If My Math is Right . . .

then the Tampa Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau paid $14,000 per week in attorneys fees for its two-week delay in producing records relating to its work on the unsuccessful bid to host the 2008 Republican National Convention. Here's the account as reported in the Tampa Tribune, which brought the suit against the Bureau.

According to the Trib, "The bureau contended it’s not a governmental entity and therefore not subject to the state open records law. The Tribune argued that the bid is a public record because the city delegated to the bureau the governmental function of preparing the bid. The bid spelled out how millions in public money would be spent to host the GOP convention."

Given what I know about the structure and operation of the Bureau, I'm not so sure I would have caved on the legal issue as quickly as what seems to have happened here. And $28,000 is a pretty hefty price to pay for what looks like it amounts to an "Oh never mind" legal strategy.