Crystal Thomas
The State Journal-Register
Over the objections of three aldermen, the Springfield City Council Tuesday voted to give $30,000 to help advertise a local golf tournament.
The money goes to the Lincoln Land Charity Golf Championship, an official PGA stop on the Web.com Tour, and comes from the Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau’s budget, which is funded through a hotel-motel bed tax. The money will go toward marketing the event to bring more visitors to town.
The vote was 6-3. Ward 3 Ald. Doris Turner, Ward 6 Ald. Kristin DiCenso and Ward 7 Ald. Joe McMenamin voted against the expenditure. Both DiCenso and McMenamin said they didn’t want to subsidize an ongoing event for the third year in a row.
Joe McMenamin for Ward 7 