2001: Mayor Rudy put $400K advance on his AMEX card for Travel Expenses

[npincus]

Travel to... ...for some pre- 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 extra-marital luvin'?


http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/004811.php

We've been swimming in credit card receipts from Rudy Giuliani's administration today, and one thing in particular has struck us: in 2001, apparently with an eye to future globetrotting, Giuliani's administration sent a check for $400,000 to American Express. Though it was billed to the Assigned Counsel Administrative Office, an office that provides lawyers for indigent defendants, the money served as an advance against future travel and other expenses later incurred by the mayor's office and his security detail.

The unusually large prepayment, as yet unreported, adds weight to the theory that the Giuliani administration was using accounting gimmicks to obscure his office's travel expenditures.

With $400,000 prepaid on the Amex account, the mayor and his staff drew down on the credit card for a number of trips, including a handful out to the Hamptons, where Judith Nathan had her condo. Giuliani's administration ultimately spent approximately $100,000 of the $400,000 before leaving office in January, 2001.

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Prepaying a city credit card with such a large amount is a procedure that "appears intentionally opaque," a high-level budget official under a previous administration told us. "You're not able to see clearly what is being used for," the official said, "because it's bundled in an AmEx card as opposed to as direct payments to vendors."

If you see a faded sign by the side of the road that says
15 miles to the... Love Shack! Love Shack yeah
I'm headin' down the New York highway,
lookin' for the love getaway
Heading for the love getaway, love getaway,
I got me a limo with NYPD escort, it's as big as a whale
and we're headin' on down
To the Love Shack
I got me a limo, it seats about 20
So hurry up and bring your ttaxpayer money

The Love Shack is a little old condo
where we can get together
Love Shack baby, Love Shack bay-bee.
Love baby, that's where it's at,
Ooo love baby, that's where it's at

Sign says.. Woo... stay away fools,
'cause love rules at the Lo-o-ove Shack!
Well it's set way back in the middle of a field,
Just a funky old shack and I gotta get back

Glitter on the mattress
Glitter on the highway
Glitter on the front porch
Glitter on the hallway

The Love Shack is a little old condo
where we can get together
Love Shack bay-bee! Love Shack baby!
Love Shack, that's where it's at!
Huggin' and a kissin', dancin' and a lovin',
wearin' next to nothing
Cause it's hot as an oven
The whole shack shimmies!
The whole shack shimmies when everybody's
Movin' around and around and around and around!
Everybody's movin', everybody's groovin' baby!
Folks linin' up outside just to get down
Everybody's movin', everybody's groovin' baby
Funky little shack! Funk-y little shack!

Hop in my limo,
it's as big as a whale
and it's about to set sail!
I got me a car, it seats about twenty
So c'mon and bring your taxpayer money.

The Love Shack is a little old place
where we can get together
Love Shack baby! Love Shack bay-bee!
(Love Shack...Love Shack...)
Love Shack, that's where it's at!

Bang bang bang on the door baby!
Knock a little louder baby!
Bang bang bang on the door baby!
I can't hear you
Bang bang on the door baby
Bang bang on the door
Bang bang on the door baby
Bang bang
You're what?... Tin roof, rusted!

Love Shack, baby Love Shack!
Love Shack, baby Love Shack!
Love baby, that's where it's at
Love Shack, baby Love Shack!
Love baby, that's where it's at
Huggin' and a kissin',
dancin' and a lovin' at the love shack

original, untampered music & lyrics by The B-52's

[Fleshdancer]

1. $400K????

Do we know if he spent all of it? I can't believe he did all this and assumed he could run for President of the United States and not get caught. Crazy.

[havocmom]

2. Let's make this a hot topic around water coolers across America!

Keep it kicked. It's a BIGGIE!

[TahitiNut]

3. It sure sounds to me like 9iu11iani should have an income tax audit.

The "constructive use" of such large sums, pending legitimate deductions, sure sounds a LOT like income. Where are the taxes on it?

:eyes:

[havocmom]

4. Kick for the lunch munchers

:kick: