I would wager a guess that the local youth hockey organization sells as many hotel rooms in a given time frame for tournaments than the CVB does for the same time. A quick look at their tournament schedule and one could estimate that from Nov. through Feb. there will be 715 families needing lodging for youth hockey alone.
And I would guess that the CVB helps by playing a supporting role? Don't
If you will recall this is the organization that was ran by our ex mayor, the clothes changer. Remember cookie gate? How she was spending this money on herself and employees?
And is now ran by our previous Chamber maid who left for Diamond Joe's only to be displeased there so they gave her the CVB job.
-------------- Actually my wife is especially happy when my google check arrives each month. Thanks to douchbags like you, I get paid just for getting you worked up. -Liberal
Mad Dog -- I believe you may have your info just a little bit twisted, but that's Ok, it makes for a good story line. Never mind being accurate, just shoot from the hip.
The previous Chamber Maid is the current CVB Director (Suzie Petereson). The person that left the CVB for Diamond Joe's was (Jill Kohler) the previous CVB Director, who found that the private sector was more to her liking. Yes she came back to the CVB, but soon left to become the Marketing Director at Wells Federal Banks.
Thanks for the correction. And minnow, yeah I watched it again long enough to get to the nuts.
-------------- Actually my wife is especially happy when my google check arrives each month. Thanks to douchbags like you, I get paid just for getting you worked up. -Liberal
CVB sounds like a bunch of shake down artists - like the mafia to me. lol
And why is that? Because the law requires hotels to collect a 3% tax from the hotel paying guest to remit to the city of Albert Lea, and a 7% tax from the hotel paying guest to remit to the state of Minnesota. This is money that is paid on top of the hotel room rate. The hotel acts as a conduit for the tax collecting authorities. And if a hotel does not remit the tax, you think its simply okay for the hotel to keep the money to fund their day to day operations?
-------------- "Here is something for those who think I have not done much on my own to think about. I must then be one of the luckiest people around, and I think I am, I should then be able to keep that same luck going for the benefit of our area." - New ALEDA Executive Director Dan Dorman.
Ok Scornix tell us what tourism / conventions have been brought to Albert Lea in 2008 that was the direct results of the efforts of the CVB of Albert Lea. Compare the yearly report of Austin and is CVB efforts to the lack of public information of Albert Lea's
