The mayoral race in Cedar Rapids is getting heated, after the nonprofit group CSPS was urged by the current mayor to cancel an event featuring his opponent.
According to the Cedar Rapids Gazette, Mayor Brad Hart sent a voicemail to CSPS director Taylor Bergen, explaining that to hold the event "Improv Incubator" with Andrews would jeopardize their receipt of hotel-motel tax revenue from the city. Only, Hart was allegedly a little less polite:
Taylor, this is Brad Hart. This event you are having on Friday is a violation of your 501(c) (3) status, and it significantly damages any possibility of CSPS getting any hotel-motel tax funds from the city in the future. It’s complete (BS) and if you don't know that you have violated your 501(c) (3) status, you should not be in the role you’re in.