Democrat Convention Committee Broke?
Charles Johnson
Sat Jun 14, 2008 at 1:49 pm PDT • Views: 285
Let’s put these people in charge of the country: Cash-strapped convention panel cancels media event.
DENVER (AP) - The host committee for the Democratic National Convention faces a possible shortfall of $15 million, complicating logistics for the August event and forcing it to abruptly postpone a media walkthrough of the site scheduled for next week.
The committee announced Friday that it had delayed the session for the news media and hoped to reschedule at a later date. “Postponing the event allows us to work through outstanding issues and ensure a successful event when media do arrive in Denver,” said Theodore LeCompte, the DNCC’s director of media logistics.
Hundreds of representatives from television, radio and newspaper organizations were planning to attend the event Thursday at the Pepsi Center, where Democrats will gather Aug. 25-28 to nominate their presidential and vice presidential candidates.
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