I identified myself as Rosanna Pulido, they said I should have identified myself as Illinois Minuteman Project State Director.
They absolutely lied about insurance. THEIR CONTRACT does NOT state what coverage they wanted. I got 1 million dollars coverage. The clerck called me and said can you get that to me today? I said no I am at work. She said can you get it to me tommorrow by 12 noon? I said sure.
They are now saying after REPEATED requests I did not give them the policy. That is a lie!
It would be unusual for them to include an insurance clause if they did not know it was MM or if it was just a general meeting. It is also unusual that once they felt the need for an insurance policy that they didn’t disclose the amount they required up front.
Did you eventually send them a copy of your policy? IF so you would have the fax documentation. Did you drop it off in person?
Was the meeting canceled due to the hotel or the cops?
I don’t see how the police could charge you any fees for holding an event on private property, if the need for security was due to the counter protesters on public property they should have got the fees from them. I also don’t see how a contract could enforce a “pay my legal fees” clause without an arbitration clause.
Personally, this doesn’t sound like the mountain I’d want to die on. Better to rip off a few nasty letters to hotel management and the police dept. asking for explanations and move on.
Lot’s of other hotels.