For Immediate Release
Esrati press conference
DAYTON:City Commison Candidate David Esrati to make statement about Crowne Plaza subsidy by City of Dayton.
2pm
100 Bonner Street Dayton Ohio 45410
937.228-4433 if Questions.
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The DDN and the City office of PR have both called to say: oops.
It’s only $500K they want to put into the project- and it’s all CDBG Federal money- as if that makes it all OK.
It’s still Corporate Welfare. Press conference continues.
From the DDN site:
The story incorrectly reported the amount the city was considering to spend to help renovate the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The story should have said the city is considering spending $500,000. The cost of the project is expected to be $7 million to $8 million.
Note: The city of Dayton is now on Twitter- and no mention of this faux pas- there, or on the city site: FAIL
They tweeted their response about 4 minutes ago…
AS a PDF:
http://www.cityofdayton.org/cmo/Documents/City%20Manager%20Crowne%20Plaza%20Correction.pdf
Press conference…….?………. Who attended?
DDN and the “Democratic party” person with a flip cam.
No TV came out.