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(Memphis 6/01/2011) WREG News Channel 3 has obtained invoices sent to the City of Memphis in 2008 from Skipworth Photography.
The bills total $19,098.
Thirteen Council Members had their pictures taken during one session at city hall. The fourteenth, Councilman Kemp Conrad, had his picture taken after he replaced Scott McCormick who resigned in 2008.
The cost covered:
The current proposed budget includes a $13,000 allowance for new photos.
"I would eliminate $13,000 for the city council glamour shots," said Councilman Conrad during a budget hearing Wednesday.
We took the invoices to the main library on Poplar Avenue to see whether Memphians felt thousands of taxpayer dollars spent on pictures was money well spent. We didn't find anyone who was thrilled by the cost.
"The great thing about research and reporting is things get exposed that just don't make sense," says Memphian Lundria Moore. "There's no way that anybody can explain that."
Watch the video to see how we figured ot how to take all the council photos and frame them for about a hundred dollars.
Link to the Council Pictures
- Councilman calls Council pics Glamour Shots
- He proposes slashing the $13,000 photo allowance from the budget
- The city paid a photography studio $19,098 in 2008
tom.powell@wreg.com
twitter.com/tompowell3
(Memphis 6/01/2011) WREG News Channel 3 has obtained invoices sent to the City of Memphis in 2008 from Skipworth Photography.
The bills total $19,098.
Thirteen Council Members had their pictures taken during one session at city hall. The fourteenth, Councilman Kemp Conrad, had his picture taken after he replaced Scott McCormick who resigned in 2008.
The cost covered:
- 26 Imperial 14" Portraits
- 14 Imperial 8" Portraits (unmounted)
- 13 Executive 4x5 B/W Glossies (6)
- 26 Image(s) on Disk
The current proposed budget includes a $13,000 allowance for new photos.
"I would eliminate $13,000 for the city council glamour shots," said Councilman Conrad during a budget hearing Wednesday.
We took the invoices to the main library on Poplar Avenue to see whether Memphians felt thousands of taxpayer dollars spent on pictures was money well spent. We didn't find anyone who was thrilled by the cost.
"The great thing about research and reporting is things get exposed that just don't make sense," says Memphian Lundria Moore. "There's no way that anybody can explain that."
Watch the video to see how we figured ot how to take all the council photos and frame them for about a hundred dollars.
Link to the Council Pictures
