Tritt Pulls Out Of Joplin Concert After Uproar

[proud2BlibKansan]

JOPLIN, Mo. -- Country music star Travis Tritt has canceled his appearance in Joplin at a 9/11 concert because of controversy of how the concert was being funded.

The Joplin Globe reports Tritt pulled out on Friday, a day after the city's Convention and Visitors Bureau announced he would headline a free concert Sunday.

City Manager Mark Rohr told the City Council on Tuesday that the Community Foundation of Southwest Missouri was providing money from a tornado relief fund to cover costs of the concert. Rohr said there would be opportunities for people to donate, and money collected from the concert would be returned to the fund.

A Globe story Friday detailing the arrangement sparked outrage among many over disaster donations being used to pay for a concert.



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[virgogal]

1. Morons. What if they did not get ONE donation at the concert.

This is theft,pure and simple.

[lumpy]

2. Can't be too careful where you donate your money. This is good

example of donated money being used in an illegal or unethical manner.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

3. "...opportunities for people to donate..."

Which begs the question, would "money collected from the concert would be returned to the fund" BEFORE or AFTER the concert expenses were covered? Would they "return" whatever was "left" after everyone got paid?

Props to Tritt for pulling out.

[patrice]

7. And who decides, and how, who the subcontractors are. nt

[patrice]

9. What's an acceptable ratio investment:returns . . . ?

[patrice]

10. What's an acceptable ratio investment:overhead . . . ?

[Arkansas Granny]

4. FWIW, here's the article from the Joplin Globe that gives more info.

http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/x803550045/Tritt-pulls-out-of-9-11-concert

They apparently planned to reimburse the disaster donation fund with money donated at the concert.

[bemildred]

5. Thanks.

I don't much care for Mr Tritt, but I think he acted correctly.

[proud2BlibKansan]

14. It's such a big mess

I can see both sides of the issue.

[patrice]

6. File this one under "faith"-based cronyi$$$$$$$$$$m. nt

[lame54]

8. What's more important? - Disaster relief or...

empty platitudes?

[patrice]

11. Should the suffering be used as business opportunities?Is there some way to get more bang for donor$

[nosmokes]

12. props for Mr Tritt.

[elehhhhna]

13. screw the bread and upgrade the circuses