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Hype doesn’t live up to the reality
Mary Croy
Sep. 12, 2018 12:13 pm
Am I the only one who finds it interesting GO Cedar Rapids - which lost over $2 million on its failed festival, failed to pay vendors or canceled vendors' checks to the tune of $300,000, and isn't sure when its bills and employees will be paid - hired a new chief executive? Whatever could have gone wrong with this debacle did.
It is clear there was absolutely no oversight by the GO Cedar Rapids board. I feel sorry for those businesses and vendors who bought into the hype GO Cedar Rapids sold them and now are realizing what a mistake it was to do so. I'm sure the next time GO Cedar Rapids comes up with bright idea, it will be met with well-deserved skepticism by Cedar Rapids.
Mary Croy
Cedar Rapids
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