Bush Campaign Flakes on 19K in Hotel Bills...

[elehhhhna]

Medford hotel owners say Bush Admin. left them with unpaid bills
April 1, 2005, 01:40 PM CST Email to a Friend Printer Friendly

(The 4th paragraph is a beaut!)


MEDFORD -- It's a distant memory for most of the country, but President Bush's campaign swing through Southern Oregon is fresh for hotel owners still waiting to get paid nearly $19,000 for expenses incurred by the administration last fall.

Three hotels, including the Rogue Regency, the Red Lion and the Jacksonville Inn, report they have been waiting almost six months for bills generated mostly by the U.S. Secret Service during President Bush's whirlwind tour through Jackson County, according to an article by the Mail Tribune newspaper.

Owed $3,332.72, the Red Lion Hotel in Medford sent a letter on March 28 to the president at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

The letter written by the hotel's accountant Kirsten Yunuba Stephens, said: "My question to you: Is this how you help balance the budget at the White House by ripping off retailers in the towns you visit? If that is the case please do not come back to the Rogue Valley."
http://www.kptv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3155404

[Deja Q]

1. Had this been Clinton, he'd be roasted alive.

[annabanana]

2. Oh Brother! Have there ever BEEN such DEADBEATS

in the Whitehouse? Is this story anywhere on Yahoo? I would looove to rate it right up to the top!

[annabanana]

3. We should get this out.... Every businessman in every little red town

will understand about someone skipping out on their bill!! Best laugh of the morning. What a friggen crowd of grifters and conmen!

[eShirl]

4. They should sic a collection agency on W's ass

and lower his credit rating.

[annabanana]

5. maybe they'll attach his paycheck!

(I think his credit is WAY overdrawn already.)