Should Taxpayer Dollars be Used for Charitable Causes?

Should Brentwood city officials continue to host annual golf tournaments to benefit charitable causes? And should taxpayer dollars be used to fund the causes? 

A front page story in Tuesday's St. Louis Post-Dispatch spotlights Brentwood City Hall, which donated more than $45,000 over the past five years, the newspaper reports.

As , the city's annual golf tournament had been running at a deficit for several years.

Taxpayers also paid for Mayor Pat Kelly and city employees to attend a yearly dinner benefiting the and a dinner sponsored by the St. Louis Baseball Writers' Association, the Post-Dispatch reports.

A full story about the charitable donations is available on STLToday.