I received confirmation from an independent source that Denis McKinnon and Chamber CEO Jim Hizer met with shortly after Hizer started at the Chamber. The issue of separating the tourism from the Chamber was brought up and later discussed with the Chamber’s management team. Ed Schroeder also brought it up at management meetings because it put him in an awkward situation that could lead down a path to remove it from the chamber.
At the time, Hizer’s stance with the management team was to provide whatever information they asked for because he wanted to do whatever was in the best interest of the community.
Have we gotten all the emails the Chamber has on this issue?