Wha' Happened?
In October, Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder's office expected the full economic impact study for the Tour of Missouri to be released by late October/early November.
Kinder presented topline data about the Tour on October 1, but the full report – with city by city spectator estimates, etc. – is not available on the official office or Tour websites. (The 2008 report is online here.)
As far as I can tell, the only things released to date are a 1-page press release and a very simple spreadsheet with topline data.
The Lieutenant Governor's office has not responded to multiple requests for clarification.
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Peter the Peddler...
The Branson daily News carried an article sometime ago about the value of the Bike fiasco. The City Fathers stated in the article they saw little if any economic impact for the money they spent.
If my memory serves me correct, Skaggs Hospital people were dumb enough to kick in something like $25,000.00 for the event. Keep in mind, folks, that $25,000.00 was money they could have used to do something worthwhile with, like paying peoples wages they have had to lay off recently.
Any taxpayer money spent on this type stupidity is just plain wrong.