Follow the money...

Everyone has been scratching their heads wondering just who ponied up the cash to promote the Government Gone Wild series. Room rental fees were most likely charged for the event at Silverthorn last Friday night titled, "An Evening of Change" along with any costs associated for all the refreshments that were served to the business community. Where did the money come from for this seminar? In fact, where is the money coming from for the six, upcoming seminars being promoted to the public? Do we need to follow the money trail to find out?

To make the mystery even more interesting, an article appeared on the second page of the Hernando Today this morning, titled "Behind the Numbers" defending the figures used at this first Government Gone Wild seminar held strictly for the business community. No one from the newspaper took credit for writing this article in this morning's paper which attempted to clarify statements made at the "Evening of Change" seminar last Friday. In fact, Blaise Ingogolia, commentator for the "Evening of Change" did not detail which group he actually represented, nor did he reveal the author of his Power Point presentation used in this seminar. Another pertinent question is, why was the Hernando Today handing out free, two-week subscriptions at the end of this seminar? Was this really an appropriate place to promote their newspaper? Is Hernando Today trying to create the news instead of just reporting it in an ethical manner? No one really knows this answer for sure anymore and a simple answer could probably be found in just following the money trail...