Whitefish tourism promotion spending

The Whitefish Convention and Visitor Bureau is spending 1.2 million per year on tourism promotion. The "optional" or "voluntary" 1% CSF that appears on your bills at restaurants, lodging, and car rentals generates 900,000.00 per year. It is difficult to have it removed and if you ask a server "What is this CSF?" they will most likely tell you it goes toward housing. Actually, only 6% of the 1.2 million goes to the Housing Whitefish organization.

Explore Whitefish — the Whitefish Convention and Visitor Bureau has 501c3 status, a charitable organization. Why would we allow a charity to impose a fee on our bills? Most of us want to pick our own charities. If Whitefish City Council would repeal the 1% fee, the visitor bureau would still receive $300,000 in state bed tax money. This seems like plenty to support sustainable tourism. Please contact our Whitefish City Council to stop this tourism promotion spending. Enough is enough!

Nancy Schuber, Whitefish