NEW: Raimondo Fires Betsy Wall For Tourism Campaign Debacle
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NEW: Raimondo Fires Betsy Wall For Tourism Campaign Debacle
Governor Gina Raimondo at a press conference on Friday afternoon at 5:30 p.m. announced that she "accepted Wall's resignation."
The politically connected Wall came to RI in December following posts in Washington DC and Massachusetts - two months after the state had already selected the vendors for the campaign.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe move comes following a tumultuous week for Governor Gina Raimondo, after the new state tourism logo was released Monday to overwhelmingly poor reviews, and the new tourism video was released - and pulled - on Tuesday because it contained stock footage of Iceland.
More than 100 factual errors were discovered on the state's tourism website, and the head of the Westerly Chamber of Commerce appealed to Wall and Commerce Secretary Stefan Pryor to replace the Iceland footage with anything from one of the state's top beach and vacation destinations.
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