Saturday, December 23, 2006
Reingold Resigns
Mary Beth Reingold, Chairman of the Little Rock Advertising and Promotion Commission, today submitted her resignation to City Manager Bruce Moore. Arkansas Times Blog has a more detailed story.
Here is the part of her brief letter which caught my attention.
Apparently Ms. Reingold believes that she has a public relations problem. It is as if the fine Democrat-Gazette stories were somehow wrong. They, of course, were not. Her restaurants took in more than $114,000 in LRCVB business during her tenure. Does anybody seriously believe this to be an accident?
The regular practice of the Commission was to avoid the competitive bid process, which is against the law. Self-Dealing is rampant.
Yes, there is a public relations disaster and each member must resign.
The State Police, or the FBI Public Corruption Unit, should investigate the operations of the Advertising and Promotion Commission to determine if there has been criminal wrongdoing.
Taxpayers deserve to know.
I do not believe that the Pulaski County Prosecutor or the Attorney General have the ability to do this kind of investigations. The FBI would be well suited because of its' vast knowledge and experience in this area. Many of the suspect transactions were conducted on the telephone, over the internet, and in interstate commerce. This is a federal matter.
Here is the part of her brief letter which caught my attention.
I believe that has become a situation where the public relations damage will prohibit me from being helpful.
Apparently Ms. Reingold believes that she has a public relations problem. It is as if the fine Democrat-Gazette stories were somehow wrong. They, of course, were not. Her restaurants took in more than $114,000 in LRCVB business during her tenure. Does anybody seriously believe this to be an accident?
The regular practice of the Commission was to avoid the competitive bid process, which is against the law. Self-Dealing is rampant.
Yes, there is a public relations disaster and each member must resign.
The State Police, or the FBI Public Corruption Unit, should investigate the operations of the Advertising and Promotion Commission to determine if there has been criminal wrongdoing.
Taxpayers deserve to know.
I do not believe that the Pulaski County Prosecutor or the Attorney General have the ability to do this kind of investigations. The FBI would be well suited because of its' vast knowledge and experience in this area. Many of the suspect transactions were conducted on the telephone, over the internet, and in interstate commerce. This is a federal matter.
