Chamber billboards a conflict of interest
About two weeks ago, on the front page of the Southern Standard was an article from the Chamber of Commerce about the new billboards they had installed on the Interstate 24. This bothered me, but it did not hit me until this past weekend.
While returning from a trip to Nashville, I saw the billboard at about mile marker 108 in the east bound lane of I-24 and I was really upset. I don’t believe the taxpayers of Warren County should be paying for free advertisement for privately owned businesses.
The only two listings on this billboard are for Falcon Manor and Cumberland Caverns. These two businesses are privately owned. I also found out the chairperson of the Chamber of Commerce committee responsible for the billboards was Charlien McGlothin.
That should have been a red flag right there, since Mrs. McGlothin and her husband own Falcon Manor. This is truly a conflict of interest.
I for one, being a taxpayer of Warren County and living here, am infuriated my tax dollars were wasted to benefit someone else. I believe the Chamber of Commerce owes the people of Warren County an explanation and a lot of money.
Terry Henderson
817 West End Avenue
McMinnville