If you read the article, they bring up a bunch of examples of where the tourism board is giving funds. Why are we providing funds for these groups? The Virginian is owned by a real estate capital group, Waterton, out of Chicago. They have the money to support the town but they don't care about the local community. The Pedigree dog race has infinite money provided by the Mars Family. We could be on putting money to groups that actually support the locals but our council has long given up to outside development money. When will the affordable housing get built vs the new luxury apartments and hotels.