Ngengqwalasela yesizwe igxile kwi-imeyile ethunyelwe ngumlawuli wobubele baseNashville ethelekisa inenekazi lokuqala uMichelle Obama kunye netshimpanzi, ishishini lokhenketho laseTennessee liqalise ukuziva liwile.
I-Tennessee iSebe loPhuhliso lwabakhenkethi livile kubantu abaninzi ngoMvulo abathi i-imeyile kaWalt Baker yayicimile, ixabisa iVolontiya State ezinye iindwendwe ezinokubakho.
“Ayisiyiyo le nto bebeyilindele eTennessee,” utshilo uSusan Whitaker, umkomishinala wesebe. “Kwaye andinakuthi ndityhola namnye kubo. Ngokuqinisekileyo sivakalelwa kukuba oku bekungathetheleleki kwaye akwamkelekanga.”
U-Baker, owathi ngoMvulo wayeyi-CEO ye-Tennessee Hospitality Association, wathumela i-imeyile ngoLwesine ebusuku kubahlobo abalishumi elinesibini, kubandakanywa nabaphembeleli, umncedisi kaSodolophu uKarl Dean kunye nomongameli we-Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Amajelo eendaba esizwe kunye neeblogi kwilizwe liphela ziye zabamba eli bali kwimpelaveki ukuya kutsho ngoMvulo, begxeka inkokeli yobubele eziphatha ngokungenabubele kwinkosikazi kamongameli ngokuhleka imbono yobuhlanga.
Kwakhona bachaza ukuba esi yayingesosihlandlo sokuqala ukuba iTennessee ifumane ingqwalasela yesizwe kwi-imeyile engenaluvelwano ngobuhlanga malunga nenye yee-Obamas. Ehlotyeni elidlulileyo, umsebenzi wowiso-mthetho u-Sherri Goforth uthumele i-imeyile ebonisa uMongameli u-Obama "njengespoki" esinamehlo amhlophe kwimvelaphi emnyama eyavuselela i-backlash kwilizwe lonke.
Imiphumo ye-Baker kunye nenkampani yakhe yokuthengisa, i-Mercatus Communications, iqhubekile ngoMvulo njengoko intlangano yokwamkela iindwendwe iphelile isivumelwano sayo noMercatus kwaye yamgxotha u-Baker njenge-CEO, esebenza ngokukhawuleza.
“Siyifumene ikhubekisa,” utshilo uPete Weien, ilungu lebhodi yombutho wokwamkela iindwendwe kunye nomphathi jikelele weGaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Centre. "Ayikho nangayiphi na indlela, imilo okanye uhlobo olumele umbutho wethu."
Elinye ilungu lebhodi yombutho, uTom Negri, uthe le imeyile "yanezothe."
“Yayingafanelekanga, andikhathali nokuba ifundwa ngubani,” utshilo uNegri, umlawuli olawulayo weLoews Vanderbilt Hotel. “Ndingathanda ukuhlala kwindawo apho kunganyanzelekanga ukuba sijonge ii-imeyile ezilolo hlobo.”
U-Weien walile ukuthetha ukuba umbutho uhlawule ntoni u-Baker kunye noMercatus phantsi kwekhontrakthi esayinwe ngo-2005. Uthe abanye abasebenzi abane bombutho abayi kuchaphazeleka, kwaye umbutho uza kuqala ukukhangela i-CEO entsha kungekudala.
U-Baker, ocele uxolo ngoMgqibelo, uthe phambi kokuba umbutho udibane ukuba uye warhoxa kuyo nantoni na eyenzekayo.
“Ndisamkela ngokupheleleyo isigqibo sebhodi,” utshilo.
Abangenzi nzuzo banqumle iMercatus
IKomishoni yobuGcisa yeMetro kunye neNdlela eManyeneyo yeMetropolitan Nashville nayo yaziphelisa iikhontrakthi zabo noMercatus ngoMvulo. Ikhontrakthi yekomishoni yezobugcisa yayinonyaka omnye we-45,000 yeedola.
I-United Way yayiqeshe uMercatus umseki uPhil Martin iminyaka engama-20. Usihlalo we-United Way uGerard Geraghty uthe abangenzi nzuzo bacwangcise ukuqhubeka nokusebenza noMartin ngokwahlukileyo kwiMercatus.
I-Bureau yeNgqungquthela kunye neeNdwendwe iwisile uMercatus kunye noBaker ngoMgqibelo. I-CVB yayihlawule i-firm malunga ne-11,800 yeedola ngenyanga ukususela ngoJuni ka-2008 kwisicwangciso sokuthengisa kunye neendaba, uthethathethwano kunye neenkonzo zokubeka, utshilo u-Molly Sudderth.
Amagosa ezokhenketho karhulumente afumene iminxeba kunye nee-imeyile ezivela kubantu abambalwa "ababesithi bacebe ukuza apha kwaye ngoku abanakukwazi ukuba yimeko abaza kufika kuyo," utshilo uPhyllis Qualls-Brooks, isithethi seSebe. Uphuhliso lwabakhenkethi.
UQualls-Brooks uthe akanakukwazi ukubonelela ngenani elipheleleyo labafowunelwa.
UWhitaker uthe akacwangcisi nasiphi na isicwangciso sosasazo lwesizwe ngokukodwa ukulwa noshicilelo olubi oluvela kwi-imeyile ka-Baker. Uthe uninzi lweshishini lokhenketho le-Tennessee yeedola ezili-14.4 zeebhiliyoni livela kubantu ababelapha ngaphambili okanye bevile malunga nezinto ezinomtsalane zikarhulumente ngomlomo.
“Oko, ndiziva, yeyona ndlela yokuzikhusela kule nto,” utshilo uWhitaker. “Kodwa andizukuyinciphisa. Nanini na into enje isenzeka, ngokuqinisekileyo ayilunganga. ”
