zezokuvakasha zikahulumeni zathola izingcingo nama-imeyili kubantu abambalwa “ababethi bebehlele ukuza lapha manje ngeke uma lesi simo bazofika kuso,” kusho uPhyllis Qualls-Brooks, okhulumela uMnyango Ukuthuthukiswa Kwezivakashi.
UQualls-Brooks uthe akakwazanga ukuhlinzeka inani eliphelele lalabo oxhumana nabo.
UWhitaker uthe akahlelile noma yiliphi isu labezindaba likazwelonke ukuze alwisane nabezindaba ababi ngenxa ye-imeyili kaBaker. Uthe iningi lebhizinisi lezokuvakasha laseTennessee elingu- $ 14.4 billion livela kubantu abake baba lapha ngaphambili noma abake bezwa ngokuheha kombuso ngomlomo.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi lokho kuyindlela engcono kakhulu yokuzivikela kulokhu," kusho uWhitaker. “Kodwa ngeke ngiyinciphise. Noma nini lapho kwenzeka into enjengalena, ayiyimbi neze. ”
