Tag:rick taylor

Rick Taylor made Visitor Center employees collect money for wife’s cookie business and record sales former employees say.

Two former employees of the Hattiesburg Visitors Center spoke to HPNM and said that their boss, Rick Taylor, required them to sell his wife's...

Hattiesburg Patriot - September 11, 2018

Hattiesburg City Government

Convention Center Director Rick Taylor bolstered wife’s cookie brand using taxpayer money and resources.

*Correction - Attorney David Ott was incorrectly referenced as the Convention Center attorney. He is the Tourism Commission attorney. Building a brand is often difficult...

Hattiesburg Patriot - September 4, 2018

Hattiesburg City Government

Auditor Demands over $422,000 from Current and Former Tourism Commission Members over Illegal Pay to Rick Taylor and Others

On November 17th, 2016 the Mississippi State Auditor's office demanded that seven Hattiesburg Tourism Center board members repay $251,951.80 plus $164,488.46 in accrued interest,...

Hattiesburg Patriot - August 17, 2018