
Gallup Film Festival awarded 16K
The request and approval for Lodgers Tax money for the Gallup Film Festival was a bit more charged then these types of meeting usually are when the City Council met Aug. 8.
After the city’s Tourism and Marketing Manager Jennifer Lazarz finished presenting some marketing metrics, she then ceded the floor to Knifewing Segura to present his request for $50,000 in Lodgers Tax funds from the City Council for next month’s Gallup Film Festival.
Mayor Jackie McKinney said “this is highly irregular,” prior to Segura’s presentation.
The tension between Lazarz and Segura was evident immediately when instead of starting to present a proposal, Segura...