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Virginia taxpayers pick up $2,435 food and beer bill for mystery guests in Redskins suite
Dear fellow Virginians:
Shut up and do as you're told.
Virginia taxpayers pick up $2,435 food and beer bill for mystery guests in Redskins suite
Posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 3:37 pm
By GRAHAM MOOMAW Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Virginia taxpayers will pick up a $2,435 food and drink tab for a luxury box at last month’s Washington Redskins playoff game, despite a majority of the suite’s unidentified guests attending with no official public purpose, according to state records. ... To stock the FedEx Field suite, a state economic development agency made an order involving $1,045 for hot dogs, chicken and other food, $656 for Bud Light, Stella Artois and Flying Dog IPA and $198 for soft drinks and water.
Just four of the 15 attendees in the box for the Jan. 10 game represented businesses considering expansion in Virginia, according to an invoice that divided the food and drink tab between the Virginia Economic Development Partnership and the office of Secretary of Commerce and Trade Maurice A. Jones.
Though a VEDP staffer initially covered the food and drink expense on a personal credit card, Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s office said state funds eventually will be used to pay the bill, at a cost of $162.35 per person.
The McAuliffe administration has refused to identify some state officials who were in the suite provided by the Redskins after questions were raised about the free ticket accepted by Jones, who invited business leaders to attend the game as a way of promoting Virginia’s economy. ... McAuliffe’s office has said that because other officials in the box paid for their tickets, their attendance was private and does not need to be disclosed.
Shut up and do as you're told.
Virginia taxpayers pick up $2,435 food and beer bill for mystery guests in Redskins suite
Posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 3:37 pm
By GRAHAM MOOMAW Richmond Times-Dispatch
[email protected]
(804) 649-6839
@gmoomaw
Virginia taxpayers will pick up a $2,435 food and drink tab for a luxury box at last month’s Washington Redskins playoff game, despite a majority of the suite’s unidentified guests attending with no official public purpose, according to state records. ... To stock the FedEx Field suite, a state economic development agency made an order involving $1,045 for hot dogs, chicken and other food, $656 for Bud Light, Stella Artois and Flying Dog IPA and $198 for soft drinks and water.
Just four of the 15 attendees in the box for the Jan. 10 game represented businesses considering expansion in Virginia, according to an invoice that divided the food and drink tab between the Virginia Economic Development Partnership and the office of Secretary of Commerce and Trade Maurice A. Jones.
Though a VEDP staffer initially covered the food and drink expense on a personal credit card, Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s office said state funds eventually will be used to pay the bill, at a cost of $162.35 per person.
The McAuliffe administration has refused to identify some state officials who were in the suite provided by the Redskins after questions were raised about the free ticket accepted by Jones, who invited business leaders to attend the game as a way of promoting Virginia’s economy. ... McAuliffe’s office has said that because other officials in the box paid for their tickets, their attendance was private and does not need to be disclosed.
Well, it's okay, then.
