Interesting city government tidbit
Back on Jan. 2 - just seven days before Greensboro Police Chief David Wray resigned - the city hired a media consultant.
The consultant is Mark Weaver from Columbus, Ohio. According to the contract, the city pays him $200 an hour, but is not allowed to spend more than $10,000. I'm still checking to see how much money taxpayers have spent on this service, but I'm told Weaver was used infrequently.
Pat Boswell, the city's communications director, said she spoke with Weaver earlier this week about the upcoming press conference, but that he didn't charge her.
The contract says the city "desires to receive the benefits of the knowledge and expertise of the consultant to provide review of communications strategy in a critical public trust issue ..."
Heck, if I remember that period correctly, we were offering our "knowledge and expertise" for free!
I'll let you know the total cost as soon as I get it.