ROBERT KENNEDY paid by DLBA to speak.....uh....why?

LOOK AT THIS...WASTED FUNDS!! OK this city is in BAD need of turn around and this is how your DLBA spends your money. Seriously Robert F. Kennedy Jr?

RFK, Jr. is a patriot and a strong environmental activist we know that and respect that.

Though this might sound interesting we need every cent from DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH ASSOCIATES going back into DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH. This is the STATE OF DOWNTOWN LBC event correct?

Good grief why do these people have check books. This is another massive waste of tax base funds. People will walk out thinking "Wow, a Kennedy" and then will forget everything he said because it has little to do with LBC.

No, we get that the environment is important and are in full favor of helping but isn't that the point here? Aren't there are tons of ways to spend this money to create the necessary changes or to at least put change in motion. Spending what is probably a couple hundred thousand dollars (we'll look into to it and get back to you on the figure) on just the speaker is down right stupid. You don't think a Kennedy comes cheap do you?

Might as well call the event "RFK Jr's me make money off DLBA event"

We found the following posted on Craigslist. Ok, we all just laughed at that. Craigslist? Really? So you're all tapped out on this keynote speaker that you're advertising the event on Craigslist? Another example of the robust DLBA marketing machine.

11/21: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Speaking in Long Beach (Downtown Long Beach) Reply to: event-853934815@craigslist.org [?] Date: 2008-09-24, 3:19PM PDT Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will be the keynote speaker at the Downtown Long Beach Associates' 5th Annual State of the Downtown event on November 21, 2008. The theme of this event is: Planting Seeds of Environmental Change and it will focus on the environmental issues facing Southern Californians and what we can do to address them. This event is open to the public. Tickets can be purchased online at: http://www.dlba.org/SoTD.htm!