Big spending in Austin’s visitors bureau raising concerns

AUSTIN (KXAN) — In the “Live Music Capital of the World,” critics are concerned that employees of the largely taxpayer funded Austin Convention Center and Visitors Bureau seem to party like rock stars.
ACVB, officially called Visit Austin, shelled out nearly a half million tax dollars on entertainment, alcohol and gifts in the past two years, according to a KXAN line-by-line analysis of the organization’s American Express credit card statements and receipts. The spending