http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/event_committee_faces_city_audit Is the Special Events Committee an unaccountable body that dismisses constitutional law while catering to the city's interests; is it merely a tangle of city departments that occasionally gets behind schedule issuing event permits; or are some snarky activists just whining when they don’t get to have their party in the park? The Office of the City Auditor wants to find out. An audit of the Special Event Committee’s permitting process that was requested last summer is going full-steam ahead, according to Megumi Sumitani of the auditor’s office. “We contacted the Special Event Committee last fall to let them know... Copyright 2008 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:23:17 -0800 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:52:50 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss For the record, I've worked with Virginia and the committee several times over the last decade. Virginia is great, helpful, efficient, and I don't know how we'd get through the tangle of the City bureaucracy without her leadership. I've watched her navigate all the different egos and neighborhood complaints and make sure events happen, happen safely, and work well with nearby businesses and residents. Hope she's not just getting harassed here.

]]> MEINERT http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/event_committee_faces_city_audit#c688425 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/event_committee_faces_city_audit#c688425 News Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:52:50 -0800