Florida GOP chairman billed party for personal expenses

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Miami Herald

Posted on Saturday, 12.06.08
Florida GOP chairman billed party for personal expenses
State Republican chief Jim Greer, already under fire for his spending decisions during the election, charged personal expenses to the party.
BY JENNIFER LIBERTO AND MARY ELLEN KLAS
Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau

TALLAHASSEE -- Republican Party of Florida chairman Jim Greer charged personal expenses to the state party during a fundraiser this summer, adding fresh details to growing complaints that his money management was hurting the party.

Confronted with a $5,100 bill showing he used party money on spa treatments, seafood dinners and limousines during a party fundraiser at the Breakers Hotel, Greer said he would reimburse the party for some of the expenses Friday.

The hotel bill obtained by The Miami Herald/St. Pete Times showed that Greer and his wife spent $3,600 on a dinner at the hotel's Brasserie L'Escalier, $200 on spa services, $137 at the seafood bar and $80 on a limousine to the airport during a two-day fundraiser for incoming Florida Senate President Jeff Atwater.

A spokesman for the party said if the charges to the party American Express card were for personal uses, ``they were a mistake.''



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[Itchinjim]

1. $3600 on a dinner?!

That's a pretty hearty appetite. After a $3600 dinner you'd need a flatbed to haul me around, not a limo.

[machI]

2. My mind conjures up this image of 'Fat Cat Republicans' riding around in a limo smoking big cigars

And the Republicans can't figure out why ordinary people hate them.

[truthisfreedom]

3. "They were a mistake." A mistake they would have kept making had they not been caught.

A mistake they likely made hundreds and hundreds of times.

Thieves. Republican=thief.

[bluestateguy]

4. So?

If he wants to waste party money on personal expenses why should we complain? That's money that isn't going to attack ads and GOTV operations.

[Dr.Phool]

5. The Florida Republicans have more money than God.

Could someone please catch our Dem Chair doing the same thing, so we can get rid of this disaster?

[UpInArms]

6. $3600 hundred would feed many families for a year

talk about elitists and feelings of superiority and entitlement!

[jetphixer]

7. Off to AK maby?

Jim i think you should take the FL delegation up to Juno an check on Putie & the Guys Watchen sister Sara showering through the big scope. Or a fact finding mission to the Spanish coast or The French Riviera hell you got spend it Better to catch Putie in the act than support an other Bush. Dontachathink heydereyoubetcha

[LynnTheDem]

8. But he's not an "elitest" so stop saying that!!!

Wake the fuck up, non-billionaire republicans. They're NOT "just like you" and they don't give a fuck about us...OR YOU.