By now, most people have seen the $377,000 headline – http://www.vancouversun.com/mobile/story.html?id=2483927 – from today’s Vancouver Sun.
But here are some other facts to consider.
Unlike the federal or the provincial governments, the City has clear, publicly accessible guidelines – http://vancouver.ca/policy_pdf/AG02301.pdf – on who gets tickets, how they get distributed, and a firm date for a public release of the names in attendance(March 21st, 2010).
It’s ridiculous that the province is spending almost 3 times as much ($940,680) as the city.
The Host city…and I repeat – the Host city – has in fact bought less tickets than: BC Hydro ($616,000), ICBC ($405,000), and BC Lotteries ($396,000).
I guess the tickets are more important than the children’s petting farm they just closed.