The Crutchfield tome isn't "appropriate use" of New Albany funds, either -- and it's our bicentennial.

Perhaps if we'd mentioned on Doug England's amphitheater plaque that the tourism board paid the biggest share toward achieving what the former mayor says he did all by himself, perhaps they'd have been in a better mood when asked to help fund Bob Caesar's Import An Author for the Bicentennial coffee table book.

Tourism officials talk marketing traffic; Executive director calls open bridge campaign a success, by Braden Lammers (That Alabama Newspaper)

OTHER BUSINESS

The tourism bureau board denied a request made at its last meeting by Bob Caesar, a member of the New Albany Bicentennial Commission, to help fund the publishing of a book of short stories and archival photos commemorating New Albany’s history for its bicentennial celebration. The request was for $36,000, and despite being denied, the board did designate $15,000 to go toward the bicentennial celebration.

“I think the feeling was the book was not an appropriate [use] of funds,” (Mike) Kampfhammer said.