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Moab tourism advisory board asks staff to draft letter after members flag repeated media errors
Summary
Board members said recent articles misstated tourism spending and inflamed public reaction; they voted unanimously for the chair and vice chair to work with county communications staff to draft a corrective letter and improve public information materials.
Board members spent the largest portion of the meeting discussing perceived inaccuracies in local news coverage and agreed to a coordinated response.
Speaker 2 opened the item by citing a December 31 article that he said contained a “significant error” suggesting the tourism office had spent $3,500,000 in a way that misrepresented restricted funds and by referencing a prior July story that overstated a branding budget.…
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