City staff spent $220,000 at America's Cup
Anger at ATEED spending on America's Cup NewstalkZB - 6/12/2013
The New Zealand Taxpayers Union is lashing out at council-controlled Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED) for spending more than $200,000 on sending staff and media to the America's Cup in San Francisco.They say sending a few key staff is justified, but 11 staff and seven members of the media is more of a junket than a work trip.Executive Director Jordan Williams says its would have contributed more to San Francisco's economic development than Auckland's.He says they are filing an Official Information Request on the nature of the spending."We want to know precisely what they were doing over there. Were they sitting on boats watching the America's Cup, or were they actually working?"That's the key question for ratepayers."
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