"Revenue" Fundraisers

There are plenty of euphemisms that irritate me. The latest is when B.O. calls for "revenue increases" when what he is actually saying is taxes.  My Dad used to say that you can't polish a turd, and you can call a tax anything that you want to, but it is still money that the government is stealing from me to give to someone else.
I have no problem helping someone who needs it. I am a firm believer in helping anonymously so as to maintain the whole purpose of charity.  If you are looking for recognition and credit, become a celebrity. Brad Pitt is always trying to look less like a lowlife cheating scumbag by doing good works. Give it a shot, you never know. The point of this is that a few people I know spent hours and a few hundred dollars to attend a mandatory seminar after they bounced checks. Not huge checks for things that they didn't have the money, small checks that reflected a math mistake.
One person that was there had been the executor of his Mother's estate.  He had formed a LLC to disperse her assets according to her wishes, but had inverted a couple numbers and wrote a check that was short by thirty two dollars.  Three hundred and sixty eight dollars later, he was ordered to attend this accountability class at a cost of one hundred and forty five dollars.
Another person there switched accounts and had a check for fourteen dollars that was returned after three months.  One hundred and eighty dollars later, he was also required to pay one hundred forty five dollars.
Sarena was there with a similar story.  But she was angry because the bank had debited unauthorized fees that caused her to write a check that bounced over a matter of less than five dollars.  She counted the heads and saw that the municipality in question was making over Four thousand five hundred dollars on this seminar.
Subtracting the conference room and the fee to the lecturer, the city was still making about three thousand dollars for four hours.
The infuriating part?  The lecturer didn't show up! Over twenty people wasted their morning waiting for someone who didn't respect their time enough to show up.  Calls were made to the hotel desk. They had no answers.  A call was made to the prosecuting attorney's office.  No one was there, of course it was a Saturday morning, silly.  Finally a call was made to the non emergency number that the police have.  An officer was able to track down a hard working government employee, and ninety minute later someone called to say go home.
Is the time of these people not important?  Or was it simply that the city in question had gotten their money (for nothing, by the way) and didn't see the need to follow though on anything.  Do not write checks that you don't have the money for.  That goes without saying.  However, do not do it in Indiana, or you'll pay a fine with wasted time as well. My friend is pursuing his options over the wasted time.  I'll let you know how it turns out, you can thank me later.