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Olga Riojas Aguero
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and in the past has drawn large crowds to the Civic Center.
This year, Fiestas Del Llano, Inc. requested $9645.00 but only got approved for $6500.00; the Cultural Arts Funding which is an administered program through City Council granted $4,000.00 when the organization original asked for $10,000.00.
According to Freddie Chavez who is the Staff Liaison to Civic Lubbock, Inc. on behalf of the City; the recommendation was presented on June 28, 2010 to Civic Lubbock and its board members.
The vote to reduce the amount of funding was unanimous even though there were two board members absent and one abstention (Dr. Harrigan) due to a conflict of interest. Some people in the community are aware that Eddie “the dog” Moreno; an employee of Magic 93.7 is on the Civic Lubbock Board and are wondering whether a conflict of interest existed since Magic 93.7 is one of the sponsors for the event at the fairgrounds. El Editor left messages for Moreno but did not receive a reply.
Another sponsor which is a business that draws a high number of customers from the Hispanic community also cut it’s funding to the organization.
O’Reilly’s Auto Parts had committed to $5000.00 and according to Sam Harper, Chairman of Fiestas Del Llano, Inc., he received an email dated July 16, 2010 from O’Reilly Auto Parts Hispanic Marketing Coordinator Daniel Villalobos informing him that the sponsorship would be withdrawn and with no real justification for pulling out of the sponsorship. But the auto parts retailer did indicate that they will reconsider the sponsorship in their marketing strategies for 2011.
El Editor contacted John Osborne, CEO of LEDA & Market Lubbock who told us that funding for many other local organizations have also gotten funding cuts; including their
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