[old timer]

[See that the usual "not my profit so I don't care" comments from Mayor Smoll and Commissioner Broeckelman about Dodge City tourism. And with a highly paid tourism director, seems that czar position might be available for someone with experience....]

Advising group says 'tourism czar' needed for city, county, By Mark Vierthaler

Dodge City Daily Globe
May 06, 2008
Advising group says 'tourism czar' needed for city, county - Dodge City, KS - Dodge City Daily Globe

"Dodge has a history of 'Don't step on my turf,'" Mayor Kent Smoll said. "Why would we hire somebody if we don't even know what they would do?" [And, noting Smoll's membership last year on Boot Hill Gaming Inc.
casino, an expert may suggest his personal plan to make money from Dodge City taxes might be fought...]

"City Commissioner Monte Broeckelman said he was wary of
moving ahead with a tourism plan, especially as gas prices
continued to rise and many of the younger generation could
care less about Dodge's legacy with the old television show
"Gunsmoke."
"There's two generations who will say 'Gunsmoke, what?'
if asked," he said. [And noting that if gas prices are going to
hurt tourism -- well I guess the whole events center/casino
complex may be a dead duck? Huh, Monty? You really should
get a bigger view -- ask the hundreds of thousands of
tourist at the OK City Frontier Museum or at Cody Museum --
think larger than Dodge, please. And of course, planning isn't required in Dodge City anyway, huh ?]

"County Chairman Kim Goodnight told both Heberling
and Husband his main concern was that after the city and county had spent large amounts of money on the study, including $600,000 earmarked for actual implementation, it had better work. [And, note
that two city commissioners are already making sure it won't --
gee Kim, as a previous member of Boot Hill Gaming Inc. casino
board, what are you doing to help?]