I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: what an asshole, man!
I wondered why the City’s bill for the annual TML Conference was almost twice as high as usual this year (close to $10,000 [see page 32] versus $4,500 in past years).
Well it turns out that BOTH Finley AND Ward felt the need to go this year – even though they were both resigning/retiring just days after the event. The cost to attend this moronic junket was $400 per person this year – and another $1,100 per person for hotels.
I have taken shits upon the TML Conference in the past and will continue to do so. I’m sure Finley will tell you he learned a lot at those things over the last 12 years, attending seminars like “How to Blow $93,000 on Your A/V System And Get Away With It,” “How To Waste $7.5 Million on an Empty Business Park Goat Pasture!” and “Pissing Away Millions On A New City Council Chamber!“
Oh, and sometimes you get to “win” karaoke contests put on by the very company who is up for a multi-million-dollar garbage contract with the City!
The kicker: the TML Conference is always held on weekdays only (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) so that hard-working parasites like Ryan Ward don’t waste a weekend on that bullshit, but get to miss “work” back in Lampasas for it. What a deal!!
Hopefully, he gets fired from his new job in Santa Fe for being an utter incompetent scumbag.
For those interested, the expense document can be downloaded here…