Yawon shakatawa na Tennessee ya ji rauni ta imel na wariyar launin fata

Yayin da hankalin al’ummar kasar ya mayar da hankali kan sakon i-mel da wani jami’in kula da karbar baki na Nashville ya aike da shi inda ya kwatanta uwargidan shugaban kasa Michelle Obama da wata ‘yar chimpanzee, masana’antar yawon bude ido ta jihar Tennessee ta fara jin tabarbarewar lamarin.

Ma'aikatar Ci gaban yawon buɗe ido ta Tennessee ta ji ta bakin mutane da yawa a ranar Litinin waɗanda suka ce imel ɗin Walt Baker ya kashe su, wanda ya jawo wa Jihar sa-kai asarar wasu maziyartan.

"Wannan ba shine abin da suke tsammani daga Tennessee," in ji Susan Whitaker, kwamishiniyar sashen. “Kuma ba zan iya cewa ina zargin daya daga cikinsu ba. Tabbas muna jin wannan ba uzuri ba ne kuma ba za a yarda da shi ba."

Baker, wanda har zuwa Litinin shi ne Shugaba na Ƙungiyar Baƙi na Tennessee, ya aika da imel ɗin a daren Alhamis ga abokai goma sha biyu, ciki har da masu fafutuka, mataimaki ga magajin gari Karl Dean da kuma shugaban Ofishin Taron Nashville & Baƙi.

Kafofin yada labarai na kasa da shafukan yanar gizo a fadin kasar sun dauki labarin ne a karshen mako har zuwa ranar Litinin, inda suka yi ta yin katsalandan a kan wani shugaba mai karbar baki da ke nuna rashin jin dadinsa ga uwargidan shugaban kasar ta hanyar yin dariya kan wani kabilanci.

Sun kuma yi nuni da cewa wannan ba shine karo na farko da Tennessee ke jan hankalin al'ummar kasa ba game da sakon i-mel na kabilanci game da daya daga cikin Obamas. A bazarar da ta gabata, ma’aikaciyar majalisa Sherri Goforth ta aika da sakon i-mel da ke nuna Shugaba Obama a matsayin “mai-fari” da fararen idanu kan wani bakar fata wanda ya haifar da koma baya a fadin kasar.

Rikicin ga Baker da kamfanin sa na tallace-tallace, Mercatus Communications, ya ci gaba a ranar Litinin yayin da ƙungiyar baƙi ta ƙare kwangilar ta da Mercatus tare da kori Baker a matsayin Shugaba, nan take.

"Mun same shi abin ban haushi," in ji Pete Weien, memban hukumar kula da baƙi kuma babban manajan Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. "Ba ta kowace hanya ba, siffa ko wakilcin ƙungiyarmu."

Wani memba na hukumar, Tom Negri, ya ce imel ɗin "abin ƙyama ne."

"Bai dace ba, ban damu da wanda ke karanta shi ba," in ji Negri, manajan darekta na Loews Vanderbilt Hotel. "Ina so in zauna a wurin da ba sai mun kalli imel irin wannan ba."

Weien ya ki bayyana abin da kungiyar ta biya Baker da Mercatus a karkashin wata kwangila da suka rattaba hannu a shekarar 2005. Ya ce sauran ma’aikatan kungiyar hudu ba za su shafa ba, kuma kungiyar za ta fara nemo sabon shugaban kungiyar nan ba da jimawa ba.

Baker, wanda ya nemi afuwar ranar Asabar, ya ce kafin kungiyar ta hadu da cewa ya yi murabus kan duk abin da ya faru.

"Na amince da shawarar hukumar," in ji shi.

Ƙungiyoyin sa-kai sun yanke Mercatus

Hukumar Metro Arts da United Way of Metropolitan Nashville suma sun soke kwantiraginsu da Mercatus a ranar Litinin. Kwangilar hukumar fasaha tana da iyaka na shekara guda na $45,000.

The United Way ta yi aiki da abokin haɗin gwiwar Mercatus Phil Martin na tsawon shekaru 20. Shugaban United Way Gerard Geraghty ya ce ƙungiyar sa-kai ta shirya ci gaba da aiki tare da Martin dabam da Mercatus.

Ofishin Convention & Visitors ya bar Mercatus da Baker ranar Asabar. CVB ya biya kamfanin kimanin dala 11,800 a wata-wata tun daga watan Yunin 2008 don tallatawa da dabarun watsa labarai, shawarwari da ayyukan sanyawa, in ji mai magana da yawun Molly Sudderth.

Jami’an yawon bude ido na jihar sun samu kiran waya da sakwannin imel daga wasu ‘yan tsiraru wadanda “suna cewa sun yi shirin zuwa nan kuma yanzu ba za su iya ba idan haka ne za su iso,” in ji Phyllis Qualls-Brooks, kakakin ma’aikatar kula da harkokin yawon bude ido ta jihar. Ci gaban yawon bude ido.

Qualls-Brooks ta ce ba za ta iya ba da cikakken kirga waɗannan lambobin ba.

Whitaker ta ce ba ta shirya duk wata dabara ta kafofin watsa labarai na kasa musamman don tinkarar munanan labaran da ke fitowa daga imel ɗin Baker. Ta ce yawancin kasuwancin yawon shakatawa na dala biliyan 14.4 na Tennessee sun fito ne daga mutanen da suka kasance a baya ko kuma sun ji labarin abubuwan jan hankali na jihar ta hanyar baki.

"Wannan, ina jin, shine mafi kyawun kariya daga wannan," in ji Whitaker. “Amma ba zan rage shi ba. Duk lokacin da wani abu makamancin haka ya faru, tabbas ba shi da inganci.”